Digest: The Act funds matching deposits for IDA accounts. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Housing and Community Services Department for the purpose of making matching deposits into individual development accounts. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Digest: Requires a student to meet reading, writing and math standards before getting a diploma. Changes the law for diplomas in 2025. Makes changes to the law when the Governor signs the bill. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.1). Requires a student to demonstrate proficiency in specified Essential Learning Skills prior to the student being awarded a high school diploma or a modified diploma. Applies to diplomas awarded on or after January 1, 2025. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Digest: The Act applies to the certificate of need program in the OHA. The Act excludes new nursing homes and new hospitals providing certain types of care. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.7). Excludes new hospitals providing inpatient psychiatric services, inpatient rehabilitation services or inpatient or outpatient substance use treatment and new long term care facilities from requirement to obtain a certificate of need from the Oregon Health Authority.
Requires state contracting agency that procures ] Oregon Department of Administrative Services and Department of Transportation, in procuring public improvement contract or contract for public works with estimated contract price of $150,000 ] $250,000 or more , to include in solicitation documents conspicuous notice that resulting public improvement contract or contract for public works will require contractors to use iron, ] steel, iron, coatings for steel and iron and steel ] and manufactured products that are made ] produced in United States. Requires public improvement contracts and contracts for public works to require use of iron, ] steel, iron, coatings for steel and iron and steel ] and manufactured products made ] produced in United States in public improvement or public works unless Director of Oregon Department of Administrative Services or Director of Transportation, as appropriate, waives use under specified circumstances. Requires each department to reject bid or solicitation that does not affirmatively attest that bidder or proposer read and understood requirement. Specifies duties of director in making findings and granting waiver. Requires periodic review of waiver. Permits Director of Oregon Department of Administrative Services to delegate duty. Requires department ] Oregon Department of Administrative Services to establish technical assistance and grant program to enable businesses certified by Certification Office for Business Inclusion and Diversity to become familiar with and meet obligations of Act. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Prohibits pharmacy benefit manager from retroactively denying or reducing payment on claim after adjudication unless pharmacy and pharmacy benefit manager agree that payment was incorrect due to clerical error. Prohibits pharmacy benefit manager from imposing fees on rural ] pharmacies after point of sale. Requires pharmacy benefit manager, if denying or reducing reimbursement on claim, to provide notice to pharmacy of specific claim that is denied or reduced and explanation for denial or reduction. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Directs Department of Human Services to provide specified services to individuals with brain injuries and to convene Brain Injury Advisory Committee. Requires department to report to Legislative Assembly during odd-numbered year regular sessions on services provided and number of individuals served. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Directs schools or school districts to provide electronic communication to parents and guardians of students attending, and to school district employees employed at, school at which safety threat action occurred. Prescribes requirements of communication.
Establishes Early Literacy Success Initiative. Prescribes purposes and requirements under initiative, including establishment of Early Literacy Success School Grants, Birth Through Five Literacy Plan and Early Literacy Success Community Grants. Repeals Oregon Early Reading Program and Early Success Reading Initiative. Establishes Birth Through Five Literacy Fund and Early Literacy Success Community Grant Fund. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Increases penalties for possession of certain amounts of fentanyl. Punishes by maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. Provides that delivery of fentanyl may be charged as commercial drug offense in specified circumstances. Increases sentencing guidelines crime category level for delivery of fentanyl for consideration. Adds alternative manner of measuring fentanyl for purposes of calculating crime category level for certain offenses involving possession, delivery or manufacture of fentanyl. Provides that misdemeanor-level unlawful possession of fentanyl is designated drug-related misdemeanor for purposes of supervising entity and supervision funding, justice and municipal court jurisdiction and eligibility for earned reduction of supervision. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes Jurisdictional Transfer Advisory Committee within Department of Transportation. Sunsets committee January 2, 2029. Increases expenditure limitation for Department of Transportation to carry out provisions of Act. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
