Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution designating offices of state Senator and state Representative as nonpartisan. Refers proposed amendment to people for their approval or rejection at next regular general election.
Modifies allocation formula for grants to regional assessment centers and community assessment centers. Establishes Child Abuse Assessment Account within State Treasury for purpose of grant program for assessment centers. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Justice for purpose of funding program. Modifies authority of Advisory Council on Child Abuse Assessment to deposit contributions to Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Account and Child Abuse Assessment Account. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.
Modifies provisions relating to immunization records required for children attending schools and children's facilities. Requires administrator to review records for compliance with requirements before beginning of each school year and exclude children whose records do not meet requirements. Modifies, to limit exclusion to periods of disease outbreak, provisions requiring administrator of school or children's facility to exclude child or employee when administrator has reason to suspect child or employee has, or has been exposed to and shows symptoms of, restrictable disease.
Requires individual and group health insurance policies to reimburse services provided by naturopathic physicians within scope of their practice if services are reimbursed when provided by licensed physicians. Requires reimbursement paid to naturopathic physician in independent practice to be in same amount as reimbursement paid to physician. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Directs Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board to establish pilot program allowing public employees to obtain health services from coordinated care organizations. Directs Public Employees' Benefit Board, Oregon Educators Benefit Board, Oregon Health Authority and Department of Consumer and Business Services to establish pilot program to consolidate health care coverage under health benefit plans offered by boards with coverage under state medical assistance program. Specifies requirements for pilot program. Requires authority and department to report on pilot program to committees of Legislative Assembly related to health care in 2021, 2023 and 2025. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die. ] Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires State Board of Forestry to transfer ownership of former county forestland back to county, upon request, if former county forestland is 10 percent or less of all former county forestland owned by board.
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to biennially report to Legislative Assembly regarding estimated change in wolf population. Requires Legislative Assembly to identify amount of state funding necessary to provide counties with assistance sufficient for carrying out essential features of county programs regarding wolf depredation and financial assistance. Requires Legislative Assembly to review estimate of change in wolf population prior to making appropriation to fund used for wolf depredation and financial assistance grant program. Requires that Legislative Assembly establish, to extent practicable, fund appropriation amount greater than identified necessary funding amount and reflecting estimated change in wolf population. Requires that Legislative Assembly, to extent practicable, direct that minimum percentage of appropriation be expended for financial assistance to persons who implement livestock management techniques or nonlethal wolf deterrence techniques designed to discourage wolf depredation of livestock.
Permits school board to designate staff member to receive mandatory child abuse reports.
Allows county to construct, modify and improve roads and highways on lands zoned for exclusive farm use and designated as urban or rural reserves.
Requires Department of Corrections to prioritize assigning inmate with minor child to facility within reasonable distance of minor child.
