Rep. Ken Helm

Directs Public Employees Retirement Board to reimburse certain recipient of reduced payment under Public Employees Retirement System if recipient establishes that payment was subject to Oregon personal income tax. Makes increase in benefits occurring when board learns that payments are subject to Oregon personal income tax effective on first day of month after receipt of notice, rather than first day of calendar year after receipt of notice. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Directs Office of Outdoor Recreation to study and make recommendations on development of Oregon Outdoors Pass. Requires office to submit report to Legislative Assembly by September 15, 2019. ] Establishes voluntary Oregon outdoor recreation search and rescue card program within Office of Emergency Management. Establishes Oregon Search and Rescue Fund to fund program. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to office to reimburse county sheriffs for search and rescue activities and to administer and support county search and rescue grant program. Directs office to adopt program for providing grants by rule, in consultation with State Fish and Wildlife Commission, State Parks and Recreation Department and other affected agencies. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for agricultural experiment station and branch stations, Oregon State University Extension Service and Forest Research Laboratory programs of Oregon State University.

Prohibits transplant center from recommending that potential anatomical gift recipient who is medical marijuana patient be removed from list of potential recipients exclusively based on positive result of drug test for marijuana use.

Prohibits sale, offering for sale, ] purchase or use of pesticide products containing neonicotinoid ] chlorpyrifos .

Requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to report to Department of Consumer and Business Services total cost of patient assistance programs and information on financial assistance provided to pharmacies, government agencies and advocacy organizations. Excludes proprietary information from disclosure on department's website. Requires state-sponsored programs that use pharmacy benefit managers to use fee-only pharmacy benefit managers. Requires insurers to post specified information regarding formulary, tiers and costs to insurer's website. Requires 60-day advance notice to enrollees adversely affected by change in formulary. Requires insurer and allows pharmacy to notify insured that if cash price for drug is less than insured's cost-share for drug, insured may pay cash price and expense must be counted toward deductible or out-of-pocket maximum. Requires hospitals and other medical providers to disclose in patient billing information regarding mark-up on price of drug. Also requires billing to disclose price of drug charged to specified state agencies and insurers. Requires specified state agencies to report to Legislative Assembly on high-cost drugs. Requires Oregon Health Authority to refer to Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee any drug exceeding specified cost. Requires patient advocacy organization with budget exceeding $50,000 that has registered lobbyist in this state to report to Oregon Government Ethics Commission and Oregon Health Authority specified information regarding funding received from participants in pharmaceutical supply chain. Requires pharmacy benefit managers to report to Department of Consumer and Business Services and plan sponsors specified information regarding rebates, reimbursements, fees and incentives paid for drugs by manufacturers, insurers and pharmacies. Requires drug advertisement to disclose wholesale price of drug.

Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife to establish anti-poaching awareness program. Authorizes State Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt rules to implement program. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Department of Fish and Wildlife for anti-poaching awareness program. Increases maximum penalty for certain wildlife law offenses committed with culpable mental state to five years' incarceration, $125,000 fine, or both. Increases maximum penalty for certain wildlife law offenses committed without culpable mental state to $2,000 fine. Expands State Fish and Wildlife Commission authority to adopt rules relating to use of drones by State Department of Fish and Wildlife to include use of drones for preventing and detecting poaching. Requires Attorney General to make one or more employees of Department of Justice available to local governments to assist local governments with prosecuting violations of wildlife laws related to poaching. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.

Establishes Task Force on Forest Health Enhancement to design program for carrying out ] develop recommendations for certain forest-related activities. Requires task force to make every effort to report recommendations to interim ] committee of Legislative Assembly related to natural resources no later than September 15, 2020 ] by date of convening of 2020 regular session of Legislative Assembly, or as soon as possible . Sunsets task force December 31, 2020. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die. ] Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Directs Director of Transportation to require each region described in Act to conduct jurisdictional transfer evaluation and present report on evaluations to Joint Committee on Transportation no later than September 15, 2020. Sunsets January 2, 2021. Establishes Oregon Highway Jurisdictional Transfer Fund for purpose of paying costs to upgrade and transfer jurisdiction of highways. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Directs State Board of Education to adopt by rule complaint process to report school district policy in violation of state law prohibiting harassment, intimidation, bullying and cyberbullying. Directs board to adopt rules relating to complaint investigation and standards to determine whether school district policy prohibiting harassment, intimidation, bullying and cyberbullying complies with and is applied in accordance with state law. Directs Department of Education to establish system to track number of reported incidences of harassment, intimidation, bullying or cyberbullying that occur in each school district. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.