] Directs the Emergency Medical Services Program to develop a state emergency medical services 10-year strategic plan. Sunsets on January 2, 2037. Directs the program to provide loan repayment subsidies to certain licensed emergency medical services providers. Directs the program to subsidize the cost of obtaining an emergency medical services provider license for which an individual must have earned at least an associate degree . [ Enacts the EMS Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact. Permits the Oregon Health Authority to disclose specified information to the Interstate Commission for EMS Personnel Practice. Exempts individuals authorized to work as emergency medical services providers from the requirement to obtain a license from the authority. Allows the authority to use moneys to meet the financial obligations imposed on the State of Oregon as a result of participation in the compact. Requires an entity to provide a labor peace agreement prior to engaging certain individuals authorized under compact privilege to practice as emergency medical services providers. Sunsets on January 2, 2030. ] Allows the program to award funding to each regional emergency medical services advisory board for innovation proposals to improve emergency medical services within the emergency medical services regions. Accepts specified emergency medical services training programs and apprenticeships as sufficient for meeting certain emergency medical services provider education requirements for licensure. Allows the Governor to assign and make available for use any emergency medical services resources and equipment in response to an emergency for which emergency medical services are required. Establishes the Emergency Medical Services Mobilization Advisory Board to advise the Governor on the mobilization of emergency medical services in this state. Changes the "Pediatric Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee" to the "Emergency Medical Services for Children Advisory Committee." Directs the Legislative Assembly to allocate moneys from the Criminal Fine Account to the Emergency Medical Services Program Fund. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Requires home health agencies and home hospice programs to establish home health and home hospice staffing committees to develop staffing plans. Imposes penalties for certain violations. Requires the Oregon Health Authority to post the staffing plans to the authority's website and establish an online portal for filing complaints regarding violations. Prescribes a complaint process. Adds enforcement tools for the authority to enforce the home health and home hospice staffing requirements. Permits employees or exclusive representatives of employees of home health agencies and home hospice programs to seek enforcement by the Bureau of Labor and Industries of rules adopted by the bureau regarding meal periods and rest periods. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires school districts and public charter schools to implement a schedule for high schools that does not start regular instructional hours before 8:30 a.m. Directs the Department of Education to provide technical assistance and to award grants related to the implementation of the school starting time requirement.
Creates the crime of possessing, purchasing, making, delivering or selling a pill press or similar equipment. Punishes by a maximum of five years' imprisonment, a $125,000 fine, or both. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Modifies the meaning of "sexually explicit conduct" for certain crimes involving children. Directs the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to classify invasion of personal privacy in the first degree as a crime category 8 on the sentencing guidelines grid when the victim is a minor. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study Medicaid supplemental reimbursement for ground emergency medical transportation services. Directs the authority to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
Requires the Bureau of Labor and Industries to study issues regarding the minimum salary threshold for exemptions from overtime pay. Directs the bureau to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to business and labor no later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
Authorizes the payment out of the Workers' Benefit Fund of the expenses of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries in carrying out the commissioner's statutory duties. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Requires the Oregon Health Authority to adopt by rule qualification criteria for veteran-specific personal health navigators as an additional category of traditional health workers.
Maddy summaryHB 3219 appropriates a specific amount from the General Fund to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to the Oregon Hazards Lab at the University of Oregon. The bill directly affects the lab by providing funding for its operations during the 2025-2027 biennium. This is a procedural funding measure with no substantive policy changes; it simply allocates existing state funds to support the lab's work. The bill is currently under review in the Ways and Means committee.