Rep. Dacia Grayber

Requires health insurance coverage of specified fertility services and treatments with exemption for certain insurers. Directs the Oregon Health Authority and the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study access to fertility and reproductive endocrinology services and report findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Establishes an air ambulance readiness program in the Oregon Department of Emergency Management to provide subsidies to qualified air ambulance bases to offset the costs of operating air ambulances and air ambulance services. Requires the department to biennially report on the program to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health care. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Requires the owner of a public building to periodically conduct inspections and testing of fire dampers, smoke dampers, combination fire and smoke dampers and smoke control systems in the public building. Specifies qualifications for inspectors. Requires an inspector to issue a certificate of compliance if the public building complies with the applicable standards or to issue a deficiency report if the public building does not comply. Specifies a time period within which the public building owner must return the public building to compliance. Directs a building owner that receives public moneys for the purpose of replacing or repairing fire dampers, smoke dampers, combination fire and smoke dampers and smoke control systems to require a contractor to provide certain benefits to workers in connection with an installation or repair of equipment that fails an inspection or test or is otherwise deficient. Punishes violation of the Act with a civil penalty equivalent to five cents for each square foot of occupied space in the public building. Authorizes additional civil penalties for a continuing failure to comply. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

] Appropriates moneys to the Department of Justice [ to backfill reductions in ] for purposes related to federal Victims of Crime Act grants. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Maddy summaryThis Oregon bill prohibits health insurance plans from charging deductibles, copays, or coinsurance for cervical cancer screenings and follow-up examinations. It covers preventive screenings (like Pap tests) and necessary follow-ups for abnormal results, as defined by health guidelines, but excludes treatments for diagnosed cancer. The law applies to all group and individual health insurance plans in Oregon, removing financial barriers to early detection. Its key provision ensures no out-of-pocket costs for these specific preventive services.

Removes the percentage cap on the amount of moneys that are distributed from the State School Fund to school districts for students eligible for special education as a child with a disability. Directs the Department of Education to prepare and submit a report related to special education funding and expenditures. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund for transfer to the State School Fund. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.

Lowers the thresholds above which, in applicable circumstances, controllers are subject to regulation in processing consumers' personal data. Prohibits controllers from processing sensitive data for the purposes of targeted advertising or profiling a consumer in furtherance of decisions that produce legal effects or effects of similar significance. Prohibits a controller from selling sensitive data for any reason.

] [ Directs the Oregon Health Authority to modify the amounts of grants for school-based health centers for inflation. ] [ Directs the authority to issue grants for the planning and operation of school-based health services. ] Directs the [ authority ] Oregon Health Authority to develop and implement a program to issue grants to increase and improve school-based mental health services and substance use services. Directs the authority to study methods for providing or increasing reimbursement for mental health services delivered through school-based health centers. [ Authorizes the issuance of lottery bonds for school-based health center purposes. ] Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Business Development Department for the purposes of the Oregon Arts Commission. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Business Development Department for the purposes of distribution to the Oregon Arts Commission for grants to certain organizations. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Increases the tax credit allowed to rural volunteer emergency medical services providers from $250 per tax year to $1,000 per tax year. Requires the Office of Rural Health to annually submit to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health care and to the Emergency Medical Services Program a report that includes the number of taxpayers eligible for the tax credit. Extends the tax credit sunset to January 1, 2030.