Rep. Susan McLain

Directs Housing and Community Services Department to develop and implement Rent Guarantee Program to provide incentives and financial assistance to landlords that rent or lease to low income households by guaranteeing payments to landlords for unpaid rent and for eviction and property damage costs within certain limits. Authorizes department to request proposals from and contract with program providers to administer program. Requires collection of performance outcome measures and annual report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly on housing. Establishes Rent Guarantee Program Fund and continuously appropriates moneys to department for Rent Guarantee Program.

Modifies civil penalties, license regulation and licensing fees for certain facilities regulated by Department of Human Services. Establishes Residential Care Quality Measurement Program and Quality Measurement Council within department to develop quality metrics for residential care facilities, require reporting of quality metrics by residential care facilities, provide reports to individual residential care facilities and compile aggregate information about quality of care in residential care facilities. Creates new license for conversion facilities. Requires department to develop and disseminate evidence-informed framework for accurately and equitably assessing residential care facility compliance or noncompliance with regulatory requirements. Requires department to administer residential care facility enhanced oversight and supervision program. Requires department to take one or more specified actions with respect to residential care facilities with poor performance on quality metrics. Requires department to utilize and share with residential care facilities, acuity-based staffing tool to evaluate level and type of direct care staffing based upon acuity of residents' needs. Requires direct care staff in residential care facility and caregivers in adult foster homes to complete training in dementia care that meets specified standards. Requires facilities and homes to dispense drugs to residents using form of packaging that reduces administration errors. Requires Oregon Medical Board to encourage licensed physicians to obtain continuing medical education in treatment of patients with Alzheimer's disease. Modifies provisions relating to evacuation of residents from adult foster home.

Directs Department of Education to reimburse education provider for expenses incurred from providing vision screenings. Establishes Vision Health Account for purpose of making reimbursements. Appropriates moneys to Department of Education for deposit in Vision Health Account. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2017.

Expands laws regarding preservation of participating properties that are publicly supported housing. Requires owner of participating property to provide notice to Housing and Community Services Department and local governments two years prior to expiration of contract or withdrawal of participating property from publicly supported housing. Requires property owner who violates notice requirements to extend affordability restriction on participating property. Requires owner of participating property to provide department and local governments with opportunity to offer to purchase participating property. Requires owner of participating property subject to certain contracts to provide department and local governments with right of first refusal to purchase participating property. Establishes timelines and requirements for department and local governments to exercise opportunity to offer to purchase participating property and right of first refusal to purchase participating property. Authorizes civil action by person who suffers ascertainable loss or damage as result of property owner's failure to comply with laws. Appropriates additional moneys from General Fund to department for certain biennial expenses. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Authorizes city or county to adopt ordinance or resolution granting exemption for newly rehabilitated or constructed multiunit rental housing. Provides that otherwise eligible rental property may receive exemption for rehabilitation only once. Provides that exemption may be granted for term of up to 10 years depending on number of units rented to households with annual income at or below 120 percent of area median income under definition adopted by city or county at monthly rates affordable to such households. Requires city's or county's definition of "area median income" to be adjusted for size of household. Requires city or county to adopt definition of "affordable." Provides that ordinance or resolution granting exemption may not take effect unless rates of taxation of taxing districts whose governing bodies agree to grant exemption equal 51 percent or more of total combined rate of taxation on qualified property. Requires exemption to be granted to all eligible rental property on same terms in effect on date application is submitted. Allows city or county to amend exemption, subject to approval process of taxing districts, or terminate exemption, but provides that qualified property granted exemption continues to receive exemption under same terms in effect at time exemption was first granted. Provides for clawback of exemption savings if county assessor determines rental property does not meet requirements for exemption. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Provides that portion of U.S. Highway 20 shall be known as Oregon Medal of Honor Highway. Authorizes Department of Transportation to install memorial markers that recognize and honor Oregon's Medal of Honor recipients in roadside rest areas and turnouts on U.S. Highway 20 . Takes effect on 91st date following adjournment sine die.

Prohibits enforcement of condominium irrigation requirements by association of unit owners following finding or declaration of existing or likely drought conditions or adoption of certain rules by association. Prohibits enforcement of irrigation requirements by homeowners association following adoption of certain rules by association. Permits association of unit owners and homeowners association to adopt rules that require reduction or elimination of irrigation or that permit or require replacement of existing turf with xeriscape. Defines terms and reorganizes certain provisions within each statutory series. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Directs Department of Education to convene advisory group to develop statewide ethnic studies standards for adoption into existing statewide social studies standards for public kindergarten through grade 12. Directs department to adopt ethnic studies standards into existing statewide social studies standards for public kindergarten through grade 12. Sunsets advisory group on January 2, 2022. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Establishes procedures for conducting functional behavioral assessments and for developing, reviewing and revising behavior intervention plans for students with individualized education programs or 504 Plans. Takes effect July 1, 2018.

Requires employer operating certain facility to submit annual materials balance report on facility's input and output of hazardous materials to Department of Environmental Quality. Allows department to adopt rules and impose civil penalty for violation.