Requires members of district school board for common school district or union high school district to file verified statement of economic interest with Oregon Government Ethics Commission.
Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to provide grants for certain coordinated homeless response systems. Requires response systems to report annually to Housing and Community Services Department, Oregon Housing Stability Council and interim committee of Legislative Assembly. Sunsets January 2, 2025. Appropriates moneys for specified response system grants. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Directs Oregon Business Development Department to develop and implement Economic Equity Investment Program to award grants to organizations that provide culturally responsive services to support economic stability, self-sufficiency, wealth building and economic equity among disadvantaged individuals, families, businesses and communities in Oregon. Becomes operative January 1, 2023. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to department for purposes of grant program. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires Department of Human Services to establish certification process for direct care providers of home or community-based services and implement online registry of direct care providers of home or community-based services. Specifies requirements for certification and information to be displayed on online registry. Requires department to work with stakeholder groups to design certification requirements, explore ways to improve skill level and training of caregivers and improve caregivers' pathways to continued education and advancement. Sunsets January 2, 2024. Requires department to report to Joint Interim Committee on Ways and Means on work with stakeholders and on implementation of certification process and registry. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes Veterans Dental Program in Oregon Health Authority to provide oral health care to low-income veterans who reside in Oregon beginning in 2023. Specifies eligibility requirements for program. Provides that character of discharge does not affect eligibility. Directs Department of Veterans' Affairs to create criteria for waiver to eligibility requirement that veteran be discharged or released under honorable conditions when discharge or release is result of discriminatory policies or practices. Authorizes county or tribal veterans' service officer to grant waiver in accordance with department criteria. ] Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs Department of Human Services to establish program to award grants to ] distribute funds to community-based organizations to provide financial assistance to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status recipients for specified purposes. Sunsets January 1, 2025. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes Prosperity 10,000 Program to provide career coaching, occupational training and job placement services for at least 10,000 low-income job seekers most impacted by COVID-19 pandemic. Appropriates moneys to Department of Human Services for purpose of funding Prosperity 10,000 program. Sunsets program on January 2, 2026. Appropriates moneys to Bureau of Labor and Industries for purpose of funding grant programs to increase diverse participation in registered apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs in construction, education, health care and manufacturing, and to award grants to community-based organizations for development and implementation of apprenticeship or preapprenticeship programs in those industry sectors. Sunsets grant programs on January 2, 2026. Appropriates moneys to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for purpose of administering grants to local workforce development boards that partner with culturally specific organizations, and administering grants awarded directly to culturally specific organizations to develop new apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs in construction, education, health care and manufacturing, and to promote equitable participation in programs. Sunsets grant programs on January 2, 2026. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Business Development Department to develop and implement program to award grants to Oregon cultural organizations in response to negative impact of COVID-19 pandemic on organizations' earned revenue. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Adds to cancers covered by rebuttable presumption of occupational disease for eligible nonvolunteer firefighters. Requires Workers' Compensation Management-Labor Advisory Committee to review material published by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health related to cancers associated with nonvolunteer firefighters.
