Rep. Cyrus Javadi

Prohibits Oregon Board of Dentistry from requiring applicant for certification as dental assistant to pass written examination. Requires board to adopt rules to establish alternative pathways to certification. ] Allows Oregon Board of Dentistry to require applicant for certification as dental assistant to pass written examination. Specifies requirements for examination. Becomes operative July 1, 2025. Directs board to convene advisory committee to study dental assistant workforce shortage and review dental assistant certification requirements in other states. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Modifies requirements for health insurance coverage of hearing-related items and services. Requires Oregon Health Authority, through medical assistance program, and Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board, through health benefit plans offered by boards, to provide hearing-related items and services specified for health insurance coverage.

Prohibits cost-sharing on certain health insurance coverage of supplemental and diagnostic breast examinations.

Allows certain pharmacy technicians to administer vaccines. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Allows residential landlord and tenant to agree to provide written notices by electronic mail and allow landlord to refund moneys by electronic means. Requires mailed copy of termination notices provided by electronic mail.

Modifies abbreviated school day program requirements. Requires that parent or foster parent must give informed and written consent for student with disability to be placed on program. Prescribes duties of school district superintendent and Department of Education in relation to abbreviated school day programs. Directs school districts to provide notice to parents or foster parents of every student with disability who was on abbreviated school day program at end of 2022-2023 school year or who had abbreviated school days during 2022-2023 school year. Prescribes requirements of notice. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Requires certain cities and communities in Tillamook County to allow middle housing on residentially zoned lands, to adopt housing production strategies and to accommodate estimated housing needs upon lands inventoried as buildable lands. Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services and Housing and Community Services Department to include those cities and communities within Oregon Housing Needs Analysis. Requires Department of Land Conservation and Development to adopt rules establishing deadlines for those Tillamook County cities and communities to meet urbanization requirement and authorizes Land Conservation and Development Commission to adopt rules to allow cooperation among those cities, communities and county to meet those requirements.

Removes requirement that adequate repository for terminal disposition of high-level radioactive waste be licensed as precondition for issuance of site certificate for nuclear-fueled thermal power plant. Removes requirement that proposed site certificate for nuclear-fueled thermal power plant be submitted to electors of this state for approval or rejection. Refers Act to people for their approval or rejection at next regular general election.

Directs State Treasurer to establish linked deposit program under which State Treasurer purchases investment instruments from qualified depository at below-market rates and qualified depository issues below-market rate loans to minority-owned businesses, woman-owned businesses or businesses that service-disabled veterans own.

Includes first cousins as members of same family for purposes of exclusion from definition of "employment" under unemployment insurance law.