Rep. Cyrus Javadi

Maddy summaryHB 3768 designates March 21 of every year as Nowruz Day in Oregon, officially recognizing the Persian New Year rooted in Zoroastrian traditions and celebrated by immigrant communities. The bill acknowledges Nowruz's symbolism of renewal and unity, referencing its UNESCO-recognized status as International Nowruz Day. It includes a procedural emergency declaration to allow immediate implementation upon passage, though the bill itself creates no new legal requirements or financial obligations. This recognition directly affects Oregon residents, particularly those from Iranian or Persian cultural backgrounds, who observe Nowruz through traditions like the Haft-seen table.

Requires an individual who uses the title "doctor" in connection with a health care profession to designate on specified material, including social media and professional name badges, the health care profession in which the individual earned a doctoral degree.

] Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to award [ grants ] loans for the predevelopment costs of affordable housing [ and a grant to assist nonprofits receiving grants or loans under this Act. Sunsets January 2, 2028 ]. Requires the department to adopt initial rules by June 1, 2026, and to combine other existing predevelopment loan programs. [ Establishes the Affordable Housing Predevelopment Loan Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in the fund to the department to award loans for predevelopment costs of affordable housing. ] [ Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the department for grants and loans. ] Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

] Prohibits willfully selling or using software that is designed to circumvent, thwart, interfere with or evade a control or measure, including a security measure or an access control system, that an operator, ticket seller or reseller establishes or uses to ensure an equitable distribution, sale or resale of admission tickets for an entertainment event, including a public or private presale of admission tickets. [ Prohibits a person from offering or selling an admission ticket to a retail purchaser unless the person discloses the initial price and total price of the admission ticket before requiring the purchaser to provide payment information. Requires the seller to make additional disclosures. ] Prohibits a person from willfully using, without prior authorization, an Internet domain name or subdomain name that names a venue, names an entertainment event or a person that is scheduled to appear or perform at the entertainment event or is substantially similar to the name of the venue, of the entertainment event or the person or entity that is scheduled to appear or perform at the entertainment event. Prohibits a person from publishing or causing another person to publish a website that has or uses text, images, graphics, a design or other material that is so substantially similar to the intellectual property of an operator or venue as to mislead a reasonable visitor to the website into believing that the website is affiliated with the operator or venue . [ Prohibits a reseller from selling or offering for resale an admission ticket unless the reseller has actual or constructive possession of the admission ticket and makes certain disclosures before completing the sale. ] Punishes violations of the Act as an unlawful practice under the Unlawful Trade Practices Act.

Requires health benefit plans to cover autologous breast reconstruction procedures and related services with specific requirements related to out-of-pocket costs, cost-sharing, utilization review, reimbursement rates and network adequacy.

] Modifies the qualifications for certain statutes of limitations for civil actions based on allowing, permitting or encouraging child abuse and sexual assault. Prospectively eliminates the statute of limitations for civil actions based on sexual assault or child sexual abuse. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Allows a physician or physician associate to use telemedicine to practice medicine or provide health care services under specified circumstances to a patient located out of state. Clarifies that the physician or physician associate is subject to the laws regulating the practice of medicine in the jurisdiction where the patient is located.

Directs the Public Utility Commission to provide for a classification of service for large energy use facilities. Requires any tariff schedule adopted for the class to allocate the costs of serving large energy use facilities to the facilities and mitigate the risks to other classes of retail electricity consumers. Defines "large energy use facility." Directs the commission to require an electric company to use a contract when providing electricity service to a large energy use facility. Requires the contract to meet certain requirements and conditions. Directs the commission to report each even-numbered year to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy on trends in load requirements and other implications from large energy use facilities. Sunsets January 2, 2035. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Requires the Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations to increase reimbursement rates for inpatient psychiatric services provided by hospitals to medical assistance recipients. Directs the authority, in partnership with acute care facilities, coordinated care organizations and community mental health programs, to develop care plans for civilly committed patients who are discharging from an acute care facility.

Directs the State Fish and Wildlife Commission to require license agents to issue paper copies of licenses, tags and permits under the wildlife laws upon request. Prohibits the commission from requiring a person to participate in an electronic licensing system in order to purchase or use a license, tag or permit. Increases the portion of a fee for issuance of a license, tag or permit under the wildlife laws that certain license agents may retain.