Rep. Maxine Dexter

Establishes Rural System Development Charges Program within Housing and Community Services Department to pay system development charges for rural affordable multifamily housing. Establishes Rural System Development Charges Fund. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to department for purposes of program. Sunsets June 30, 2029. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Requires Housing and Community Services Department to report to Legislative Assembly on homeownership disparities by September 15 of each even-numbered year. Sunsets January 2, 2035. ] Requires department to identify and remove barriers to down payment assistance for individuals with individual taxpayer identification numbers and to report to Oregon Housing Stability Council. ] Requires department to convene and provide training programs for homeownership organizations and to evaluate and to report on effectiveness of organization's programs to council. ] Requires department to research existing financial literacy materials and to develop new materials and financial literacy pamphlet by September 15, 2025. ] Requires mortgage bankers and brokers to include financial literacy pamphlet with mortgages. Becomes operative January 1, 2026. ] Appropriates moneys from General Fund to support homeownership and fair housing. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2023.

Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to conduct study to determine how to best address food insecurity for students enrolled in post-secondary institutions of education in this state. Directs commission to submit findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to higher education not later than September 15, 2024.

Creates income tax credit for child care workers employed in rural areas. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2024, and before January 1, 2030. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Requires Housing and Community Services Department to study housing. Directs department to submit findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to housing not later than September 15, 2024.

Provides permanent revenue stream from Oregon Marijuana Account to fund ] Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Business Development Department to be used for Economic Equity Investment Program created under chapter 103, Oregon Laws 2022 (Enrolled Senate Bill 1579). Authorizes grant recipients to allocate grant moneys to any entity lawfully organized and operating under state law. Requires department, during rulemaking process, to consult persons and communities most likely to be affected by program. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die. ] Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Requires Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organization to pay reasonable per diem rate for patient whose discharge from hospital is delayed due to circumstances beyond hospital's control. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Requires pharmacy benefit managers to annually report specified information to Department of Consumer and Business Services, including costs and rebates of prescription drugs for enrollees. Authorizes civil penalty, or refusal, revocation or suspension of registration, for failing to comply with reporting requirements.

Prohibits pharmacy benefit manager, after adjudication of and payment on claim for reimbursement of prescription drug, from recouping reimbursement paid except as part of routine audit, or from imposing retroactive fee on basis that was not determined when claim was adjudicated.

Adds licensed mental health professionals , naturopathic physicians and pharmacists and certified medical laboratory scientists and medical laboratory technicians to types of providers eligible for tax credit allowed to rural medical care provider. Removes requirement of hospital consulting privileges applicable to optometrist claiming credit. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2024. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.