Rep. Mitch Greenlick

Designates November 25, 2017, as Holodomor Remembrance Day.

Directs Oregon Health Authority, in coordination with Traditional Health Workers Commission, to biennially review, and revise if necessary, any reimbursement rates for doulas. Requires coordinated care organizations to make information on access to doulas available online and in print. Directs authority to report to Oregon Health Policy Board and Oregon Public Health Advisory Board on status of doulas in Oregon. Sunsets reporting requirement January 1, 2024.

Prohibits inclusion of provisions prohibiting installation and use of solar panels for obtaining solar access in declaration or bylaws of planned community.

Directs Oregon Medical Board, Oregon State Board of Nursing , Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine and Oregon Board of Dentistry to provide licensees of boards with opioid and opiate prescribing guidelines and recommendations established by association of licensee practitioners. Takes effect 91st day after adjournment sine die.

Requires hospital to adopt policy for release of patients from emergency department following treatment for behavioral health crisis. Requires hospitals to report and Oregon Health Authority to compile information about policies adopted. Requires authority to report to Legislative Assembly no later than January 1, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Modifies requirements for appearance of spouses who are parties to case in small claims department of circuit court or justice court.

Modifies sources of moneys deposited in Residential Solid Fuel Heating Air Quality Improvement Fund. Allows moneys in fund to be used for funding programs for replacing or removing solid fuel burning devices that are not certified by Department of Environmental Quality. Adds rebates to permissible types of subsidies available under solid fuel burning device replacement or removal program. Requires Department of Environmental Quality to establish program for providing grants, loans, rebates or other subsidies to make dry wood or cleaner fuel available to communities or individuals. Requires Department of Environmental Quality to prioritize allocation of grants, loans, rebates or other subsidies under solid fuel burning device replacement or removal program and dry wood or cleaner fuel provision program to be used in nonattainment areas for particulate matter or areas at substantial risk of being designated nonattainment areas for particulate matter. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2017.

Specifies behavioral health services that must be provided by coordinated care organization. Expands scope of emergency services that must be covered by health benefit plan to include treatment for behavioral health crisis. Requires group health insurance policy to cover specified behavioral health services.

Directs Department of Consumer and Business Services to develop and report, no later than September 15, 2017, recommendations to Legislative Assembly and interim committees related to health for program to reimburse costs of oral health care for low-income individuals residing in Oregon under Compact of Free Association treaty. Sunsets January 2, 2020. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

In memoriam: Gary Braasch.