Directs Office of Emergency Management to establish and administer voluntary Oregon outdoor recreation search and rescue card program. ] Establishes Oregon Search and Rescue Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to office to reimburse county sheriffs for search and rescue activities and to administer and support county search and rescue grant program. ] Directs office to establish county search and rescue grant program to distribute moneys to counties for equipment, training and educational outreach. ] Permits Office of Emergency Management to enter into agreement with nonprofit organization representing sheriffs under which organization is authorized to administer program to produce and sell outdoor recreation search and rescue cards. Establishes requirements for agreement. Provides that organization may use revenues from program only to reimburse administrative costs and expenses, to reimburse county sheriffs' offices for certain costs relating to search and rescue and to issue grants for search and rescue purposes. Declares emergency, effective on passage. ] Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Establishes regulations for kratom products, including labeling requirements and minimum age for sale. Requires registration of kratom products with State Department of Agriculture. Provides civil cause of action for damages resulting from violation of kratom regulations. Authorizes imposition of civil penalty for certain violations. ] Creates crime of unlawful preparation, distribution, sale or offer for sale of kratom product. Punishes by maximum of 30 days' imprisonment, $1,250 fine, or both. Creates crime of unlawful distribution, sale or offer for sale to individual under 21 years of age. Punishes by maximum of 30 days' imprisonment, $1,250 fine, or both. ] Takes effect on July 1, 2020. ] Directs Oregon Health Authority, Oregon Liquor Control Commission, State Department of Agriculture and Governor's office to collaborate with kratom industry to develop plan to address issues related to regulatory authority over kratom. Requires plan to be submitted to interim committees of Legislative Assembly. Sunsets January 2, 2021. Creates crime of unlawful distribution, sale or offer for sale to individual under 21 years of age. Punishes by maximum of 30 days' imprisonment, $1,250 fine, or both. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Modifies allocation formula for grants to children's advocacy centers. Establishes Child Abuse Assessment Account within State Treasury for purpose of grant program for children's advocacy centers. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Justice for purpose of funding program. Limits biennial expenditures by department for grant program from Child Abuse Assessment Account. Modifies authority of Advisory Council on Child Abuse Assessment to deposit contributions to Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Account and Child Abuse Assessment Account. Permits Department of Justice to use moneys from Criminal Injuries Compensation Account to pay for medical services provided by children's advocacy center in cases of suspected child sexual abuse or child physical abuse. Directs University of Oregon to conduct Oregon child abuse prevalence study and to submit report regarding study to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to human services. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for study. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Education for purposes of developing curricula and providing educator training for instructional requirements that relate to child sexual abuse prevention, human sexuality education, teen dating violence and domestic violence, and similar instructional requirements that relate to child safety. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Removes requirement that physician assistant practice under supervising physician. Requires physician assistant to enter into collaboration agreement with physician, podiatric physician or qualified physician assistant. Defines "collaboration agreement. ] Requires supervising physician, or supervising physician organization, to enter into practice agreement with physician assistant in order to use services of physician assistant. Prohibits Oregon Medical Board from requiring minimum number of hours during which supervising physician must be physically present to provide supervision. Requires that physician assistant have appropriate access to supervising physician. Requires physician assistant who prescribes and dispenses prescription drugs to maintain specified records and follow specified prescription labeling requirements. Becomes operative January 1, 2021. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Limits cost-sharing for health benefit plan coverage of insulin prescribed for treatment of diabetes.
Requires health care providers, including coordinated care organizations, and ] companies providing health care interpreters to health care providers to use health care interpreters who are listed on health care interpreter registry as being qualified or certified by Oregon Health Authority. Specifies ] Requires authority to adopt by rule exceptions. Directs Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries to establish by rule standards, policies and processes to monitor compliance with and enforce requirements. Requires authority to cooperate with Oregon Council on Health Care Interpreters to ] establish registry of qualified and certified health care interpreters and provide statewide health care interpreter training . Requires authority, by September 15, 2020, to make recommendations ] report to interim committee of House of Representatives related to health on design of health care interpreter program meeting specified criteria ] costs to implement establishment of health care interpreter registry and to provide health care interpreter training . Requires companies providing health care interpreters to register with authority and meet certain requirements. ] Makes health care interpreters subject workers for purposes of workers' compensation benefits. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Modifies protective proceedings to permit vulnerable youth guardianships for adults between 18 and 21 years of age who are not citizens or lawful permanent residents of United States ] eligible for special immigrant status and who are unable to be reunified with parent due to abuse, neglect or abandonment that occurred before adult attained 18 years of age. Creates exceptions to certain protective proceeding procedural requirements in vulnerable youth guardianships. Exempts vulnerable youth guardianships from court fees. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Establishes Willamette Falls Locks Authority as public corporation. Prescribes duties of authority. Modifies duties of Willamette Falls Locks Commission. Sunsets commission on June 30, 2021. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Provides that student who legally entered United States under Compact of Free Association treaty between United States and Republic of Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands or Federated States of Micronesia and who has not previously established residence in any state or territory of United States other than Oregon qualifies for exemption from nonresident tuition and fees at public universities and is eligible to receive state and university scholarships or other financial aid. Provides that student who is refugee or special immigrant visa holder and who has not previously established residence in any state or territory of United States other than Oregon qualifies for exemption from nonresident tuition and fees at public universities and is eligible to receive state and university scholarships or other financial aid. Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to provide mission differentiation funding if specified enrollment threshold is met. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to ensure reimbursement of health services delivered using telemedicine.