Rep. Andrea Salinas

Requires Oregon Health Authority to study impacts of COVID-19 on demand for behavioral health services and make recommendations to interim committees of Legislative Assembly, no later than September 15, 2022, for legislative changes needed to increase access to behavioral health services for all Oregonians. Sunsets January 2, 2023. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to conduct needs assessment identifying current mental health provider education programs and curricula offered at community colleges and public universities. Sunsets January 2, 2023. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Requires Legislative Assembly to provide translator and interpreter services free of charge in order to facilitate witness participation in hearings or informal meetings with one or more members of Legislative Assembly, as required by federal Americans with Disabilities Act, or in conjunction with constituent outreach services. Requires that verbal or written request be made to Legislative Administrator by specified date before translator and interpreter services will be provided. Requires Legislative Administrator, upon request of member of Legislative Assembly, to provide translator or interpreter services for specified types of written material. Requires each Senator and Representative to develop language access plan for their offices to address communication of critical legislative information to limited English proficiency constituents and residents of their districts. Specifies factors each plan must take into account and methods members may choose to implement plan. Appropriates moneys to Legislative Administration Committee to fund translator and interpreter services and language access plan development. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Establishes Oregon Kidney Disease Prevention and Education Task Force. Specifies membership and duties. Sunsets January 2, 2028. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Prohibits insurer from refusing credentials to health care provider based on certain reasons. Requires Department of Consumer and Business Services to establish appeals process for health care providers to appeal refusal to credential.

Requires state agencies to reduce public records request fees by 50 percent if request is made in public interest, and requires state agencies to entirely waive fees if public records request is in public interest and narrowly tailored. Requires requests made by members of news media to be treated as in public interest. Requires, on or after January 1, 2022, local governments, local service districts and special government bodies to make identical reductions and waivers in public records requests fees unless governing body of records custodian conducts public meeting, deliberates on and resolves not to adopt fee reductions and waivers. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Establishes legislative Task Force on the Impacts of COVID-19 on Health Care Delivery Systems to evaluate impacts of COVID-19 on health care delivery systems in this state. Sunsets December 31, 2022. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Requires Oregon Health Authority to convene advisory committee to study adequacy of personal protective equipment provided to health care workers to protect against SARS-CoV-2 and to report findings to interim committee of Legislative Assembly. Sunsets January 2, 2023. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Directs Department of Education to request waiver of federal academic assessment requirements for 2020-2021 school year. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Requires Legislative Policy and Research Director or chief sponsor of bill or proposed constitutional amendment to prepare racial and ethnic impact statement. Specifies contents of statement. Prohibits committees or joint committees from moving bill or proposed constitutional amendment to floor of Senate or House of Representatives unless racial and ethnic statement is prepared and made publicly available. Requires, if initial racial and ethnic impact statement estimates negative impact, committee to hold public hearing to consider ways to eliminate or mitigate estimated negative impact on traditionally marginalized groups. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.