Rep. Janelle Bynum

Authorizes county to declare shortage of health care and human services personnel and apply to Oregon Health Authority for moneys to make grants to employers to alleviate shortage by offering certain benefits to potential workers and educators. Appropriates moneys to Oregon Health Authority to distribute to counties for purposes related to encouraging healthy eating, physical activity and mental health. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Directs Oregon Health Authority to develop and maintain public health campaign to educate Oregonians about illicit opioids. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission, in collaboration with ] Oregon Health Authority , ] to establish grant program for purpose of distributing moneys to institutions of higher education and organizations that administer training programs to develop training and instructional programs that prepare students to enter into behavioral health workforce. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to authority to carry out grant program. Establishes timelines for distributing funds to approved grant applicants. Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission, in collaboration with State Workforce and Talent Development Board , and Oregon Health Authority, to establish grant program to award grants to local workforce development boards that promote workforce development in field of behavioral health ] to establish behavioral health workforce development program to be administered by local workforce development boards . Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission to carry out provisions related to grant ] workforce development programs. Establishes timelines for distributing funds to local workforce development boards for purposes of administering workforce development program. Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission and Oregon Health Authority to meet certain reporting requirements concerning use of grant funds and progress and outcomes of behavioral health workforce development programs. Requires Oregon Health Authority to collect and report data regarding recipient use of incentives provided for recruitment and retention of behavioral health workforce and to collect data regarding grants awarded by authority to provide supervised clinical experience for certain behavioral health care providers. Establishes oversight council to advise Oregon Health Authority in identifying and eliminating systemic barriers that influence funding, allocation of funding and policy choices with respect to behavioral health workforce. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Changes term "naloxone" to "short-acting opioid antagonist."

Allows owner of publicly accessible building or facility to obtain from Oregon Health Authority kit including short-acting opioid antagonist and necessary medical supplies to administer short-acting opioid antagonist for use by members of public. Defines "short-acting opioid antagonist." Provides civil immunity from liability for member of public and owner. Directs authority to establish process through which owner of building or facility may obtain kit, and to issue standing order to prescribe short-acting opioid antagonist and necessary medical supplies to administer short-acting opioid antagonist. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Changes term "naloxone" to "short-acting opioid antagonist." Allows law enforcement officer, firefighter or emergency medical services provider to distribute multiple kits to specified individuals. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Creates refundable income tax credit for certain child care workers. Provides for child care worker to elect to deposit refund attributable to credit in Oregon Retirement Savings Plan. Provides for credit to be claimed on personal income tax return for 2024 tax year. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution to require majority of each house of Legislative Assembly to be present to conduct business. Refers proposed amendment to people for their approval or rejection at next regular general election.

Provides immunity from civil and criminal liability to school administrators, teachers or other school employees designated by school administrator who administer naloxone to pupils experiencing opiate overdoses. Specifies conditions under which immunity is available. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Exempts from drug paraphernalia prohibitions pipes, fentanyl test strips and other harm reduction items. Expands affirmative defense to crime of unlawful possession of a controlled substance to include any person acting in capacity of employee or volunteer of harm reduction intervention program. Repeals prohibition on providing hypodermic devices to minors. Declares emergency, effective on passage.