Prohibits landlords from terminating lease or taking other specified actions due to status of tenant as victim of bias crime. Provides that tenant who is bias crime victim is not responsible for damages resulting from commission of bias crime. Provides that perpetration of bias crime by tenant constitutes cause for termination of tenancy. Establishes process for victim of bias crime to be released from lease without penalty. Provides that release assistance officer and court enter order prohibiting defendant charged with crime involving bias from contacting victim. Provides that information reported to hate crimes hotline that might reveal identity of individual is confidential. Provides that victims of bias crime in the first degree must be consulted during plea negotiations. Expands Address Confidentiality Program to include victims of bias. Expands eligibility for protected leave to bias crime victims. Provides that Department of Justice employee who staffs hate crimes hotline is eligible to request that records kept by Department of Transportation contain employer address instead of home address. Directs Department of Justice to develop and deliver training program for district attorney victim assistance programs to assist with providing services to bias crime victims.
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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. Authorizes Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Program to reallocate undistributed moneys to specified organizations. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Justice for purpose of funding grant 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. ] Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die. ] Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Justice for Crime Victim and Survivor Services Division, for distribution to eligible children's advocacy centers. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Prohibits Department of Human Services from using specified moneys received on behalf of child in care for maintenance costs. Directs department to maintain separate accounts for each child on whose behalf moneys are received. Specifies types of expenses that may be paid from account. Authorizes department, upon request, to instead pay moneys directly into specified accounts for child's benefit. Creates exceptions. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes Early Literacy Success Initiative. Prescribes purposes and requirements under initiative, including establishment of Early Literacy Success School Grants, Birth Through Five Literacy Plan and Early Literacy Success Community Grants. Repeals Oregon Early Reading Program and Early Success Reading Initiative. Establishes Birth Through Five Literacy Fund and Early Literacy Success Community Grant Fund. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Provides that zone directors on local governing body of soil and water conservation district in county with population of ___ or more need only ] must reside within zones they represent in district and be registered voters. Provides that zone directors in districts that do not include any counties with populations of 250,000 or more must also meet certain additional requirements.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services ] Higher Education Coordinating Commission to distribute moneys to Area Health Education Center program of Oregon Health and Science University for specified purposes. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Creates refundable child tax credit, calculated based on number of dependents of taxpayer that are qualifying children with respect to taxpayer and are under six years of age at close of tax year. Limits credit to five dependents per tax return. Phases out amount of available credit based on adjusted gross income of taxpayer. Adjusts credit amount and phaseout threshold for inflation. Directs Department of Revenue to make quarterly advance payments of credit amounts. Requires Department of Human Services to seek waiver of federal requirements in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in order to allow recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance to receive advance child tax credit payments. Provides that credit is not subject to garnishment. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2024 ] 2023 , and before January 1, 2030 ] 2029 . Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires hospitals to file certain reports showing demographics of hospitals' workforces with Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries for posting to Bureau of Labor and Industries' website. Prescribes civil penalties ] penalty for noncompliance.
Extends deadlines for affinity group task forces to complete their work with respect to allocations of resources to address communities' needs and health inequities faced by communities and to report recommendations to Legislative Assembly. Extends deadlines for Oregon Health Authority to develop recommendations for linguistically specific intervention programs and to report recommendations to Legislative Assembly. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Limits ability of insurers offering dental benefit to require reimbursement of claims by credit card or electronic funds transfer. Imposes conditions on third party network contracts for leasing of dental provider panels. Authorizes Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt rules to allow individual or group policy or certificate of health insurance to impose copayment of no more than $5 for primary care visit if necessary to comply with federal requirements for equal coverage of mental health and physical health care services in insurance.