Requires Department of Human Services to disregard as resources moneys held in specified pension and retirement accounts in determining eligibility for temporary assistance for needy families.
Prohibits broadband Internet access service provider from disclosing, selling or permitting access to personal information of customers of provider. Creates exceptions, including exception for giving express consent. ] Requires broadband Internet access service provider to take reasonable measures to protect personal information of customers of provider. ] Requires broadband Internet access service provider to provide notice of provisions of Act to potential customers of provider. ] Makes violation of Act unlawful trade practice. ] Establishes Task Force on Broadband Security to study uniformity of laws throughout United States with respect to protecting customers of broadband Internet access service providers. Requires task force to submit report, including recommendations for legislation, to interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary no later than December 15, 2018. ] Prohibits public bodies from contracting with broadband Internet access service providers that engage in certain network management activities based on paid prioritization, content blocking or other discrimination. Provides limited exceptions, including for activities necessary to address needs of public safety and law enforcement. Becomes operative January 1, 2019. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to provide tuition assistance for ] grants to qualified members of Oregon National Guard to attend community colleges or public universities. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires each public university to establish advisory body to advise university president on recommendations to governing board regarding resident tuition and mandatory enrollment fees. Requires public university to provide specified training and information to advisory body. Requires advisory body to document consideration of specified impacts of recommended resident tuition and mandatory enrollment fees before making recommendation to president of university to increase resident tuition and mandatory enrollment fees by more than five percent annually . Requires advisory body to provide meaningful opportunities to participate in process and deliberation of advisory body to recognized student government and other students enrolled at public university. Requires advisory body to provide written report to president of university setting forth recommendations, deliberations and observations of advisory body regarding resident tuition and mandatory enrollment fees. Specifies contents of report. Requires governing board to receive and consider written reports from advisory body when determining tuition and mandatory enrollment fees. Provides that if Higher Education Coordinating Commission must approve request by governing board to increase total of resident tuition and mandatory enrollment fees for undergraduate resident students by more than five percent, that public university will provide commission with written reports from advisory body and any other information or materials commission determines are necessary for commission to reach determination. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Allows Health Licensing Office to issue residential care facility administrator license to qualified applicant. Renames Nursing Home Administrators Board as Long Term Care Administrators Board. Prohibits board from carrying out disciplinary action against licensee unless at least one board member who represents type of license held by licensee is present at board meetings related to disciplinary action. Requires individual currently employed as residential care facility administrator in Oregon , or individual seeking employment as residential care facility administrator in Oregon prior to January 1, 2022, to apply for residential care facility administrator license by July 1, 2019. Allows Health Licensing Office to issue provisional residential care facility administrator license to qualified individual. Requires individual who holds provisional residential care facility administrator license to obtain residential care facility administrator license not later than January 1, 2022. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires health benefit plan that reimburses cost of osteopathic manipulative treatment by osteopathic physician to reimburse cost of evaluation that resulted in treatment. Prohibits insurer from denying reimbursement on basis that evaluation and osteopathic manipulative treatment are provided on same date. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires prescription drug manufacturer to report annually information to Department of Consumer and Business Services regarding prices of prescription drugs and costs associated with developing and marketing prescription drugs. Authorizes department to impose civil penalties on manufacturer for failing to comply with reporting requirements. Requires health insurers that offer prescription drug benefit to report to department specified information about prescription drug prices and impact of prescription drug prices on premium rates. Authorizes department to adopt by rule fees on manufacturers. Requires department to conduct annual public hearing on prescription drug prices and related information reported by manufacturers. Establishes Task Force on the Fair Pricing of Prescription Drugs. Specifies membership and duties. Requires task force to submit report to Legislative Assembly by November 1, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Modifies requirements for health benefit plan coverage of hearing loss treatments.
Prohibits fact finder from determining plaintiff's damages for civil cause of action using calculation for projected future earning potential of plaintiff that takes into account race or ethnicity of plaintiff. ] Makes calculation of projected future earning potential of plaintiff that takes into account race or ethnicity of plaintiff inadmissible in civil action. Directs court to instruct jury in civil action involving claim for projected future earnings that jury may not consider race or ethnicity of plaintiff.
Expands definition of "transient lodging intermediary" to include person that collects consideration for occupancy of transient lodging and person that receives fee or commission and requires transient lodging provider to use specified third-party entity to collect consideration for occupancy of transient lodging. Provides joint and several liability for state transient lodging tax for each and every owner of transient lodging. Provides rules governing filing of local transient lodging tax returns. Authorizes unit of local government to subpoena and examine witnesses, administer oaths and order production of evidence in hands of any person as necessary and proper in prosecution of inquiries related to local transient lodging tax. ] Takes effect on later of 91st day following adjournment sine die or July 1, 2018.
