Establishes Homeownership Repair and Rehabilitation Program within Housing and Community Services Department to provide grants to entities providing financial assistance to persons in low income households for repair and rehabilitation of residences. Establishes Homeownership ] Home Repair and Rehabilitation Program ] Fund to support program. Requires 50 percent of fund to be administered by community action agency network. Establishes Healthy Homes Program within department to research housing health hazards and to provide revolving funds for organizations addressing housing health hazards. Establishes Healthy Homes Revolving ] Fund to support program. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to department for deposit into both funds. Makes programs operative January 1, 2020. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.
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Directs administrator of Oregon Prescription Drug Program to cooperate with State of California in bulk purchase of prescription drugs. Requires administrator to solicit cooperation from California no later than December 31, 2019, and to report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly by December 1 of each year, beginning in 2020, on California's response to solicitation. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires amendment of state building code to include special inspections to detect construction defects in exterior waterproofing system of common property of homeowners association, residential dwelling in planned community served by homeowners association or condominium. Provides for construction design professional to identify appropriate special inspections. Provides for general contractor to ensure proper performance of special inspections and remedying of discovered defects. Prohibits issuance of certificate of occupancy if applicable special inspections have not been conducted. Reduces statute of limitations for tort action by homeowners association or association of unit owners to bring action for construction defect in structure on which special inspections were performed. Imposes notice, voting and approval requirements as prerequisite to homeowners association or association of unit owners bringing or intervening in action for construction defect. Creates special procedural requirements for giving notice to contractor prior to filing of construction defect claim if action is brought by homeowners association or association of unit owners. Extends time for sender of secondary notice of defect to bring action against recipient of secondary notice of defect.
Imposes assessment on large employers with employees who receive or who have minor children who receive certain types of public assistance in this state, in amount equal to public assistance paid. Requires that moneys collected are used to support programs for low-income individuals and families. Makes refusal to hire recipient of public assistance or adverse employment action against recipient of public assistance unfair employment practice. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2022.
Designates April of each year as Arab-American Heritage Month.
Establishes procedure for aggrieved person, whistleblower or representative organization to bring action in name of state to recover civil penalties for violations of certain laws related to labor and employment. Provides for distribution of civil penalties recovered.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to adopt partially aligned preferred drug list for coordinated care organizations. Subject to exceptions, allows authority to require prior authorization for prescription drugs that are not listed on Practitioner-Managed Prescription Drug Plan and that are reimbursed on fee-for-service basis.
Allows Oregon Liquor Control Commission to enter into interstate agreements with agencies of other states for purpose of ensuring multistate enforcement of standards for wine consistent with standards of state where wine was produced.
Allows pharmacist or pharmacy technician to transfer drug containing pseudoephedrine without prescription to person who is at least 18 years of age and presents person's valid government-issued photo identification. Requires pharmacist or pharmacy technician, prior to transfer, to submit specified information into electronic system designed to prevent illegal transfer of drugs containing pseudoephedrine. Requires pharmacist or pharmacy technician to record specified information about transfer of drug containing pseudoephedrine. Specifies maximum amount of pseudoephedrine that person may receive without prescription. Establishes storage requirements for drug containing pseudoephedrine. Clarifies that measure does not apply to drugs transferred pursuant to prescription. Punishes violation by 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. ] Allows pharmacist to prescribe and dispense pseudoephedrine to person who is at least 18 years of age and who provides to pharmacist person's valid government-issued photo identification. Requires pharmacist to query prescription monitoring program prior to prescription and dispensation. Limits amount of pseudoephedrine person may receive. Allows State Board of Pharmacy to adopt rules. Removes provision subjecting records of specified transactions to inspection by board and law enforcement agencies. Becomes operative January 1, 2020. Sunsets December 31, 2023. ] Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Department of Administrative Services to increase size and diversity of group of court appointed special advocates.