Establishes Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Advisory Committee. Directs advisory committee to report to Director of Oregon Health Authority each biennium with assessment on implementation of ] consult with Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Coordinator on updates to Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Plan and recommendations for administrative and legislative improvements ]. Directs Oregon Health Authority, in consultation with ] Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Coordinator and ] , in consultation with Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Advisory Committee, to report to Legislative Assembly regarding recommendations for administrative and legislative changes to address service gaps in youth suicide prevention, intervention and post-suicide activities. Directs Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Coordinator to consult with Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Advisory Committee regarding updates to Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Plan. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Modifies requirement to notify Attorney General of elder abuse proceeding, making failure to notify not jurisdictional defect. Conditions entry of judgment for plaintiff on proof of notice.
Prohibits use of dogs ] dog to extract inmate from cell in correctional facilities for other than specified purposes ].
Extends sunset for property tax exemption for multiple-unit housing. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Makes unlawful employment practice for employer to request employee to ] enter agreement that would prevent employee from disclosing or discussing conduct that constitutes unlawful discrimination, including sexual assault. Allows civil and administrative remedies for violation against unlawful employment practice. Provides that employer may, in certain circumstances, enter into settlement, separation or severance agreement that includes provision that would prevent employee from disclosing or discussing such conduct or that would prohibit employee from seeking reemployment with employer as term or condition of agreement. Allows civil and administrative remedies for violation against unlawful practice. Makes unlawful employment practice for any person to aid, abet, incite, compel, coerce or conceal any acts prohibited under provisions of Act and any acts that constitute certain types of unlawful discrimination. Clarifies that employer's withholding of certain information from person who is owner, president, partner or corporate officer of employer, during course of employer's investigation, is not unlawful employment practice, provided that employer makes person aware of ongoing investigation. ] Allows person who is owner, president, partner or corporate officer to be held individually liable for engaging in prohibited acts. ] Requires all employers to adopt written policy containing procedures and practices for reduction and prevention of certain types of unlawful discrimination, including sexual assault. Requires employers to post notice ] make policy available to employees in workplace and provide employees with copy of policy at time of hire. Requires Bureau of Labor and Industries to make available on bureau's website model procedures or polices that employers may use to establish employer policies. Makes voidable any agreement to pay severance pay to person found to have engaged in conduct that violates employer's policies or provisions of Act and such violations were substantial contributing factor in causing separation from employment . Extends timeline for filing complaint with Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries alleging certain unlawful employment practices. Extends statute of limitations from one year to seven ] five years to file civil action for certain violations of law. Provides that extended statute of limitations applies to certain conduct that occurs on or after effective date of Act. Requires commissioner to adopt any rules necessary to implement certain provisions of Act no later than 90 days after effective date. Becomes operative January ] October 1, 2020. Permits commissioner to adopt rules and take any action before operative date of Act that is necessary to enable bureau to exercise duties, powers and functions conferred on bureau. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs ] Encourages state agencies to follow Childhood and Early Parenting Principles as framework for policies and programs for early parenting and early childhood development.
In memoriam: Ricky John Best, 1964-2017.
Prohibits food vendor from using polystyrene container in selling, offering for sale, serving or dispensing prepared food to public. Provides exception if food vendor ensures that polystyrene container is used only on premises of food vendor and that polystyrene containers used on premises of food vendor are delivered to facility for recycling, processing or conversion into new product. Takes effect January 1, 2021.
Requires Director of the Oregon Health Authority to provide forum for all vertically integrated, nonprofit health care systems in Oregon to collaborate to envision health care delivery system for Oregon's future. Requires supervision of collaboration by director or director's designee and exempts collaborative activities from federal antitrust law under state action doctrine.
Provides that individual may not be disqualified for unemployment insurance benefits for voluntarily leaving work, failing to apply for available suitable work or failing to accept suitable work, if individual or member of individual's immediate family was victim of conduct that, in determination of Director of Employment Department, more likely than not constitutes crime of intimidation, individual believes that individual or immediate family member could become victim of crime of intimidation ] such conduct or individual seeks to protect individual or immediate family member from crime of intimidation ] such conduct that individual reasonably believes will occur as a result of individual's continued employment or acceptance of work. Declares emergency, effective on passage.