Rep. Hoa Nguyen

Prohibits a hospital from closing or ceasing, reducing or relocating health services without first providing notice 275 days in advance. Requires the hospital to provide notice to the Oregon Health Authority, local governments, patients, employees and the public. Allows the authority to impose civil penalties for violations.

Maddy summaryHB 3204 requires Oregon school districts and public charter schools to collect and report quarterly data on student attendance. It defines "chronically absent" as missing 10% or more of school days and "regular attender" as missing less than 10%. Schools must submit specific metrics including total students, regular attenders, chronically absent students, and disaggregated data by student groups. The Oregon Department of Education will compile this data quarterly and make it publicly available on its website in an accessible format.

Directs the Department of Early Learning and Care, upon request of one member of the Legislative Assembly from each major political party, to prepare a child care impact statement for proposed legislation or a state measure. Requires the Secretary of State to print a child care impact statement for a state measure in the voters' pamphlet.

Directs the Housing and Community Services Department to give a grant to an organization to support first-time home buyers that purchase residential property to build equity ownership in the residential property through reduced interest rate loans and accelerated loan terms. Specifies qualifications for loan recipients. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.

Provides funding to the Employment Department for staffing workforce reentry programs for adults in custody. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Maddy summaryHB 2449 requires Oregon's approved recovery schools to provide peer group support programs for students. These programs must include social activities, counseling, and case management services, and be community-based, family-centered, and professionally staffed. The bill applies to schools serving students in grades 9-12 who are recovering from substance use disorders. This requirement is mandated by Section 4(4)(a)(I) of the amended statute (ORS 336.680).

Requires school districts and public charter schools to implement a schedule for high schools that does not start regular instructional hours before 8:30 a.m. Directs the Department of Education to provide technical assistance and to award grants related to the implementation of the school starting time requirement.

Directs the Department of Education to implement a method to be used by school districts and education service districts to record school workplace safety incidents.

Prohibits a person from raising octopus for the purpose of human consumption or participating in the sale or offer for sale of octopus that was raised for human consumption.

Transfers to the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission the responsibility to develop a formula for the distribution of grant funds to counties for deflection programs. Prescribes the factors that the formula must take into account. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.