Establishes Small Donor Elections Program to enable candidates for office of state Representative and state Senator to receive 6-to-1 match on small dollar donations. Limits matching funds. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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.
Designates April of each year as Arab-American Heritage Month.
Requires agencies to adopt rules specifying time period during which agency will approve or deny application for license after applicant has amended or modified original application.
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.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Department of Administrative Services to increase size and diversity of group of court appointed special advocates.
Provides that peer-to-peer car rental program shall be subject to same airport fees and state and local law, including taxes and fees, as car rental company. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to report to Department of Consumer and Business Services total cost of ] amount of money spent on patient assistance programs , and ] information on financial assistance provided to pharmacies, government agencies and advocacy organizations and total amount of financial incentives paid to each pharmacy benefit manager . Excludes proprietary information from disclosure on department's website. ] Exempts from public disclosure information reported to department until department posts to website all information reported by manufacturer. Requires state-sponsored programs that use pharmacy benefit managers to use fee-only pharmacy benefit managers. Requires insurers to post specified information regarding formulary, tiers and costs for small employer and individual health benefit plans to insurer's website. Requires 60-day advance notice to department and to enrollees adversely affected by change in formulary. Requires insurer and allows pharmacy to notify insured that if cash ] retail price for drug is less than insured's cost-share ] out-of-pocket cost for drug using pharmacy benefit , insured may pay cash ] retail price and expense must be counted ] if requested by enrollee, insurer must count cost toward deductible or out-of-pocket maximum. Requires State Board of Pharmacy to prescribe by rule notice of enrollee's rights for distribution to pharmacy customers and to translate notice into multiple languages. Requires hospitals and other medical providers to disclose in patient billing information regarding mark-up on price of drug. Also requires billing to disclose price of drug charged to specified state agencies and insurers ] report to Oregon Health Authority information regarding 50 most prescribed drugs and 50 most expensive drugs prescribed by provider . Requires specified state agencies to report to Legislative Assembly on high-cost drugs. Requires Oregon Health Authority to refer to Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee any drug exceeding specified cost. Requires patient advocacy organization with budget ] annual gross receipts exceeding $50,000 that has registered lobbyist in this state to report to Oregon Government Ethics Commission and Oregon Health Authority ] specified information regarding funding received from participants in pharmaceutical supply chain. Requires pharmacy benefit managers to report to Department of Consumer and Business Services and plan sponsors specified information regarding rebates, reimbursements, fees and incentives paid for drugs by manufacturers, insurers and pharmacies. Requires insurers to include with rate filing certified statement regarding insurers' use of rebates. Requires drug advertisement to disclose wholesale price of drug. ] Modifies responsibilities of Task Force on Fair Pricing of Prescription Drugs and requires report of findings, by September 15, 2020, to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to health. Modifies reporting to department by insurers about costly drugs reimbursed by health benefit plans. Requires pharmaceutical manufacturers that register with State Board of Pharmacy to also register with department. Requires department to adopt registration fee based on reasonable cost to department to administer specified provisions.
Expands transitional housing accommodations allowed inside urban growth boundary to include other structures. Removes limits on operators of and number of campgrounds providing transitional housing accommodations. Removes authority of Department of Consumer and Business Services to apply specialty codes to transitional housing accommodations. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires city or county to issue residential building permits upon substantial completion of construction of public improvements in residential subdivisions.
