Creates crime of unlawfully threatening a school or place of worship. Punishes by maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both, or five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both, if defendant has certain prior convictions at time of offense.
Increases penalties for crime of disorderly conduct in the first degree when report concerns school. Punishes by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both.
Provides that part-time faculty member at public institution of higher education who qualifies for health care benefits will pay 10 percent of insurance premiums for employee coverage. Requires state to pay for remaining costs of insurance premiums out of moneys appropriated to Oregon Educators Benefit Board. Permits institution to agree through either institution policy or collective bargaining to pay portion of health care benefits paid for by employee. Provides that employees who are eligible to receive health care benefits in manner specified may receive health care benefits from institution only in manner specified. Provides that any savings realized by institution are subject to collective bargaining. Directs board to determine prior to open enrollment period whether it has received sufficient funds to cover required premium payments. Provides that if board has not received sufficient funds, board may require employee share to increase and that institution is not responsible for paying insurance premiums. Requires legacy health benefit coverage to be maintained for part-time faculty at institutions who are not eligible for health care benefits under provisions. Establishes Part-Time Faculty Insurance Fund and continuously appropriates moneys in fund to board. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Ocean Science Fund, State Department of Fish and Wildlife, Higher Education Coordinating Commission and Oregon Department of Administrative Services for certain ocean program purposes. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires health insurance policies that have prescription drug benefit to cover cost of drugs prescribed for urgent medical conditions and cost of drugs prescribed and dispensed by pharmacists within their scope of practice, including cost of pharmacists' consultation fees associated with prescribing and dispensing drugs. Prohibits specified entities that reimburse cost of prescription drugs from requiring step therapy or prior authorization for antiretroviral drugs.
Requires Department of Education to develop form for public education programs to use when student has been diagnosed with concussion or other brain injury.
Establishes Task Force on Age Discrimination. Directs task force to identify and evaluate impacts of age discrimination in workplace and report to interim committees relating to business and labor. Sunsets December 31, 2021. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes Task Force on Medicaid and Medicare Workforce Standards. Specifies membership and duties. Requires task force to report to committees of Legislative Assembly related to labor during 2021 and 2023 regular sessions of Legislative Assembly. Sunsets December 31, 2023. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to design program to import wholesale prescription drugs from Canada. Specifies conditions and requirements. If authority estimates program would produce substantial cost savings for Oregon consumers, requires authority to seek federal approval and, with federal approval, to implement program. Authorizes administrator of Oregon Prescription Drug Program to contract with pharmacy benefit manager and to establish state-managed wholesale or retail drug distribution or dispensing system. Modifies duties of Task Force on the Fair Pricing of Prescription Drugs and extends sunset on task force. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires electric companies to expend any revenues from participation as credit aggregator or credit generator in clean fuels program on transportation electrification. Requires electric companies to invest no less than one percent of total rates collected annually from retail electricity consumers in programs to accelerate transportation electrification. Requires Public Utility Commission to report annually to Legislative Assembly on programs funded as required by Act. Sunsets January 2, 2026. Authorizes commission to allow electric companies to recover costs for prudent investments or expenses in infrastructure measures that support transportation electrification if certain criteria are met. Requires consumer-owned utilities to expend any revenues from participation as credit aggregator or credit generator in clean fuels program on transportation electrification. Requires consumer-owned utilities to invest no less than one percent of total rates collected annually from electricity customers in programs to accelerate transportation electrification. Requires governing bodies of consumer-owned utilities to report annually to Legislative Assembly on programs funded as required by Act. Sunsets January 2, 2026.
