Rep. Ricki Ruiz

Authorizes Higher Education Coordinating Commission to award "Hunger Free Campus" designation to public universities and community colleges that demonstrate required actions taken to combat hunger. Requires commission, when moneys are available, to administer grant program to provide moneys for funding student hunger programs and innovations at public universities and community colleges. Establishes how commission must prioritize recipients of grants. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to commission to fund grant program. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2023.

Requires Department of Human Services to study implementation of tax filing assistance program. Directs department to submit findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to human services not later than September 15, 2024. Sunsets January 2, 2025.

Requires Oregon Health Authority to provide incentives to increase recruitment and retention of local public health professionals. Directs authority to provide grants to local public health agencies that provide interns and fellows with training in, and clinical supervision of, nursing duties performed in local public health agencies. ] Directs authority to provide grants to employees of local public health agencies to provide preceptorships to students seeking nursing degrees, internships to students seeking a master's degree in public health and other educational opportunities to college students seeking training in public health. Requires authority to study administration and effectiveness of incentives and grants and submit two reports to Legislative Assembly. Appropriates moneys to authority for purposes of funding incentives and grants. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Clarifies meaning of "because of age" in employment discrimination law. Designates as unlawful employment practice for employer to seek age of applicant prior to completing initial interview or making conditional offer of employment and to include certain words or phrases in job application that suggest age preferences. Permits employer to seek age of applicant under certain circumstances. Removes provision that includes apprentices within scope of unlawful employment discrimination statute.

Prohibits, in specified areas of law, discrimination or harassment against persons based on caste. Authorizes enforcement of prohibition through civil action for actual and punitive damages. Authorizes attorney fees in civil proceedings for unlawful discrimination. Includes caste as protected class in bias crimes and incidents. Prohibits profiling by law enforcement agency or officer based on caste. Adds caste to real or perceived factors of motivation or basis for conduct addressed by standards for law enforcement officers. Requires law enforcement agencies to report statistics concerning crimes motivated by prejudice based on perceived caste. Adds caste to classes protected by community engagement plans for planning water projects. Adds caste to classes promoted by affirmative action by state boards, commissions and advisory boards and all branches of state government. Adds caste to types of persecution or well-founded fears of persecution that refugee children are defined to have experienced. Prohibits public charter schools from limiting student enrollment based on caste. Includes caste within cultural competence guidelines developed by System of Care Advisory Council. Prohibits person that sells guaranteed asset protection waiver in sale of motor vehicle from varying terms based on caste. Requires state agencies to eliminate discrimination based on caste. Requires state agencies to adopt any rules related to implementation of provisions of Act no later than January 1, 2024. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Removes cap on amounts distributed from State School Fund to school districts for students eligible for special education as children with disabilities. Provides additional weight for students who are homeless for purposes of calculating distributions of State School Fund moneys to school districts. Specifies that Department of Education will collect information related to homeless students. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2023.

Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission, in collaboration with ] Oregon Health Authority , ] to establish grant program for purpose of distributing moneys to institutions of higher education and organizations that administer training programs to develop training and instructional programs that prepare students to enter into behavioral health workforce. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to authority to carry out grant program. Establishes timelines for distributing funds to approved grant applicants. Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission, in collaboration with State Workforce and Talent Development Board , and Oregon Health Authority, to establish grant program to award grants to local workforce development boards that promote workforce development in field of behavioral health ] to establish behavioral health workforce development program to be administered by local workforce development boards . Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission to carry out provisions related to grant ] workforce development programs. Establishes timelines for distributing funds to local workforce development boards for purposes of administering workforce development program. Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission and Oregon Health Authority to meet certain reporting requirements concerning use of grant funds and progress and outcomes of behavioral health workforce development programs. Requires Oregon Health Authority to collect and report data regarding recipient use of incentives provided for recruitment and retention of behavioral health workforce and to collect data regarding grants awarded by authority to provide supervised clinical experience for certain behavioral health care providers. Establishes oversight council to advise Oregon Health Authority in identifying and eliminating systemic barriers that influence funding, allocation of funding and policy choices with respect to behavioral health workforce. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Modifies definition of "former foster child" for purposes of tuition and fee waiver program, Oregon Opportunity Grant program and foster child scholarship program. Modifies definition of "institution of higher education" for purposes of tuition and fee waiver program and foster child scholarship program.

Prohibits operating boat carrying child under 16 years of age unless child is wearing properly sized and secured personal flotation device. Punishes by maximum fine of $250. Prohibits child under 16 years of age from using floating item outside of swimming area on waters of this state unless child is wearing properly sized and secured personal flotation device. Punishes by fine of $25. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Prohibits distributing, selling, attempting to sell or allowing to be sold flavored inhalant delivery system product or flavored tobacco product in this state. Exempts existing hookah lounges. Defines "flavored inhalant delivery system product" and "flavored tobacco product." Declares emergency, effective on passage. ].