Requires coordinated care organization to make available to members of coordinated care organization advocates for victims of domestic violence, sexual violence or stalking.
Clarifies meaning of "because of age" in employment discrimination law. Designates as unlawful employment practice for employer to seek age of applicant prior to making conditional offer of employment and to include certain words or phrases in job application that suggest or imply age preferences. Permits employer to observe terms of bona fide seniority system that does not require employee to retire at certain age. Allows person to bring civil action alleging certain types of employment discrimination under disparate impact or disparate treatment theory of proof. Requires additional award of liquidated damages to prevailing plaintiff in civil action alleging age discrimination.
Establishes Emergency Department Boarding Pilot Project in Oregon Health Authority. Establishes Task Force on Emergency Department Boarding. Specifies membership and duties. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes Task Force on Health Care Access to study and report on how to establish primary care trust model. Sunsets task force January 2, 2021. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs Department of Human Services ] Oregon Health Authority to increase fee-for-service rate for behavioral health providers participating in medical assistance programs. Allows Oregon Health ] authority to provide matching funds to participants in federal State Loan Repayment Program as part of health care provider incentive program. Imposes certain requirements on behavioral health and addiction services providers receiving loan repayment subsidies from health care provider incentive program. Appropriates moneys to Oregon Health ] authority for deposit in Health Care Provider Incentive Fund for purpose of providing loan repayment subsidies to behavioral health and addiction services providers. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Expands purposes for which physical restraint may be used on students. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.
Applies to Congress to call convention for purpose of proposing amendments to United States Constitution that address campaign finance reform.
Directs Office of Outdoor Recreation to study and make recommendations on development of Oregon Outdoors Pass. Requires office to submit report to Legislative Assembly by September 15, 2019. ] Establishes voluntary Oregon outdoor recreation search and rescue card program within Office of Emergency Management. Establishes Oregon Search and Rescue Fund to fund program. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to office to reimburse county sheriffs for search and rescue activities and to administer and support county search and rescue grant program. Directs office to adopt program for providing grants by rule, in consultation with State Fish and Wildlife Commission, State Parks and Recreation Department and other affected agencies. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes beginning farmer and rancher incentive program in State Department of Agriculture. Requires department to establish types of incentives to provide to beginning farmers and ranchers. Establishes Beginning Farmer and Rancher Incentive Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to department for purposes of incentive program.
Requires each professional licensing board to study criminal background criteria and character standards for licensure, certification or other authorization to provide occupational or professional service regulated by board. Requires reports to interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to workforce. Sunsets January 2, 2021.
