Specifies certain presumptions as to cause of ] compensability of covered employee's claim of benefits under workers' compensation law for death, disability or impairment of health of fire service professional, public safety personnel or employee of public or private safety agency with duties related to firefighting, police, ambulance or emergency medical services in claim for benefits related to occupational disease under workers' compensation law ]. Specifies standard of evidence necessary for rebuttal of presumption. Provides that insurer or self-insured employer may later deny compensability of claim if exposure to trauma ceases being of real importance or great consequence in causing disability, impairment of health or need for treatment. Defines "covered employee." Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife, in consultation ] cooperation with Department of Transportation, to develop Wildlife Corridor and Safe Road Crossing ] Action Plan for use by state agencies. Specifies certain content for inclusion in plan. Requires periodic plan updates. Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to post report of proposed plan or of proposed updates on website and deliver report to legislative committee ] committees relating to natural resources. Requires department to prepare report regarding operation of program, post report on website and deliver report to legislative committee ] committees relating to natural resources. Requires department to periodically review statutes and rules affecting wildlife corridors and to include findings in report of program operation. Requires state agencies to cooperate with department in plan development. Requires Department of Transportation to develop program for reducing wildlife-vehicle collisions in areas where wildlife corridors intersect with proposed or existing public roads. Requires department to incorporate wildlife corridors into design options for road projects having potential to threaten wildlife habitat connectivity ] create or modify infrastructure to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions . Requires inclusion of mitigation plan in road project environmental impact statement. ] Requires department to biennially report on program to legislative committees relating to natural resources.
Requires State Forestry Department to report biennially to committee of Legislative Assembly regarding environmental and employment impacts of ] outcomes from all projects pursued in state under Good Neighbor Authority Agreement projects funded in whole or in part by moneys made available to department for project purposes ].
Allows student to wear dress uniform issued by Armed Forces of United States during high school graduation ceremony if certain conditions are met. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Adds Department of Education employees, school district board members and public charter school governing body members to list of mandatory reporters of child abuse.
Imposes certain requirements related to private security providers who contract with or are employed by institutions of higher education to provide private security services on campus and special campus security officers commissioned by governing boards of public universities. Provides that private security professionals who provide private security services on campus and special campus security officers commissioned by governing board of public university do not have stop and frisk authority. Exempts retired member of Public Employees Retirement System from limitations on reemployment if member is reemployed by public university as special campus security officer or security officer for community college . Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires school districts to provide instruction about Holocaust and genocide beginning with 2020-2021 school year . Directs Department of Education to provide technical assistance to school districts for instruction. Requires State Board of Education to develop academic content standards for Holocaust and genocide studies. Requires school districts to provide instruction based on standards beginning with 2025-2026 school year. Takes effect July 1, 2020. ].
Allows listed eastern Oregon counties that undertake economic opportunity analysis to designate up to 50 acres outside urban growth boundaries for industrial and other employment uses notwithstanding statewide planning goals related to agriculture, forest use or urbanization. Excludes high-value farmland. Requires county coordination with State Forester and nearby cities.
Urges President and Congress to pursue Oregon and California Railroad grant land management reforms. ] Urges Congress to pass Forest Management for Rural Stability Act.
Requires school district to adopt policy requiring comprehensive district plan on student suicide prevention. Prescribes requirements of policy ] plan . Directs school district to adopt policy by beginning of 2020-2021 school year. Declares emergency, effective on passage.