Exempts receipts from sales of prescription drugs by licensed pharmacies from commercial activity subject to corporate activity tax. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2021. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Increases rate of tax for emergency communications. Decreases percentage of moneys in Emergency Communications Account that may be expended for administrative costs. Phases in increase and decrease over one-year period. Delays sunset on tax for emergency communications. Provides that interest from Emergency Communications Account and 9-1-1 Subaccount must be credited to 9-1-1 Subaccount.
Directs each covered manufacturer of covered drugs that are sold within this state to develop and implement drug take-back program for purpose of collecting from individuals and nonbusiness entities covered drugs for disposal. Defines "covered drug" and "covered manufacturer." Supersedes and preempts local government ordinance or regulation establishing or requiring program similar to drug take-back program. Directs Department of Environmental Quality and Environmental Quality Commission to administer Act. Requires covered manufacturers subject to Act to first submit plan for participating in drug take-back program on or before November 1, 2020. Requires drug take-back programs to be operational by July 1, 2021. Becomes operative January 1, 2020. Sunsets September 15, 2031. ] Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs Department of Education to coordinate with Oregon FFA Association to increase student achievement and improve college preparation and career placement for students enrolled in agricultural education courses. Directs department to establish grant program for purpose of funding extended duty contracts to allow school district personnel to manage agricultural science and technology programs of study during summer months. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.
Requires ] Establishes programs within Housing and Community Services Department to provide loans to one or more nonprofit corporations to develop programs that support manufactured dwelling park preservation and affordability for tenants. Allows department to forgive loans in amount not to exceed programs' losses. Requires nonprofit corporations to provide semiannual reports to department and department to provide biennial report to Legislative Assembly. Requires Office of Manufactured Dwelling Park Community Relations to disseminate notices of manufactured park closures or sales. Establishes programs within department to provide supplementary loans to individuals for new energy efficient manufactured dwellings and to provide grants for decommissioning and disposing of manufactured dwellings. Establishes advisory committee on manufactured housing within department. Requires committee to conduct annual evaluations of goals. Establishes Manufactured Home Preservation Fund for grant and loan programs and advisory committees. Establishes program within department to provide grants to nonprofit organization to develop infrastructure for new manufactured dwelling park in Springfield, Oregon. Appropriates moneys for deposit in Manufactured Dwelling Parks Account for grants. Requires department to submit report to Legislative Assembly on grants by December 15, 2020. Sunsets program June 30, 2023. Renames Mobile Home Parks Purchase Account to Manufactured Dwelling Parks Account. Expands allowable uses of account to support infrastructure for newly purchased manufactured dwelling parks, to support displaced individuals from closed parks and to supplement manufactured dwelling park grants to nonprofit organization. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to department for loans ] purposes of Act . Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to provide planning grants to 10 school districts or education service districts to evaluate community needs for school-based health services. Requires authority to provide operating funds to at least six school-based health center medical sponsors to open state-certified school-based health centers in grantee school districts or education service districts. Permits authority to provide operating funds to up to four school districts or education service districts to implement five-year pilot projects testing approaches to providing school-based health services as alternatives to school-based health centers. Directs authority to work with federal agency and stakeholders to secure increased federal funding for school-based health centers. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Authorizes Long Term Care Ombudsman to hire up to 10 deputy ombudsmen. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Provides protections for person who refuses to participate in procedure related to abortion or physician-assisted suicide if refusal is based on person's ethical, moral or religious convictions. Allows health care facility to refuse to perform procedure related to abortion or physician-assisted suicide. Allows person to bring action for damages and equitable relief against health care facility, health professional regulatory agency, employer or school for violation. Directs court to award attorney fees to prevailing plaintiff.
Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring, and school districts from administering, certain assessments to students enrolled or preparing to enroll in prekindergarten through grade two. Makes exception for assessments administered for diagnostic purposes as required under state or federal law.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to administer program to provide matching grants to registered sobering facilities. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to authority for grants. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.
