Directs schools or school districts to provide electronic communication to parents and guardians of students attending, and to school district employees employed at, school at which safety threat action occurred. Prescribes requirements of communication.
Establishes Early Literacy Success Initiative. Prescribes purposes and requirements under initiative, including establishment of Early Literacy Success School Grants, Birth Through Five Literacy Plan and Early Literacy Success Community Grants. Repeals Oregon Early Reading Program and Early Success Reading Initiative. Establishes Birth Through Five Literacy Fund and Early Literacy Success Community Grant Fund. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Directs State Board of Education to adopt rules that allow for reimbursement of school district expenses incurred for alternative transportation costs. Prohibits reimbursements that are greater than amount school district would have received if school district had provided transportation that is not alternative transportation.
Creates refundable child tax credit, calculated based on number of dependents of taxpayer that are qualifying children with respect to taxpayer and are under six years of age at close of tax year. Limits credit to five dependents per tax return. Phases out amount of available credit based on adjusted gross income of taxpayer. Adjusts credit amount and phaseout threshold for inflation. Directs Department of Revenue to make quarterly advance payments of credit amounts. Requires Department of Human Services to seek waiver of federal requirements in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in order to allow recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance to receive advance child tax credit payments. Provides that credit is not subject to garnishment. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2024 ] 2023 , and before January 1, 2030 ] 2029 . Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires pharmacy to report dispensation of prescription drugs classified in schedules II through V under federal Controlled Substances Act to electronic system established for monitoring and reporting prescription drugs when drug is prescribed and dispensed to individual for use by individual or individual's animal. Prohibits Oregon Health Authority from disclosing prescription monitoring information to veterinarian. Requires authority to disclose prescription monitoring information to director of division of authority that administers state medical assistance program, director of division of authority that administers prescription drug program within state medical assistance program and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for specified purposes. Exempts prescription and dispensation of naloxone or drug containing pseudoephedrine or ephedrine from reporting requirements. Increases membership of Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Commission to include practicing veterinarian and ] additional member of public. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires 9-8-8 crisis hotline centers to have policies and train staff on serving firefighters and other first responders.
Increases penalties for possession of certain amounts of fentanyl. Punishes by maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. Provides that delivery of fentanyl may be charged as commercial drug offense in specified circumstances. Increases sentencing guidelines crime category level for delivery of fentanyl for consideration. Adds alternative manner of measuring fentanyl for purposes of calculating crime category level for certain offenses involving possession, delivery or manufacture of fentanyl. Provides that misdemeanor-level unlawful possession of fentanyl is designated drug-related misdemeanor for purposes of supervising entity and supervision funding, justice and municipal court jurisdiction and eligibility for earned reduction of supervision. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Modifies process for transfer of recorded brand following death of brand holder.
Changes method of determining ] Increases maximum dollar amounts used to determine whether addition of real property improvements constitutes "minor construction" for purposes of property tax law. Indexes increased amounts to account for inflation. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Clarifies process of Senate confirmation of members of State Fish and Wildlife Commission. Provides that commission must consist of one member from each of five regional river basin management areas in state, one member from west of Cascade Mountains and one member from east of Cascade Mountains. ] Makes certain changes to qualifications of members of commission.
