Provides that Oregon estate tax is imposed only on estates of decedents dying on or before December 31, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires health care practitioner to exercise proper degree of care to preserve health and life of child born alive after abortion or attempted abortion. Requires health care practitioner to ensure child born alive is transported to hospital. Creates crime for failure to exercise proper standard of care, punishable by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Allows specified person to bring civil action for damages and equitable relief against health care practitioner for failure to exercise proper standard of care. Directs court to award attorney fees to prevailing plaintiff. Allows court to order identity or personally identifiable information of specified person protected from disclosure.
Allows school district with remote small high school to use moneys received under High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Act on existing career and technical education programs. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Allows subtraction from federal taxable income for purchase of qualifying gun safe. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Allows State Forester to order use of wildfire suppression personnel, equipment and services on any ] federal lands within state borders. Creates exceptions.
Requires counties to develop community mental health action plans to identify and address mental health concerns. Not later than January 1, 2021, requires counties to submit community mental health action plans to Oregon Health Authority. Directs authority to submit report to Legislative Assembly. Not later than January 1, 2023, requires counties to submit reports to authority detailing whether county addressed mental health concerns. Directs authority to submit report to Legislative Assembly. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to design and, with federal approval, implement ] program to import wholesale prescription drugs from Canada. Specifies conditions and requirements. If authority estimates program to produce cost savings for Oregon consumers, requires authority to seek federal approval and, with federal approval, to implement program. Authorizes administrator of Oregon Prescription Drug Program to contract with pharmacy benefit manager and to establish state-managed wholesale or retail drug distribution or dispensing system. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to conduct study to determine whether additional legislation is necessary to enhance process of transferring academic credits between community colleges and public universities. ] Requires commission to report findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to higher education on or before September 15, 2020. ] Sunsets January 2, 2021. ] Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die. ] Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to provide pilot program grant to consortium to assist public post-secondary institutions of education in Klamath County, Jackson County and Josephine County. Requires grant moneys to be used to provide funding for navigators, explore feasibility of shared recruitment and admission into programs at consortium institutions and develop benchmarks and metrics to measure success of collaborative consortium approach. Requires commission to provide report detailing results of pilot program grant to Legislative Assembly by March 1, 2021. Sunsets January 2, 2022. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Exempts receipts from sales of basic necessities from commercial activity subject to corporate activity tax. Defines "basic necessity." Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires amendment of state building code to include special inspections to detect construction defects in exterior waterproofing system of common property of homeowners association, residential dwelling in planned community served by homeowners association or condominium. Provides for construction design professional to identify appropriate special inspections. Provides for general contractor to ensure proper performance of special inspections and remedying of discovered defects. Prohibits issuance of certificate of occupancy if applicable special inspections have not been conducted. Reduces statute of limitations for tort action by homeowners association or association of unit owners to bring action for construction defect in structure on which special inspections were performed. Imposes notice, voting and approval requirements as prerequisite to homeowners association or association of unit owners bringing or intervening in action for construction defect. Creates special procedural requirements for giving notice to contractor prior to filing of construction defect claim if action is brought by homeowners association or association of unit owners. Extends time for sender of secondary notice of defect to bring action against recipient of secondary notice of defect.
