Authorizes formation of children's service districts. Authorizes children's service districts to levy property taxes to fund programs that offer children's services. Defines "children's services" as services that support children's total health and well-being provided outside of school hours to individuals not more than 18 years of age. Provides that, if action is filed by taxpayer for real property located within children's service district asserting valid claim that revenue funding project is subject to compression under $5 per $1,000 of real market value cap for purposes of Ballot Measure 5 (1990) as revenue funding project constituting educational services, children's service district shall discontinue project and shall use revenue for project that does not constitute educational services.
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Creates Commission for Indigenous Communities. Prescribes duties of commission. Directs Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office to provide administrative oversight to commission. Allows Governor to assign member of Racial Justice Council as liaison with commission. Allows commission to provide nominee for appointment to Environmental Justice Council. Requires Department of Education to consult with commission in development of certain academic content. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Urges Congress to establish national biodiversity strategy.
Establishes state policy regarding natural climate solutions. Establishes Natural and Working Lands Fund and provides for transfer of moneys from fund to certain state agencies. Prescribes uses of moneys from fund and requires Oregon Global Warming Commission to report to legislature on uses of moneys from fund. Directs State Department of Energy and commission to prepare inventory, baseline, activity-based metrics and community impact metrics for net carbon sequestration and storage in natural and working lands and establish carbon sequestration and storage goals. Directs State Department of Energy, in coordination with commission, to study workforce training programs needed to support adoption of natural climate solutions and provide results to committees of Legislative Assembly related to environment no later than September 15, 2024. Authorizes commission to appoint natural and working lands advisory committee. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires State Board of Pharmacy to study prescription drugs. Directs board to submit findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to health care not later than September 15, 2024. ] Requires pharmacy benefit managers and group purchasing organizations to annually report to Department of Consumer and Business Services information relating to prices, rebates, fees and similar information. Requires Prescription Drug Affordability Board to develop plan for establishing upper payment limits on certain drugs and to conduct specified analyses regarding establishing upper payment limits. Requires prescription drug manufacturers to separately report to department price and other information regarding certain prescription drugs each calendar year. Increases and modifies membership of board. Requires department to report to board list of drugs that increased in price and were required to be reported to department. Modifies fees paid to department by prescription drug manufacturers. Requires insurers to separately report annually to department specified information regarding prescription drugs covered by insurers. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Urges Congress to enact legislation granting statehood to Washington, D.C.
In memoriam: Willie Bell Richardson, 1948-2023.
Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution to enumerate examples of rights, the denial or abridgement of which would violate existing constitutional guarantee of equality of rights. Makes conforming change to repeal constitutional policy of marriage being between one man and one woman. Refers proposed amendment to people for their approval or rejection at special election held on same date as next regular general election.
Requires pharmacy benefit managers to be licensed by Department of Consumer and Business Services beginning January 1, 2024. Modifies definition of "pharmacy benefit manager" and imposes new requirements on pharmacy benefit managers. Modifies procedures for pharmacy to appeal payment by pharmacy benefit manager on claim for reimbursement. Restricts audits of pharmacy claims for reimbursement. Requires policies or certificates of health insurance and contracts providing for reimbursement of cost of prescription drugs to allow policyholder, certificate holder and beneficiary to select pharmacy or pharmacist for filling prescriptions and prescription renewals, to contract with any pharmacy or pharmacist willing to abide by terms and conditions of policy, certificate or contract. Imposes new requirements with respect to insurance coverage of 340B drugs. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Consumer and Business Services for purpose of employment assistance in regulation of pharmacy benefit managers. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to study tardive dyskinesia and other related involuntary movement disorders . Directs authority to submit findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to public health and health care not later than September 15, 2024. Sunsets January 2, 2025.