Sen. Deb Patterson

Requires Department of Human Services to administer program to provide medical assistance to employed individuals with disabilities without regard to individuals' income or resources. Allows consideration of income when determining cost-sharing for program. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die. ] Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Establishes Summer and After-School Learning and Enrichment Grant Program. Directs Department of Education to administer grant program. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Education for summer and after-school programs ] Summer and After-School Learning and Enrichment Grant Program . Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2023.

Establishes Oregon Memory Net program ] pilot project to provide opportunity for primary care providers to refer for memory assessment at neurologic clinic patients showing signs of cognitive decline or impairment but who have not been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia. Requires Department of Human Services to report to Legislative Assembly by October 31, 2024, on communities served by pilot project, results of pilot project and recommendations on whether to expand pilot project. Sunsets June 30, 2025. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Directs Department of Early Learning and Care to develop, implement and administer Oregon Imagination Library Project to improve reading proficiency and high school graduation rates by providing enrolled children with one age-appropriate book per child each month. ] Establishes Imagination Library of Oregon Program to provide free book each month to eligible children, encourage children to develop love of reading and learning, and improve third-grade reading proficiency and high school graduation rates. Directs Department of Early Learning and Care to implement program. Establishes Oregon Imagination Library Account within Department of Early Learning and Care Fund for purposes of funding project ] program . Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2023.

Changes term "naloxone" to "short-acting opioid antagonist." Allows law enforcement officer, firefighter or emergency medical services provider to distribute multiple kits to specified individuals. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution to require majority of each house of Legislative Assembly to be present to conduct business. Refers proposed amendment to people for their approval or rejection at next regular general election.

Requires original equipment manufacturer to make available to owner of consumer electronic equipment or independent repair provider on fair and reasonable terms any documentation, tool, part or other device or implement that original equipment manufacturer makes available to authorized service provider for purpose of diagnosing, maintaining or repairing consumer electronic equipment. Provides that person who suffers ascertainable loss of money or property has right to bring action to seek order requiring compliance with provisions of Act. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Provides immunity from civil and criminal liability to school administrators, teachers or other school employees designated by school administrator who administer naloxone to pupils experiencing opiate overdoses. Specifies conditions under which immunity is available. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Exempts from drug paraphernalia prohibitions pipes, fentanyl test strips and other harm reduction items. Expands affirmative defense to crime of unlawful possession of a controlled substance to include any person acting in capacity of employee or volunteer of harm reduction intervention program. Repeals prohibition on providing hypodermic devices to minors. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Early Learning Division of Department of Education to distribute to specified Early Learning Hub to administer pilot program to coordinate services and other resources provided to low-income pregnant individuals and families with children under five years of age by local and state agencies, human services providers, early learning services providers, health care providers and other community organizations in Jackson and Josephine Counties. Requires Early Learning Division to report to Legislative Assembly, by September 15, 2024, on outcomes of pilot program and recommendations for expanding program statewide. Sunsets January 2, 2029. Declares emergency, effective on passage.