Requires Health Licensing Office to establish process to receive and investigate complaints regarding temporary staffing agency. Requires temporary staffing agency to ensure personnel meets certain requirements. Directs Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules to establish maximum rates that temporary staffing agency may charge to or receive from entity that engages temporary staffing agency. Directs authority to establish process to grant nonemergency waiver of maximum rates. Directs authority to establish process for emergency waiver of maximum rates and provides that request for emergency waiver is automatically approved and issued upon submission to authority. Becomes operative January 1, 2025. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Requires that dental and vision are included in health benefits available to part-time faculty members. Requires public institutions of higher education to notify potentially eligible part-time faculty members of eligibility requirements and details of health care benefits available to part-time faculty no later than 30 days before application deadline. Reduces amount of time part-time faculty must work to qualify for health care benefits from 50 percent of full-time equivalent employee to 30 percent of full-time equivalent employee. Requires institution to include noninstructional work when making eligibility determination. ] Alters requirement for part-time faculty to qualify for health care benefits from 50 percent of full-time equivalent employee to part-time faculty member being eligible for membership in Public Employees Retirement System or comparable retirement plan. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires state agency that authorizes or funds, in whole or in part, installation of electric vehicle charging system located on customer's side of meter to require installing contractor or contractors to hold all legally required licenses and Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program or equivalent training program certification, and one or more electricians who hold Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program or equivalent training program certification to supervise or participate in installation. Requires state agency to require 25 percent of electricians who are present and working on installation to hold Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program or equivalent training program certifications when installation is for electric vehicle charging port on customer's side of meter that will supply 25 or more kilowatts to vehicle. Becomes operative when 500 or more individuals in this state have completed Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program and passed certification exam, or equivalent training program and certification exam. Requires Electrical and Elevator Board to approve Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program, and consider equivalent training programs, as continuing education program. Requires board to review cost to take Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program course and certification exam and ] track number of electricians who have signed up for and completed course and passed certification exam. Requires Bureau of Labor and Industries to establish program to reimburse individuals who successfully complete Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program and pass certification exam, or equivalent training program and certification exam, for amount of cost of course and exam incurred by individual. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to bureau for purposes of payments of grants made under program established by bureau. ].
Directs Department of Human Services to provide specified services to individuals with brain injuries and to convene Brain Injury Advisory Committee. Requires department to report to Legislative Assembly during odd-numbered year regular sessions on services provided and number of individuals served. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Directs State Department of Energy to establish program to provide assistance related to energy projects and activities to environmental justice communities. Requires State Department of Energy to develop comprehensive state energy strategy that identifies optimized pathways to achieving state's energy policy objectives. Requires department to periodically update state energy strategy. Directs department to produce report regarding state energy strategy and submit report to Governor and appropriate interim committees of Legislative Assembly no later than November 1, 2025. Permits county to develop and adopt energy resilience plan and incorporate energy resilience plan into county's applicable natural hazard mitigation plan. Requires public utilities to use reasonable efforts to assist with and comply with requests from county for information regarding energy infrastructure, provided information is exempt from disclosure requirements. Directs State Department of Energy to establish program to award grants to counties to cover costs of developing energy resilience plans that meet certain requirements. Sunsets grant program on January 2, 2026. Requires State Department of Energy, in consultation with Housing and Community Services Department, to establish whole-home energy savings program and high-efficiency electric home rebate program. Requires State Department of Energy to create single resource that provides to interested persons information, technical assistance and assistance identifying contractors and financing options, related to available energy efficiency incentives and programs. Requires department to coordinate information and data exchanges between certain entities. Requires entities to use best practices to maintain confidentiality and security of information and data as required by law. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Department of Energy for energy development services and certain expenses. Increases limit on biennial expenditures by State Department of Energy from federal funds. 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.
Requires hospitals to adopt policies and procedures to ensure provision of human immunodeficiency virus post-exposure prophylactic drugs or therapies following patient's possible exposure to human immunodeficiency virus. Requires Oregon Health Authority, once per year, to provide 30-day supply of prophylactic drugs or therapies to each type A and type B hospital, unless declined by hospital, at no cost to hospital. Prohibits health benefit plan from imposing deductibles, copayments, coinsurance or other cost-sharing on coverage of human immunodeficiency virus post-exposure prophylactic drugs or therapies following enrollee's possible exposure to human immunodeficiency virus.
Prohibits cost-sharing on certain health insurance coverage of supplemental and diagnostic breast examinations.
Requires State Department of Energy to report on rate of heat pump technology adoption and to collaborate with designated state agencies to reduce barriers to home energy efficiency and resilience. Directs Department of Consumer and Business Services to facilitate greenhouse gas emission reductions. Requires State Department of Energy to specify energy performance standard for covered commercial buildings. Permits department to impose civil penalty for failure to comply. Requires department to establish incentive program to encourage compliance. Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to develop methodology and work plan for state agencies to conduct assessment of energy use in, and greenhouse gas emissions from, state-owned buildings. Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to oversee specified capital projects and to develop and implement guidelines for sustainable design. Authorizes state agencies to enter into energy projects and to retain net savings. Establishes Community Green Infrastructure Grant Program. Directs State Department of Agriculture to certify green communities nurseries. Directs State Forestry Department to acquire and maintain urban tree canopy assessment tool and to develop and implement program related to loss of tree canopy. Directs Oregon State University to research development of fuel pathways for low carbon fuels derived from woody biomass residues. Authorizes State Forester to establish forestry renewable woody biomass conversion program. Directs Department of Environmental Quality to establish rebate program for purchase or lease of qualifying medium or heavy duty zero-emission vehicles. Directs Land Conservation and Development Commission to adopt rules for siting photovoltaic solar power generation facilities. Changes name of "Oregon Global Warming Commission" to "Oregon Climate Action Commission." Modifies membership and duties of commission. Directs Department of Environmental Quality to evaluate opportunities to reduce Oregon's consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions. Directs State Department of Energy and Oregon Climate Action Commission to prepare inventory, baseline and metrics for net carbon sequestration and storage in natural and working lands and to study workforce training programs needed to support adoption of natural climate solutions. Extends rebate for construction or installation of solar electric system or paired solar and storage system. Authorizes Environmental Quality Commission to establish by rule fee to be paid by community climate investment entities. Directs Oregon Health Authority to identify, monitor and test water sources susceptible to harmful algal blooms. Directs Department of Environmental Quality to develop strategy to respond to harmful algal blooms. Directs Department of Human Services to provide grants, support and technical assistance for resilience hubs and networks. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to support implementation of AgriStress Helpline in Oregon. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2023.