Increases statute of limitations for first degree sex crimes to 20 years after commission of crime or, for minor victim, any time before victim attains 30 years of age, whichever occurs later.
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Expands and provides funding for coordinated crisis services system including 9-8-8 suicide prevention and behavioral health crisis hotline. Establishes 9-8-8 Trust Fund. Imposes 9-8-8 tax on consumers and retail subscribers who have telecommunications service or interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol service and who have prepaid telecommunications services, to pay for crisis services system. Exempts from taxation telecommunications services provided, based on need, under plan of assistance. Applies to subscriber bills issued and retail transactions made on or after January 1, 2024 , and before January 1, 2030 . Requires city to enter into memorandum of understanding with county regarding provision of mobile crisis intervention services. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Modifies provisions relating to reproductive health rights. Modifies provisions relating to access to reproductive health care and gender-affirming treatment. Modifies provisions relating to protections for providers of and individuals receiving reproductive and gender-affirming health care services. Creates crime of interfering with a health care facility. Punishes by maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. Creates right of action for person or health care provider aggrieved by interference with health care facility. Makes statutory change to achieve gender neutral language with respect to unlawful employment discrimination because of sex. Declares public policy regarding interstate actions arising out of reproductive health care and gender-affirming treatment. Prohibits public body from participating in interstate investigation or proceeding involving reproductive health care and gender-affirming treatment. Creates exceptions. Prohibits clerk of court from issuing subpoena if foreign subpoena relates to reproductive health care or gender-affirming treatment. Declares that Oregon law governs certain actions arising out of reproductive health care or gender-affirming treatment provided or received in this state. Repeals criminal provisions relating to concealing birth. ] Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for allocation to Office of Rural Health, for purposes of providing grants through rural qualified health center pilot project. ] Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Health Authority for specified expenses. ] Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires hospitals and other specified facilities that provide substance use disorder treatment to provide to specified patients upon discharge or release two doses of opioid overdose reversal medication and necessary medical supplies to administer medication. Creates exception. Provides immunity from civil liability for person who in good faith provides opioid overdose reversal medications and necessary medical supplies to administer medications. Provides that civil liability protection does not apply to person involved in manufacture or sale of opioid overdose reversal medication. Requires Oregon Health Authority to facilitate access to opioid overdose reversal medication for hospitals and other specified facilities.
Prohibits post-secondary institutions of education that are based in Oregon from refusing to provide transcript to current or former student because student owes debt to institution. Requires institutions to submit report to Higher Education Coordinating Commission by September 15, 2024, detailing policies relating to providing transcripts and transcript holds ] number of current and former students who owe debt to institution and institution's policy and procedures on phasing out transcript holds .
Modifies abbreviated school day program requirements. Requires that parent or foster parent must give informed and written consent for student with disability to be placed on program. Prescribes duties of school district superintendent and Department of Education in relation to abbreviated school day programs. Directs school districts to provide notice to parents or foster parents of every student with disability who was on abbreviated school day program at end of 2022-2023 school year or who had abbreviated school days during 2022-2023 school year. Prescribes requirements of notice. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
In memoriam: Walter Willard Cole Sr. (aka Darcelle XV), 1930-2023.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Health Authority to allocate to community mental health programs for oversight of residential facilities and for conducting abuse investigations. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2023.
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 information and technical assistance ] to interested persons on available ] information, technical assistance and assistance in 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. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die. ] Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires Judicial Department, Department of Corrections, Oregon Public Guardian and Conservator and Oregon Health Authority to survey the capacity of systems to provide required services to individuals and meet requirements related to hearing to determine fitness to proceed. Requires coordination by all partners in providing community resources to assist defendants who lack fitness to proceed to engage in community restoration services and to assist persons who have been conditionally released by Psychiatric Security Review Board. Requires Psychiatric Security Review Board to establish standardized end of jurisdiction planning which must begin 12 months prior to the end of jurisdiction. Makes Oregon Health Authority responsible for discharge planning and coordination of care for individuals committed to authority for treatment. Requires authority to implement tool for tracking placement and coordination of services for such individuals and for coordinating services for individuals in outpatient commitment. Prescribes process for discharge of person from hospital to Oregon State Hospital. Requires authority to conduct study of expenses and efficiency of services provided by third parties contracting with community mental health programs. Requires authority to evaluate adequacy of funding to community mental health programs to collect data programs are required to collect. Specifies that non-Medicaid caseload forecast made by authority for budget purposes must include forecast for individuals needing precommitment investigations and community restoration services. Includes community restoration services as mandated services to be provided by community mental health programs subject to available funding. Requires authority to provide feedback to community mental health programs on system-level performance measures. Declares emergency, effective on passage.