Sen. Kate Lieber

Establishes grant program within State Department of Energy to provide grants to fund replacement of generators that use diesel or fossil fuels with renewable hydrogen-fueled generators. Directs department to prioritize awarding grants for emergency shelters and infrastructure, facilities and buildings related to provision of critical public services, health care and utilities. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Renewable Hydrogen-Fueled Generator Grant Fund. Directs department to develop planning goals for development of hydrogen production and storage and other hydrogen-related infrastructure. Directs department to incorporate planning goals into updated state energy strategy.

Imposes new requirements on Oregon Health Authority with respect to residential mental health services. Clarifies right to contested case hearing to challenge amount, scope or duration of services or reduction in amount, scope or duration of services. Requires coordinated care organizations to provide residential behavioral health services beginning January 1, 2025.

Directs Department of Transportation to establish grant program for fuel cell electric vehicle and hydrogen fueling demonstration projects. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to department for grant program. Requires department to study existing state statutes, regulations, rules and policies that may impede or hinder wide-scale adoption and use of fuel cell electric vehicles and hydrogen fueling. Directs department to submit findings and recommendations to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to energy and economic development not later than September 15, 2024.

Requires individual and group health benefit plans and benefit plans offered by Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board to reimburse services provided by naturopathic physicians within scope of their practice if services are reimbursed when provided by licensed physicians. Requires reimbursement paid to naturopathic physician in independent practice to be in same amount as reimbursement paid to physician.

Requires Oregon Health Authority to convene two work groups to study statutory and regulatory framework for behavioral health systems and make recommendations to reduce administrative burdens on behavioral health care providers and increase system efficiencies. Specifies membership and duties of work groups. Requires authority to report recommendations of work groups for legislative changes to interim committees of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15 of each even-numbered year. Directs authority to take specific actions apart from work groups to identify and eliminate administrative burdens on behavioral health care providers. Sunsets January 2, 2027. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Establishes certified community behavioral health clinic program in Oregon Health Authority.

Recognizes and honors Dr. Brian Druker for his leadership and service.

Requires Oregon Health Authority to convene two work groups to study statutory and regulatory framework for behavioral health systems and make recommendations to reduce administrative burdens on behavioral health care providers and increase system efficiencies. Specifies membership and duties of work groups. Requires authority to report recommendations of work groups for legislative changes to interim committees of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2024. Directs authority to take specific actions apart from work groups to identify and eliminate administrative burdens on behavioral health care providers. Sunsets January 2, 2025. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Requires Judicial Department, Department of Corrections, Oregon Public Guardian and Conservator and Oregon Health Authority to survey 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 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.

Modifies definition of "descendant" for purposes of decedents' estates to include person with functional child relationship with decedent and functional child's descendants. Modifies definition of "pretermitted child" to include person court determines to be functional child of decedent if determination is made after date decedent executed will. Applies to estates of decedents dying on or after effective date of Act.