Sen. Janeen Sollman

Requires Health Evidence Review Commission to evaluate therapeutic and clinical effectiveness of hippotherapy for purpose of possible inclusion on prioritized list of health services provided in medical assistance program and report findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to health by December 31, 2017. Sunsets January 2, 2019. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Imposes moratorium until December 31, 2027, on use of hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas exploration and production. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Requires employers with 100 or more employees to provide 60 days' notice to employees and certain officials before ceasing operations, relocating or ordering mass layoff involving 50 or more employees. Creates exceptions. Requires employer attempting to invoke exception involving active pursuit of capital or business to provide, under penalty of perjury, written documentation of efforts to court or Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries. Requires commissioner to adopt rules related to requirements. Provides that employer is liable for back pay to employee and other relief.

Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to develop plan for enabling community colleges to offer associate's degree completed in coordination with credits earned in apprenticeship or training program. Requires commission to submit report detailing plan by December 1, 2018. Sunsets January 2, 2019. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Establishes refundable tax credit against income or corporate excise taxes for employers in specified industrial sectors for wages paid to employees at or below specified rate. Modifies amount of credit based on year in which wages are paid. Disallows credit if employer is penalized for failing to comply with Oregon occupational safety and health laws and rules. Prohibits employer from receiving credit if employer has reduced wages with intention to qualify for credit. Limits total amount of credit that may be claimed per fiscal year. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2027. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Prohibits requiring high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) certificate as qualification for obtaining limited specialty plumber license to install or replace residential water heaters.

Appropriates moneys to plan, establish and operate new school-based health centers, to increase student access to school-based mental health providers and to fund pilot program that uses trauma-informed approaches. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2017.

Appropriates moneys to Department of Human Services for Oregon Hunger Response Fund program services. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Directs Department of Education to establish program to develop and maintain statewide school nursing services. Allows State Board of Education to adopt rules for program. Directs Oregon Health Authority to ensure care provided to students by school nurses is reimbursed by state plan for medical assistance. Appropriates moneys to Department of Education for purposes of program. Becomes operative on January 1, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Directs Department of Education to identify and adopt procedures for reporting and collecting data related to acts of harassment, intimidation or bullying and acts of cyberbullying.