Sen. Lisa Reynolds

Authorizes Higher Education Coordinating Commission to award "Hunger Free Campus" designation to public universities and community colleges that demonstrate required actions taken to combat hunger. Requires commission, when moneys are available, to administer grant program to provide moneys for funding student hunger programs and innovations at public universities and community colleges. Establishes how commission must prioritize recipients of grants. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to commission to fund grant program. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2023.

Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution prohibiting death penalty. Refers proposed amendment to people for their approval or rejection at next regular general election.

Requires Department of Human Services to study implementation of tax filing assistance program. Directs department to submit findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to human services not later than September 15, 2024. Sunsets January 2, 2025.

Directs state agencies to distribute moneys to local entities for specified bridge projects. Authorizes general obligation bonding for bridge projects. ] Expresses commitment of Legislative Assembly to support specified bridge projects through investments of specified amounts. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2023.

Requires Oregon Health Authority to provide incentives to increase recruitment and retention of local public health professionals. Directs authority to provide grants to local public health agencies that provide interns and fellows with training in, and clinical supervision of, nursing duties performed in local public health agencies. ] Directs authority to provide grants to employees of local public health agencies to provide preceptorships to students seeking nursing degrees, internships to students seeking a master's degree in public health and other educational opportunities to college students seeking training in public health. Requires authority to study administration and effectiveness of incentives and grants and submit two reports to Legislative Assembly. Appropriates moneys to authority for purposes of funding incentives and grants. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Clarifies meaning of "because of age" in employment discrimination law. Designates as unlawful employment practice for employer to seek age of applicant prior to completing initial interview or making conditional offer of employment and to include certain words or phrases in job application that suggest age preferences. Permits employer to seek age of applicant under certain circumstances. Removes provision that includes apprentices within scope of unlawful employment discrimination statute.

Directs Oregon Health Authority to modify amounts of grants for school-based health centers for inflation. Directs authority to select 10 school districts or education service districts to receive school-based health center planning grants. Directs authority to study methods for providing or increasing reimbursement for mental health services delivered through school-based health centers. Directs Department of Education to select 10 school districts or education service districts ] recipients to receive grants to implement programs that use community-driven, trauma-informed and community school approaches to develop wraparound service delivery hubs to improve educational outcomes . Directs department to select 10 school districts or education service districts to receive grants to develop wraparound service delivery hubs in schools. ] Authorizes issuance of lottery bonds for school-based health center purposes. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2023.

Requires Department of Human Services to contract with nonprofit organization to implement and administer program to assist recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance in purchasing locally grown fruits and vegetables from farmers' markets, farm share sites and retail outlets that participate in program. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to department to be distributed to nonprofit organization that has contracted with department to implement and administer program and match amounts that recipient spends on certain eligible foods. Sunsets January 2, 2026. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Imposes requirements and restrictions on insurer and coordinated care organization audits of claims for reimbursement submitted by behavioral health treatment providers. Directs Oregon Health Authority to collaborate with health care providers that provide care to medical assistance enrollees, coordinated care organizations, community groups that advocate for diversity and health equity and health care industry representatives to develop recommendations for processes by which payers audit health care providers' claims for reimbursement. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Removes statutory provisions relating to death penalty. Takes effect only if constitutional amendment proposed by House Joint Resolution 28 (2023) is approved by people at regular general election held in November 2024. Takes effect on effective date of constitutional amendment proposed by House Joint Resolution 28 (2023).