Requires voter registration cards and electronic voter registration system to include option for person to identify race, ethnicity and preferred language of person. Provides that any identification information provided is public record. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Provides that part-time faculty member at public institution of higher education who qualifies for health care benefits will pay 10 percent of insurance premiums , with remaining 90 percent paid by state ] for employee coverage and 50 percent of increase in premium cost for employee and dependent coverage. Requires state to pay for remaining costs of insurance premiums out of moneys appropriated to Oregon Educators Benefit Board . Permits institution to agree through collective bargaining to pay portion of employee's premium share. Provides that employees who are eligible to receive health care benefits in manner specified may receive health care benefits from institution only in manner specified. Provides that any savings realized by institution are subject to collective bargaining. Directs board to determine prior to open enrollment period whether it has received sufficient funds to cover required premium payments. Provides that if board has not received sufficient funds, board may require employee share to increase and that institution is not responsible for paying insurance premiums. Requires legacy health benefit coverage to be maintained for part-time faculty at institutions who are not eligible for health care benefits under provisions. Establishes Part-Time Faculty Insurance Fund and continuously appropriates moneys in fund to board. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes Oregon Youth Council. Directs council to advise Governor on issues affecting youth, including civic engagement, education and youth violence.
Prohibits carriers offering health benefit plans from making specified changes to prescription drug formulary during plan year.
Establishes Statewide School Safety and Prevention System. Specifies functions of system. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.
Amends definition of "employment relations" to include class size and caseload limits as mandatory collective bargaining subjects for school districts.
Directs Youth Development Division to develop and administer statewide youth reengagement system. Allows school districts to provide youth reengagement programs in collaboration with division. Prescribes requirements of programs. Modifies student accounting system requirements to ensure, to extent practicable, that school districts do not have disincentive to reengage youths.
In memoriam: Alter Wiener, 1926-2018.
Requires counties to develop community mental health action plans to identify and address mental health concerns. Not later than January 1, 2021, requires counties to submit community mental health action plans to Oregon Health Authority. Directs authority to submit report to Legislative Assembly. Not later than January 1, 2023, requires counties to submit reports to authority detailing whether county addressed mental health concerns. Directs authority to submit report to Legislative Assembly. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires public schools to make available, at no cost, menstrual products in at least 50 percent of bathrooms at schools with students in any grade from grade 7 through 12. Takes effect July 1, 2020.