Sen. Mark Meek

Allows school districts to use moneys distributed from Student Investment Account for payment of student fees, costs and instructors of career and technical student organization programs. Establishes policy goal that students in career and technical education program have counselor or mentor assigned to student to assist student in navigating through program. ].

Requires coordinated care organizations to report specified information to ] Oregon Health Authority to compile and annually post to website report on information reported to authority by coordinated care organizations regarding requests for prior authorization. Requires insurers offering health benefit plans to report specified information to Department of Consumer and Business Services regarding requests for prior authorization. Creates new requirements and modifies existing requirements applicable to utilization review by insurers offering health benefit plans and health benefit plans offered by Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board. Creates new requirements applicable to step therapy requirements imposed by entities providing health insurance, medical services contracts or health care service contracts, multiple employer welfare arrangements and pharmacy benefit managers.

Prescribes notification requirements for school district upon receipt of report of act of harassment, intimidation, bullying or cyberbullying. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2021.

Requires every public education provider to provide both tampons and sanitary pads at no cost to students. Phases in requirement. Provides funding for costs incurred by public education provider. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2021.

Requires insurer that provides coverage for full replacement costs of damaged or destroyed property to allow insured not less than 12 months within which to repair, rebuild or replace damaged or lost property or, if damage or loss to property occurred in location subject to declaration of emergency and damage or loss is directly related to emergency , not less than 24 months. Requires insurer to provide insured with additional living expenses for period of 24 months after date of damage to or loss of insured's primary dwelling if damage or loss occurred in location subject to declaration of emergency and damage or loss is directly related to emergency . Requires insurer to add time to allowable period for repairing, rebuilding or replacing damaged or lost property and for providing additional living expenses in increments of six months for total period of not more than 24 months for repairing, rebuilding or replacing damaged or lost property, or not more than 36 months if property was located in location that was subject to declaration of state of emergency, and not more than 36 months of additional living expenses. Requires policy of property insurance or casualty insurance that covers insured's dwelling to permit insured to combine payments up to policy limits for claims of damage to or loss of insured's primary dwelling and other structures and for any covered expenses necessary to rebuild or replace damaged or lost dwelling or other structure if policy limits are insufficient. ] Provides that policy of homeowner insurance must require insurer to combine coverage limits that apply to claims for loss of insured's primary dwelling and claims for loss of other covered structures if loss occurs in location that was subject to declaration of emergency, loss is directly related to emergency and coverage limit that applies to insured's primary dwelling is insufficient to pay for rebuilding or replacing primary dwelling. Caps amount that insurer must pay under combined coverage limits. Requires insurer to provide insured with opportunity to obtain estimate of cost to repair, rebuild or replace damaged or lost property every other year at time insurer offers to renew insurance policy if insured provides information necessary for estimate. Prohibits policy of property insurance or casualty insurance from limiting or denying payment of replacement cost or building code upgrade cost for damaged or lost property on basis that insured has decided to rebuild or purchase existing structure in new location. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Creates program through which certain lenders may, after competitive RFP process, receive award moneys to fund accounts out of which lenders may be reimbursed for principal losses incurred due to defaults on qualified loans to qualified businesses. Requires lender accepting award to enter into written agreement with Oregon Business Development Department and specifies certain terms of agreements. Sets forth circumstances in which lender may use for any purpose, or be required to repay, balance of award moneys. Requires department to develop and implement program to make loans to certain for-profit disadvantaged and emerging small businesses certified by Certification Office for Business Inclusion and Diversity. Sets forth loan requirements regarding maximum principal amount and term, loan documentation, collateral and use of proceeds. Requires business owner interested in applying for loan to seek assistance from technical assistance provider regarding application form and documentation and authorizes technical assistance provider to decide whether to refer application to department for approval or rejection. Establishes Disadvantaged and Emerging Small Business Loan Fund for making loans under program. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Requires Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to establish by rule standards and procedures for licensing of private security entities. Defines "private security entity." Requires that rules adopted by department require private security entity to provide private security providers with professional training. Increases limitations on biennial expenditures by department to implement provisions of Act. Conditions licensure upon applicant's successful passing of qualification examination and upon applicant's character, competence and reliability. Establishes requirements for licensed private security entities and for private security entities employing armed private security professionals. Prohibits private security entity from discharging or discriminating against private security provider employed or contracted by entity for making claim or participating in proceeding against entity. Creates personal, joint and several liability for unpaid wages for person who retains unlicensed private security entity. Creates personal liability for all penalty wages for wages due. Permits department to bring action to enjoin person from using or acting as private security entity and to seek damages. Prohibits entity from providing private security services without license, person from providing services as private security entity without first providing license information and person from retaining private security entity without first verifying entity's license. Makes act of providing private security services as private security entity without license Class A violation. Makes act of retaining services of private security entity without first verifying entity's license information Class A violation. Permits Board on Public Safety Standards and Training to impose license sanctions against private security entity that has multiple violations. Becomes operative January 1, 2024. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Removes ] Limits exemption from rent increase limits for landlords renting under government programs reducing rents.

Establishes Willamette Falls Locks Authority as public corporation. Prescribes duties of authority. Modifies duties of Willamette Falls Locks Commission. Sunsets commission on June 30, 2022. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Requires each community college and public university to hire benefits navigator to assist students in determining eligibility and applying for federal, state and local benefits programs. Requires community colleges and public universities to establish statewide consortium to enable benefits navigator to coordinate with benefits navigators at other institutions and to develop best practices. Requires community colleges and public universities to develop internal process to enable students to provide feedback and recommendations on how institution can better assist students in determining eligibility for benefits programs and applying for assistance under benefits programs. Declares emergency, effective on passage.