Establishes Oregon Strategic Resiliency Commission. Requires commission to develop and administer program for rebates and investments to provide incentives for increasing amount, availability and security of regional foodstuff supplies.
Establishes Oregon Cash Depository Corporation as independent public corporation and prescribes corporation's purposes and powers. Directs corporation to lease or acquire real property and construct or renovate offices, facilities and business locations throughout state at which corporation receives, handles, stores and dispenses cash and other valuable property. Establishes Oregon Cash Depository Corporation Fund in State Treasury and requires corporation to deposit all moneys corporation receives into fund. Permits corporation to invest moneys in fund and fraction of corporation's deposits in accordance with provisions of Act. Subjects corporation to annual audit by Secretary of State and requires corporation to respond to recommendations in audit report. Requires study of corporation's operations every four years and report to Legislative Assembly. Requires Attorney General to defend corporation and directors, officers and employees of corporation against claim or charge brought for actions in performing duties of corporation. Becomes operative January 1, 2019. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution establishing obligation of state to ensure every resident of state access to effective ] cost-effective , medically appropriate and affordable health care. Refers proposed amendment to people for their approval or rejection at next regular general election.
Includes class size as mandatory subject of school district collective bargaining.
Reestablishes Task Force on Reentry, Employment and Housing. Requires report to Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2018. Sunsets task force on December 31, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes Veterans' Services Fund. Provides that fund is administered by Oregon Department of Administrative Services. Provides that 1.5 percent of net proceeds from Oregon State Lottery is deposited in fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to provide services for benefit of veterans. Establishes Veterans' Department of Veterans' Affairs Dedicated Lottery Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to Department of Veterans' Affairs to provide services for benefit of veterans. Establishes Veterans' Housing and Community Services Department Dedicated Lottery Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to Housing and Community Services Department to provide services for benefit of veterans. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2017.
Establishes Willamette Falls Locks Commission as advisory body for issues relating to repair, reopening, operation, maintenance and future transfer of ownership of navigational canal and locks. Appropriates funds from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for purposes of Act. Sunsets commission, program and account on December 31, 2023. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Removes special training requirement from statutes governing prescribing, dispensing and distributing naloxone. Specifies that reimbursing cost of medication prescribed for purpose of treating opioid or opiate withdrawal does not require prior authorization during first 30 days of treatment . Specifies that individual may not be denied entry into specialty court in this state solely for reason that individual is taking, or intends to take, medication prescribed by licensed health care practitioner for treatment of drug abuse or dependency. Requires Oregon Health Authority to publish and report information related to opioids and opiates. Requires pharmacy to report deidentified information to prescription monitoring program upon dispensing prescribed naloxone. Requires pharmacy to report certain other identifying information to prescription monitoring program upon dispensing prescribed controlled substance classified in schedules II through IV. Requires information to be disclosed from prescription monitoring program to medical director or pharmacy director. Requires information to be disclosed from prescription monitoring program for certain other purposes. Requires licensing information of licensees who are authorized to prescribe or dispense controlled substances to be provided to authority for purpose of qualifying licensees to report information to, or receive information from, prescription monitoring program. Specifies that authority may require person requesting deidentified information from prescription monitoring program to enter into data use agreement with authority. Requires authority, not less than once per year, to develop, through use of prescription monitoring information, criteria by which practitioner may be required to receive education or training on prescribing of opioids or opiates. Creates Prescription Monitoring Program Prescribing Practices Review Subcommittee for purposes of advising authority on development of criteria, reviewing practitioner's history to determine whether practitioner meets criteria and directing authority to provide educational material to practitioner who meets criteria. Provides that authority may enter into agreements governing sharing and use of information reported to prescription monitoring program with regulatory authorities of other states that administer prescription monitoring programs. Provides that prescription monitoring program provisions become operative January 1, 2018. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs Legislative Counsel to prepare open government impact statement for measures that affect disclosure, or exemption from disclosure, of public records. Establishes Oregon Sunshine Committee to establish schedule of review for exemptions from disclosure for public records. Directs Oregon Sunshine Committee to submit report to Legislative Counsel Committee subcommittee on public records and include in report recommended changes to public records process and recommendations to amend or repeal exemptions from disclosure. Directs Legislative Counsel Committee to establish public records subcommittee to review report from Oregon Sunshine Committee and submit report to Legislative Counsel Committee. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires long term care referral provider to be registered with Department of Human Services. Imposes certain requirements on long term care referral providers. Makes long term care referral provider mandatory reporter of elder abuse. Makes violation of certain provisions unfair trade practice. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
