Sen. Michael Dembrow

Establishes Outdoor Therapy Grant Program within State Parks and Recreation Department for purpose of awarding grants to enhance outdoor environmental, ecological, agricultural or other natural resource-based therapy programs serving residents of this state. Establishes Outdoor Therapy Grant Program Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to department for purposes of grant program. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for agricultural experiment station and branch stations, Oregon State University Extension Service and Forest Research Laboratory programs of Oregon State University.

Requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to report to Department of Consumer and Business Services total cost of patient assistance programs and information on financial assistance provided to pharmacies, government agencies and advocacy organizations. Excludes proprietary information from disclosure on department's website. Requires state-sponsored programs that use pharmacy benefit managers to use fee-only pharmacy benefit managers. Requires insurers to post specified information regarding formulary, tiers and costs to insurer's website. Requires 60-day advance notice to enrollees adversely affected by change in formulary. Requires insurer and allows pharmacy to notify insured that if cash price for drug is less than insured's cost-share for drug, insured may pay cash price and expense must be counted toward deductible or out-of-pocket maximum. Requires hospitals and other medical providers to disclose in patient billing information regarding mark-up on price of drug. Also requires billing to disclose price of drug charged to specified state agencies and insurers. Requires specified state agencies to report to Legislative Assembly on high-cost drugs. Requires Oregon Health Authority to refer to Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee any drug exceeding specified cost. Requires patient advocacy organization with budget exceeding $50,000 that has registered lobbyist in this state to report to Oregon Government Ethics Commission and Oregon Health Authority specified information regarding funding received from participants in pharmaceutical supply chain. Requires pharmacy benefit managers to report to Department of Consumer and Business Services and plan sponsors specified information regarding rebates, reimbursements, fees and incentives paid for drugs by manufacturers, insurers and pharmacies. Requires drug advertisement to disclose wholesale price of drug.

Requires each professional licensing board to study criminal background criteria and character standards for licensure, certification or other authorization to provide occupational or professional service regulated by board. Requires reports to interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to workforce. Sunsets January 2, 2021.

Directs Department of Education to award grants to school districts to support safe schools by funding programs related to bullying prevention and youth empowerment. Directs department to present statewide conference on bullying prevention and youth empowerment. Allows department to enter into contract with nonprofit organization to administer conference. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.

Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to establish program for strategic investments in initiatives related to ocean acidification and hypoxia. ] Appropriates moneys from General Fund to department for purposes of program. ] Oregon Ocean Science Trust, State Department of Fish and Wildlife and Higher Education Coordinating Commission in certain amounts for certain purposes related to ocean chemistry. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.

Exempts from taxation amounts received from sale of real property to housing authority or community development corporation. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and before January 1, 2023. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Extends from July 1, 2019, to July 1, 2023, period of time public universities must provide scope and value of specified employee benefits. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Establishes product stewardship program for mattresses. Establishes Mattress Stewardship Fund. Establishes mattress stewardship program advisory committee. Becomes operative January 1, 2020. Requires stewardship organizations to submit initial ] plans for mattress stewardship programs to be submitted ] to Department of Environmental Quality no later than April 1, 2021. Provides that mattress stewardship program developed pursuant to approved plan may first be implemented no earlier than January 1, 2022 ]. Imposes civil penalty ] penalties for violation of program provisions not to exceed $25,000 ] , per day for each day of violation , $100 for violation by retailer, $1,000 for violation by producer or renovator and $1,000 for violation by stewardship organization . Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Eliminates driving suspension for failure to appear on citation for traffic offense. Repeals driving privilege suspension for failure to pay traffic fines and eliminates imposition of driving privilege restrictions for failure to pay fine.