Authorizes issuance of lottery bonds to finance acquisition and restoration of Willamette Falls navigation canal and locks. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to Salvage Chief (LSM380) Foundation for purpose of repairing and upgrading salvage vessel. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.
Allows individuals who do not qualify for medical assistance or premium tax credits under Affordable Care Act to enroll in coordinated care organizations by paying premiums that cover actuarial value of health services. Requires Oregon Health Authority to administer program. ] Requires Oregon Health Authority to develop plan for Medicaid Buy-In program or public option for Oregon residents who do not have access to health care. Specifies requirements for plan. Requires authority to report plan to Legislative Assembly by May 1, 2020. Requires that report include recommendations for legislative changes necessary to implement plan and any federal approval that will be required to implement plan. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires Housing and Community Services Department, in certifying tax credits for affordable housing loans, to give priority to projects that develop affordable housing for sponsoring entities' employees who are direct care workers or human service workers. Applies to loans made on or after January 1, 2020. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires certain insurers to reimburse cost of specified services provided by local mental health authorities. Requires coordinated care organization to contract with counties to reimburse cost of specified services provided to members of coordinated care organization by local mental health authorities.
Expands health benefit plan coverage of childbirth and pregnancy-related health care expenses. Specifies reimbursement of services provided by freestanding birthing centers. Requires Department of Consumer and Business Services to report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to health on implementation of expanded benefits. Requires that specified services related to pregnancy and childbirth be covered by state medical assistance program. Requires Oregon Health Authority to prescribe uniform payment methodology for freestanding birthing centers.
Establishes Vacation Occupancy Task Force. Requires task force to report findings and recommendations to interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to housing on or before September 15, 2020. Sunsets task force December 31, 2020. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Directs State Parks and Recreation Department to develop pilot program to test changes to campsite reservation process to improve access for service-disabled veterans. ] Directs State Parks and Recreation Department to convene advisory committee to assist department in developing pilot program ] researching and developing recommendations for changes to campsite administration and reservation process to improve access for service-disabled veterans . Requires department to submit report on results of pilot program ] advisory committee to Legislative Assembly by September 15, 2021. Sunsets January 2, 2023. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Makes unlawful employment practice for employer to request employee to enter agreement that would prevent employee from disclosing or discussing conduct that constitutes unlawful discrimination, including sexual assault. Allows civil and administrative remedies for violation against unlawful employment practice. Makes unlawful employment practice for any person to aid, abet, incite, compel, coerce or conceal any acts prohibited under provisions of Act and any acts that constitute certain types of unlawful discrimination. Clarifies that employer's withholding of certain information from person who is owner, president, partner or corporate officer of employer, during course of employer's investigation, is not unlawful employment practice, provided that employer makes person aware of ongoing investigation. Allows person who is owner, president, partner or corporate officer to be held individually liable for engaging in prohibited acts. Requires all employers to adopt written policy containing procedures and practices for reduction and prevention of certain types of unlawful discrimination, including sexual assault. Requires employers to post notice in workplace and provide employees with copy of policy at time of hire. Requires Bureau of Labor and Industries to make available on bureau's website model procedures or polices that employers may use to establish employer policies. Makes voidable any agreement to pay severance pay to person found to have engaged in conduct that violates employer's policies or provisions of Act. Extends timeline for filing complaint with Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries alleging certain unlawful employment practices. Extends statute of limitations from one year to seven years to file civil action for certain violations of law. Becomes operative January 1, 2020. Permits commissioner to adopt rules and take any action before operative date of Act that is necessary to enable bureau to exercise duties, powers and functions conferred on bureau. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires Department of Human Services to adopt by rule program that provides financial assistance to recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance for purchasing locally grown fruits and vegetables from participating farmers' markets, farm share sites and retail outlets. Requires program match amounts that recipient spends on certain eligible foods. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to department to implement program. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
