Creates family and medical leave insurance program to provide employee who is eligible for coverage with portion of wages while employee is on family and medical leave or military family leave. Requires employer and employee contributions to fund program. Allows self-employed individuals and tribal government employers to opt into program. Directs Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to determine contribution amounts and weekly benefit amounts. Establishes Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund and continuously appropriates moneys in fund to Department of Consumer and Business Services for purposes of Act. Protects eligible employee's position of employment with employer while employee is on leave if employee has been employed with employer for minimum of 90 days before commencing leave. Prohibits employer from retaliating against employee who invokes program and from interfering with employee rights under program. Establishes right of employee for civil action for certain employer violations. Amends Oregon family leave law to allow for leave after employee has been employed for 90 days with employer and to extend length of leave taken for bereavement. Directs department to administer collection of, and reporting requirements for, payroll contributions. Requires director to work with other agencies and promulgate rules for administration of program. Establishes requirements for director to submit initial report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2021. Beginning September 15, 2022, requires director to report to committees on September 15 of every even-numbered year thereafter. Requires department to conduct study regarding implementation of program with regard to self-employed individuals and tribal governments opting into program. Becomes operative on January 1, 2021. Provides that eligibility provisions and provisions related to elective coverage for self-employed individuals and tribal governments become operative on January 1, 2023. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Requires that , to extent provided by Oregon Liquor Control Commission rules, if wine labeled with American viticultural area in Oregon is labeled with single grape variety as type designation, wine must meet specified content requirements. Authorizes Oregon Liquor Control Commission to exempt wine varieties or American viticultural areas from requirement. ] Requires commission to make requirements applicable to wine with labels identifying Willamette Valley viticultural area and American viticultural areas wholly or partly within Willamette Valley viticultural area. Creates exception. Requires commission to classify certain grape varieties as exempt from content requirements. Authorizes commission to exempt additional grape varieties by rule. Prohibits identifying Pinot noir as exempt grape variety. Establishes content requirement for wine from exempt grape varieties. Establishes default content requirement for wines not subject to other content requirements. Applies ] Makes content requirements applicable to wine labeled on or after January 1, 2023. Imposes revised content requirements for wine bottled on or after January 1, 2030. Requires commission to appoint advisory committee. Sunsets advisory committee January 2, 2030 ] 2023 . Requires commission to adopt rules establishing penalty schedule for labeling requirement. Creates exception to civil penalty. Requires adoption of initial rules in time to take effect January 1, 2023. Repeals rule adoption requirement January 2, 2023 ] 2024 . Requires commission to report to interim committee of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2020, regarding advisory committee recommendations and status of commission rule adoption proceedings. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Expands eligibility for support service brokerage services to individuals who are 14 to 17 years of age.
Imposes assessment on large employers with employees who receive or who have minor children who receive certain types of public assistance in this state, in amount equal to public assistance paid. Requires that moneys collected are used to support programs for low-income individuals and families. Makes refusal to hire recipient of public assistance or adverse employment action against recipient of public assistance unfair employment practice. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2022.
Establishes procedure for aggrieved person, whistleblower or representative organization to bring action in name of state to recover civil penalties for violations of certain laws related to labor and employment. Provides for distribution of civil penalties recovered.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Department of Administrative Services to increase size and diversity of group of court appointed special advocates.
Disallows, for purposes of personal income taxation, mortgage interest deduction for residence other than taxpayer's principal residence , unless taxpayer sells residence or actively markets residence for sale . Phases out allowable deduction for interest for principal residence based upon income. Disallows deduction for principal residence above threshold amount. Establishes Oregon Housing Opportunity Account. Transfers amount equal to estimated increase in revenue attributable to restrictions on deduction of mortgage interest to accounts in Oregon Housing Fund ] account . Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2019. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to report to Department of Consumer and Business Services total cost of ] amount of money spent on patient assistance programs , and ] information on financial assistance provided to pharmacies, government agencies and advocacy organizations and total amount of financial incentives paid to each pharmacy benefit manager . Excludes proprietary information from disclosure on department's website. ] Exempts from public disclosure information reported to department until department posts to website all information reported by manufacturer. 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 for small employer and individual health benefit plans to insurer's website. Requires 60-day advance notice to department and to enrollees adversely affected by change in formulary. Requires insurer and allows pharmacy to notify insured that if cash ] retail price for drug is less than insured's cost-share ] out-of-pocket cost for drug using pharmacy benefit , insured may pay cash ] retail price and expense must be counted ] if requested by enrollee, insurer must count cost toward deductible or out-of-pocket maximum. Requires State Board of Pharmacy to prescribe by rule notice of enrollee's rights for distribution to pharmacy customers and to translate notice into multiple languages. 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 ] report to Oregon Health Authority information regarding 50 most prescribed drugs and 50 most expensive drugs prescribed by provider . 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 ] annual gross receipts 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 insurers to include with rate filing certified statement regarding insurers' use of rebates. Requires drug advertisement to disclose wholesale price of drug. ] Modifies responsibilities of Task Force on Fair Pricing of Prescription Drugs and requires report of findings, by September 15, 2020, to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to health. Modifies reporting to department by insurers about costly drugs reimbursed by health benefit plans. Requires pharmaceutical manufacturers that register with State Board of Pharmacy to also register with department. Requires department to adopt registration fee based on reasonable cost to department to administer specified provisions.
Modifies juvenile code to prohibit placement of children and wards taken into protective custody in detention facilities. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Prohibits long term care facilities, residential facilities, adult foster homes, child care facilities, child-caring agencies, foster homes, youth care centers, youth offender foster homes or other entities that are licensed, certified or registered to provide care to children, youth, individuals with disabilities or older adults from interfering with good faith disclosure of information by employees or volunteers about abuse or mistreatment of individuals cared for by entity, violations of state or federal laws or other practice that threatens health and safety of individuals cared for by entity, to regulatory agencies, law enforcement authorities, persons acting on behalf of individual and other specified individuals. Makes interfering with disclosure of information specified in Act unlawful employment practice.