Increases threshold under which school district may receive additional State School Fund moneys for student eligible for special education. Increases amount transferred each year to High Cost Disabilities Account. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.
Requires health care practitioner to exercise proper degree of care to preserve health and life of child born alive after abortion or attempted abortion. Requires health care practitioner to ensure child born alive is transported to hospital. Creates crime for failure to exercise proper standard of care, punishable by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Allows specified person to bring civil action for damages and equitable relief against health care practitioner for failure to exercise proper standard of care. Directs court to award attorney fees to prevailing plaintiff. Allows court to order identity or personally identifiable information of specified person protected from disclosure.
Directs school district board to adopt child sexual abuse prevention instructional program that addresses sex trafficking of children. Takes effect July 1, 2020.
Requires health benefit plans, state medical assistance program, Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board to pay for standard fertility preservation services for covered individual who will undergo medical treatment that is likely to result in iatrogenic infertility.
Prohibits full-service restaurant from providing single-use plastic straw to consumer unless consumer requests single-use plastic straw. Establishes that Oregon Health Authority or local public health authority shall enforce prohibition in course of inspecting full-service restaurant and impose civil penalty of not more than $25 per day after second violation. Caps total civil penalty at $300 per full-service restaurant during one calendar year.
Increases total amount allowed in tax year to all taxpayers as tax credits for donations to fiduciary organizations for distribution to individual development accounts. Increases maximum percentage of taxpayer donation for which credit may be allowed. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2019, and before January 1, 2022. Updates and makes technical corrections to statutes governing individual development accounts. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Provides that, for estate of decedents dying on or after January 1, 2019, Oregon estate tax is not due unless value of Oregon taxable estate equals or exceeds $11.4 million. Raises threshold for filing of estate tax return to gross estate valued at or more than $11.4 million. Adjusts exclusion amount and filing threshold for inflation. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs Department of Human Services to distribute $1 million to Center for the Prevention of Abuse and Neglect to conduct Oregon Child Abuse Prevalence Study. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Human Services for distribution. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Increases percentage of federal earned income credit allowable as credit against Oregon personal income tax. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and before January 1, 2026. Extends sunset for earned income tax credit. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Proposes amendment to Oregon Constitution to authorize Legislative Assembly to enact laws permitting court to temporarily exclude legislator or other elected official from Capitol or other workplace if court determines physical presence of legislator or other elected official creates hostile environment for others in Capitol or other workplace. Refers proposed amendment to people for their approval or rejection at next regular general election.
