Sen. Sara Gelser Blouin

Allows Oregon Health Authority to issue standing order to prescribe short-acting opioid antagonist and necessary medical supplies to administer short-acting opioid antagonist. Defines "short-acting opioid antagonist." Directs pharmacist to dispense, upon request, short-acting opioid antagonist and necessary medical supplies to certain individuals or entities. Allows individual or entity to possess, store, deliver, distribute and administer short-acting opioid antagonist and necessary medical supplies. Provides civil immunity from liability. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Requires Oregon Health Authority to provide incentives to increase recruitment and retention of local public health professionals. Directs authority to provide grants to local public health agencies that provide interns and fellows with training in, and clinical supervision of, nursing duties performed in local public health agencies. ] Directs authority to provide grants to employees of local public health agencies to provide preceptorships to students seeking nursing degrees, internships to students seeking a master's degree in public health and other educational opportunities to college students seeking training in public health. Requires authority to study administration and effectiveness of incentives and grants and submit two reports to Legislative Assembly. Appropriates moneys to authority for purposes of funding incentives and grants. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Clarifies meaning of "because of age" in employment discrimination law. Designates as unlawful employment practice for employer to seek age of applicant prior to completing initial interview or making conditional offer of employment and to include certain words or phrases in job application that suggest age preferences. Permits employer to seek age of applicant under certain circumstances. Removes provision that includes apprentices within scope of unlawful employment discrimination statute.

Requires Department of Human Services to contract with nonprofit organization to implement and administer program to assist recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance in purchasing locally grown fruits and vegetables from farmers' markets, farm share sites and retail outlets that participate in program. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to department to be distributed to nonprofit organization that has contracted with department to implement and administer program and match amounts that recipient spends on certain eligible foods. Sunsets January 2, 2026. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Directs Department of Human Services to ensure provision of specified services to individuals receiving child welfare services who are deaf or hard of hearing. Directs department to employ statewide coordinator of ] provide centralized coordination of resources, information, referral, training and advocacy relating to child welfare services for ] provided to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. Modifies requirements of Oregon Foster Children's Bill of Rights.

Prohibits, in specified areas of law, discrimination or harassment against persons based on caste. Authorizes enforcement of prohibition through civil action for actual and punitive damages. Authorizes attorney fees in civil proceedings for unlawful discrimination. Includes caste as protected class in bias crimes and incidents. Prohibits profiling by law enforcement agency or officer based on caste. Adds caste to real or perceived factors of motivation or basis for conduct addressed by standards for law enforcement officers. Requires law enforcement agencies to report statistics concerning crimes motivated by prejudice based on perceived caste. Adds caste to classes protected by community engagement plans for planning water projects. Adds caste to classes promoted by affirmative action by state boards, commissions and advisory boards and all branches of state government. Adds caste to types of persecution or well-founded fears of persecution that refugee children are defined to have experienced. Prohibits public charter schools from limiting student enrollment based on caste. Includes caste within cultural competence guidelines developed by System of Care Advisory Council. Prohibits person that sells guaranteed asset protection waiver in sale of motor vehicle from varying terms based on caste. Requires state agencies to eliminate discrimination based on caste. Requires state agencies to adopt any rules related to implementation of provisions of Act no later than January 1, 2024. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Establishes Universal Health Plan Governance Board and directs board to create comprehensive plan for implementing Universal Health Plan beginning in 2027 ]. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Establishes commission to develop, maintain and oversee system for standardization of reporting opioid overdoses. Defines "opioid overdose." Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Modifies definition of "former foster child" for purposes of tuition and fee waiver program, Oregon Opportunity Grant program and foster child scholarship program. Modifies definition of "institution of higher education" for purposes of tuition and fee waiver program and foster child scholarship program.

Directs Department of Human Services to establish and administer Youth Support and Repayment Grant Program to provide financial support to specified persons from whom, while in care or custody of department, resources to which persons were entitled were seized and used to pay for certain services provided. Sunsets grant program on later of date Youth Support and Repayment Grant Fund is depleted or January 2, 2053. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.