Sen. Sara Gelser Blouin

Requires employers who are authorized to pay subminimum wages to individuals with disabilities to pay certain wage rates until June 30, 2023. Requires employers to pay individuals with disabilities at minimum wage rate by July 1, 2023. Removes individuals with disabilities from category of persons for whom employers may pay subminimum wage. Lowers, over period of time, percentage of work hours of direct labor required for nonprofit organization to meet definition of "qualified nonprofit agency for individuals with disabilities." Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to promote public agency compliance with requirements and objectives of provisions regarding qualified nonprofit agencies for individuals with disabilities. Modifies conditions required in contract between public agency or qualified nonprofit agency for individuals with disabilities and successor service provider. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Specifies certain presumptions as to cause of ] compensability of covered employee's claim of benefits under workers' compensation law for death, disability or impairment of health of fire service professional, public safety personnel or employee of public or private safety agency with duties related to firefighting, police, ambulance or emergency medical services in claim for benefits related to occupational disease under workers' compensation law ]. Specifies standard of evidence necessary for rebuttal of presumption. Provides that insurer or self-insured employer may later deny compensability of claim if exposure to trauma ceases being of real importance or great consequence in causing disability, impairment of health or need for treatment. Defines "covered employee." Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Requires Department of Corrections to adopt rules that prohibit correctional facilities, and requires cities and counties to adopt ordinances that prohibit local correctional facilities, from having contract with provider of telephone services under which department, city, county or facility receives payment for telephone services provided to inmates of facility. ] Prohibits Department of Corrections from entering into contract with inmate telephone services provider that authorizes department to receive fee or commission other than reimbursement for expenses. Prohibits inmate telephone service provider from providing fee or commission to local or regional correctional facility, city or county other than authorized fee for completed calls. Requires that any commission or fee received by facility, city or county be deposited in Inmate Welfare Fund Account. Requires facility, city or county to prepare quarterly report, made available to public, concerning revenue received from inmate telephone service providers and expenditures of moneys in Inmate Welfare Fund Account. Specifies requirements for local or regional correctional facility, city or county issuing requests for proposals for inmate telephone service providers. Specifies requirements for contract including fees and rates that may be charged for telephone services. Authorizes Public Utility Commission to authorize by rule rates and fees in other amounts. Directs city or county that maintains local or regional correctional facility to establish Inmate Welfare Fund Account. Specifies manner in which moneys in fund may be expended. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.

Requires person who purchases residential real property after foreclosure complaint has been filed and before end of redemption period to provide notice to seller regarding relinquishment of interests in property and rights to surplus funds. Requires sheriff, before conducting execution sale of real property, to provide on website certain notice to debtor regarding offers to sell rights to surplus funds. Requires complaint in suit to foreclose residential trust deed to include notice to lien debtor regarding sales of redemption rights. Prohibits transferring right to redeem property to successor in interest by sale. ].

Modifies definition of "vulnerable user of a public way" to include persons operating or riding on moped or motorcycle.

Directs Department of Human Services to conduct monthly, in-person visits with child or ward in substitute care that include updates on academic status and progress. Directs department to conduct exit interview with child or ward no later than 30 days after department removes child or ward from substitute care placement. ] Directs department to ensure, with respect to school placement, that child or ward is not placed in more restrictive setting than child or ward was placed in at resident school district nor in self-contained classroom as opposed to all-inclusive placement. ] Requires department to ensure that child or ward 16 years of age or older has opportunity to create facilitated person centered plan before leaving substitute care. ] Permits school district to provide abbreviated school day program to foster youth student only if no appropriate alternative exists, student's case manager and foster parent are involved in decision and student's foster parent, case worker, education surrogate and Director of Human Services consent ] student's foster parent is provided opportunity to participate in decision and school district provides certain written information to foster parent .

Allows person issued disabled parking permit to park in parking space otherwise reserved for residents.

Provides that form or document issued by public body asking person to identify person's race or ethnicity must allow person to select multiple races or ethnicities and include certain categories of race or ethnicity ]. Becomes operative July 1, 2023.

Enacts Interstate Compact for Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.

Modifies allowed and prohibited uses of restraint of students by public education programs. Prescribes reporting requirements for use of restraint or seclusion. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.