Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
Nancy Nathanson
Sponsored
Became law13
Requires Department of Human Services to convene work group to study consolidation of application processes for human and social services and to report recommendation to Legislative Assembly.
Requires Director of Oregon Health Authority to notify Director of Veterans' Affairs upon receipt of certain written information from member or veteran of uniformed service, if authorized to do so by member or veteran.
Prohibits coordinated care organization from requiring organizational providers to produce information that is redundant with respect to or outside scope of on-site quality assessment of organizational provider conducted by Oregon Health Authority.
Directs Department of Human Services to appoint advisory committee to advise department regarding policies and procedures to coordinate statewide planning for delivery of services to runaway and homeless youth and their families.
Directs Department of Human Services to create advisory committee within Office of Adult Abuse Prevention and Investigations to advise regarding residential care for children, youth or youth offenders.
Requires state contracting agency to use solicitation template that Attorney General and Oregon Department of Administrative Services develop, approve and make available in advertising and soliciting procurements under Public Contracting Code and to use contract form or contract template, as appropriate, that Attorney General and department develop, approve and make available as basis for public contracts into which state contracting agency enters.
Specifies requirements for external quality reviews of coordinated care organizations by Oregon Health Authority.
Directs governing entity of public or private post-secondary institution of education that contracts with third party financial firm for student financial aid services to consider federal policies for contracting.
Modifies provisions of capital gains exemption for amounts received for sale of manufactured dwelling park.
Requires Oregon Health Policy Board to study and evaluate effectiveness of existing financial incentive programs offered in this state and address new types of programs to recruit and retain health care providers to practice in rural and medically underserved areas.
Provides that party to proceeding in open court in justice or municipal court may arrange for recording or reporting of proceeding.
Requires Department of Transportation to study options for improving on-time performance of passenger trains .
Requires each school obtaining approval from Higher Education Coordinating Commission to offer academic degree to annually obtain bond or letter of credit demonstrating school is financially sound and capable of fulfilling commitments to students.
Out of committee1
Amends tax credit for rural health care providers to include health care providers in nonrural medically underserved communities.
In committee11
Requires Legislative Administrator to establish and maintain database to catalog issues reported by constituents to members of Legislative Assembly, state agencies or other public bodies.
Requires Department of State Police to establish voluntary program through which department retains fingerprint cards or creates facsimiles of fingerprints received from Federal Bureau of Investigation, or created during state criminal records check, for purpose of notifying agencies and districts that subscribe to program if individual is convicted of crime.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to adopt consistent, uniform policies and procedures for provision and reimbursement of mental and physical health services in medical assistance program.
Allows person convicted of certain felonies constituting delivery of controlled substance to apply for order setting aside conviction.
Establishes Task Force on Medical Professional Recruitment and Retention.
Directs Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt by rule standards to address conflicts of interest of manufactured structure dealers that are also residential landlords.
Creates unlawful employment practice of requiring employee to create, file or sign documents containing false information related to hours worked or compensation received by employee or retaliating against employee for refusal to do so.
Expands collection mechanisms that Collections Unit in Department of Revenue may use to collect judgments in criminal action assigned to unit by justice courts.
Directs State Treasurer, in consultation with Higher Education Coordinating Commission, to negotiate contract to permit financial institution to provide student financial aid services to students enrolled at public universities or community colleges.
Expands definition of "political committee" to include person that makes aggregate expenditures of $500 or more that refer to candidate, measure or political party within 60 calendar days of primary or general election.
Establishes principal Act for organization of ocean power districts to contract with Department of State Lands to carry out certain duties related to regulation of ocean renewable energy facilities.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 21
Directs Department of Education to develop and implement statewide education plan for early childhood through post-secondary education students who are black or African-American or not covered by existing statewide education plan and have experienced disproportionate educational results.
Requires Department of State Police to establish voluntary program through which department retains fingerprint cards or creates facsimiles of fingerprints received from Federal Bureau of Investigation, or created during state criminal records check, for purpose of notifying agencies and districts that subscribe to program of receipt of fingerprints or other identifying information by department for reasons related to administration of criminal justice.
Defines "inhalant delivery system." Amends laws concerning sale of tobacco products to, and use of tobacco products by, minors so those laws equally apply to inhalant delivery systems.
Allows direct purchase and sale of bulk distilled liquor between distillery licensees for blending and manufacturing purposes.
Provides that person who records another person's intimate areas commits crime of invasion of personal privacy.
Requires continuation of group health insurance coverage for employee on family leave on same terms as when employee is not on leave.
Creates offense of unlawful parking in space reserved for alternative fuel vehicle refueling.
Disallows all filing fees, service fees and hearing fees in action for court's protective stalking order, even if stalking order is not only relief sought in action.
Requires owners of rental property subject to federal rural rental housing loans to provide at least one year's notice of date of maturity of loans to tenants, Housing and Community Services Department, housing authorities and local governments.
Requires public universities to establish priority enrollment system for qualified students who are active members of Armed Forces of the United States, who are qualified veterans or who receive veterans' educational benefits as federally qualified dependents of active members or qualified veterans.
Authorizes court, as part of settlement or judgment in class action, to approve process for payment of damages.
Extends, for two years, sunset of provisions requiring Oregon Health Authority to study and make recommendations to Legislative Assembly on best option for financing health care in this state.
Directs Department of Education to administer process for providing funding for activities related to annual conference dedicated to Oregon civics and held on Oregon Civics Day for Teachers.
Creates Oregon Retirement Savings Board in office of State Treasurer.
Changes governmental framework for conducting public health activities in this state and for providing public health services to residents of this state.
Designates March 10 of each year as "Mighty Oregon" Day.
Establishes pollinator health outreach and education plan.
Requires hospital to adopt written discharge policies.
Authorizes Attorney General to file action on behalf of Department of Human Services employee for stalking citation or stalking protective order upon request that has been approved in writing by Director of Human Services or designee and sets forth sufficient facts and evidence, and that in opinion of Attorney General is likely to succeed.
Provides that release decision for defendant charged with sex crime or crime constituting domestic violence must include order prohibiting attempted contact with victim and third-party contact with victim while defendant is in custody.
Directs Department of Corrections to establish Family Sentencing Alternative Pilot Program in partnership with circuit courts, county community corrections agencies and Department of Human Services.
Passed the House · 2
Prohibits person from knowingly omitting from advertisement for mortgage credit product clear and conspicuous statement that identifies person that offers or promotes mortgage credit product.
Modifies crime of displaying obscene materials to minors.
Out of committee · 5
Establishes Oregon Spirits Board.
Directs Department of Education to administer pilot program to increase students' exposure and access to career and technical education.
Requires State Department of Energy to conduct study to analyze programs adopted by state to support energy efficiency.
Directs State Library to distribute grants to school districts for early reading programs provided during summer.
Authorizes tenant to whom real estate has been leased by landlord to install and use electric vehicle charging station for personal, noncommercial use.
In committee · 6
Authorizes residential tenant to install on premises and use electric vehicle charging station for personal, noncommercial use.
Defines "wages" for certain wage claims.
Provides that amounts appropriated from any fund for unemployment insurance-related purposes and programs may not be expended for any purpose or program not directly related to purposes and programs authorized or required under provisions of unemployment insurance statutes.
Directs Department of Transportation to establish breast cancer awareness registration plate program for issuance of special registration plate.
Requires business entity that intends to make political expenditure to first obtain approval from shareholders or members by affirmative vote of majority of members or shares entitled to vote.
Directs State Parks and Recreation Department to remove official State of Mississippi flag from Walk of Flags display at State Capitol State Park and replace with Mississippi Magnolia Flag.