Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
Rob Nosse
Sponsored
Became law7
Clarifies that bicycle lane exists in intersection if bicycle lane is marked on opposite sides of intersection in same direction of travel.
Repeals exemption for property of company that builds, maintains and operates project constituting certain communication services infrastructure.
Establishes statutory authority for Oregon Psychiatric Access Line program operated by Oregon Health and Science University and financed by Legislative Assembly through appropriations.
Requires Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee to publish on website of Oregon Health Authority within seven days recommendations concerning Practitioner-Managed Prescription Drug Plan.
Provides that brownfield granted property tax incentive benefit under chapter 96, Oregon Laws 2016, may be granted any other special assessment, exemption or partial exemption for which such property is eligible.
Modifies rate review process for approving rates for health benefit plans.
Modifies Family Abuse Prevention Act to authorize court to continue restraining order if abuse occurred within specified period, petitioner reasonably fears for petitioner's physical safety and respondent represents credible threat to physical safety of petitioner or petitioner's child.
Out of committee8
Requires Oregon Health Authority to adopt partially aligned preferred drug list for coordinated care organizations.
Directs administrator of Oregon Prescription Drug Program to cooperate with State of California in bulk purchase of prescription drugs.
Authorizes administrator of Oregon Prescription Drug Program to cooperate with Canadian provinces or territories in bulk purchase of prescription drugs.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to design program to import wholesale prescription drugs from Canada.
Extends sunset for property tax exemption for multiple-unit housing.
Eliminates requirement for ambulatory surgical centers and extended stay centers to file ambulatory surgery discharge abstract records with Oregon Health Authority.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to increase fee-for-service rate for behavioral health providers participating in medical assistance programs.
Requires Department of Human Services to request in agency request budget and Governor to include in Governor's budget specified amount of General Fund moneys for distribution to centers for independent living.
In committee27
Removes requirement that person seeking intervention in juvenile dependency proceeding or rights of limited participation in juvenile dependency or delinquency proceeding prove that existing parties cannot adequately present case.
Prohibits landlords that allow pets from charging tenants additional rent or fees based on possession of pets.
Requires person who files to run for public office to provide campaign phone number and campaign electronic mail address.
Creates exemption to requirement that wages due to employee who is participant in Oregon Youth Employment Program must be paid immediately after termination of employment.
Prohibits transplant center from recommending that potential anatomical gift recipient who is medical marijuana patient be removed from list of potential recipients exclusively based on positive result of drug test for marijuana use.
Requires original equipment manufacturer to make available to owner of digital electronic equipment or independent repair provider on fair and reasonable terms any part, tool, service manual or other device, implement or information that original equipment manufacturer makes available to authorized repair provider for purpose of diagnosing, maintaining or repairing digital electronic equipment that original equipment manufacturer makes or supplies.
Establishes right of consumer to be educated about ways to reduce cost of prescription drugs.
Requires health benefit plan to reimburse cost of covered telemedicine health service provided by health professional licensed or certified in this state if same health service is provided in person.
Requires insurer that credentials one primary care provider who is part of medical group to credential all primary care providers in same medical group if they are licensed or certified and in good standing with their licensing boards.
Requires physician assistants who practice medicine full-time to receive eight hours of supervision each month.
Establishes Drug Cost Review Commission to determine excess costs for certain prescription drugs and to set maximum payment rates for certain prescription drugs sold in this state by suppliers other than manufacturers.
For purposes of corporate excise tax, includes corporation incorporated in United States or foreign country in determination of unitary relationship among corporations.
Removes 10-day supply limitation on prescriptions for certain controlled substances issued by certified registered nurse anesthetists.
Prohibits "surprise billing" by out-of-network health care providers for services provided at in-network health care facilities.
Authorizes City of Portland to designate speed on highways city has jurisdiction of as road authority.
Requires Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt rules concerning sale of short term health insurance policies with terms of 12 months or less.
Includes physician assistant, naturopathic physician and nurse practitioner in definition of "attending provider" who has primary responsibility for treatment of person diagnosed with debilitating medical condition.
Directs Oregon Liquor Control Commission to develop Internet-based system to enable ordering and delivery of cannabis for medical use to registry identification cardholders.
Directs State Board of Pharmacy to adopt rules related to prescription drug labels.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to Historic Portland Public Market Foundation for predevelopment expenses for James Beard Public Market.
Prohibits mass transit district from collecting user charges, fees or tolls from disabled veterans for use of mass transit system.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to increase staff resources dedicated to enforcement of staffing requirements for hospital nurses and appropriates moneys to do so.
Requires water utilities, domestic water supply districts, people's utility districts and electric cooperatives to meet certain requirements before terminating residential service due to delinquent payment.
Makes requirement that soil and water conservation district zone director own or manage 10 acres or more within district applicable only if majority of district lies within county that has population less than 50,000.
Requires pharmacist to dispense controlled substance in Schedule II of federal Controlled Substances Act in lockable vial.
Enacts Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act.
Prohibits public universities from increasing amount of tuition and mandatory fees charged to resident undergraduate and graduate students during 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 academic years.
Carried from the Senate
Became law3
Extends sunset for property tax exemption for multiple-unit housing.
Directs State Board of Pharmacy to adopt rules to require that prescription drugs be labeled in English and other language upon request of practitioner, patient or patient representative.
Requires state to pay for ballot return envelopes that can be returned by business reply mail, or other mailing service determined by Secretary of State to be more cost effective or efficient, for each election held in this state.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 36
Creates family and medical leave insurance program to provide partially or fully compensated time away from work to covered individual who meets certain criteria while covered individual is on family leave, medical leave or safe leave.
Extends authorized uses of moneys received by state pursuant to Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust Agreement and deposited in Clean Diesel Engine Fund.
Eliminates requirement that person provide proof of legal presence before Department of Transportation issues noncommercial driver license, noncommercial driver permit or identification card.
Requires public employer to grant reasonable paid time to public employee who is designated representative to engage in certain activities.
Adds to rights of persons with mental illness committed to Oregon Health Authority, right to reasonable privacy and security in resting, sleeping, dressing, bathing, personal hygiene and toileting.
Repeals sunset date on temporary law and makes permanent law requiring public universities to interview qualified minority candidate when hiring head coach.
Authorizes dentists to prescribe and administer vaccines.
Limits amount of overtime nursing staff who work in correctional facility may be required to work.
Designates May of each year as ALS Awareness Month.
Modifies culpable mental state for crime of unauthorized use of a vehicle when person takes, operates, exercises control over or otherwise uses vehicle, boat or aircraft without consent of owner.
Prohibits retail establishments from providing single-use checkout bags to customers, except in certain cases.
Designates October 9 of each year as PANDAS/PANS Awareness Day.
Requires persons who send or serve certain documents related to termination of tenancy, forcible entry or detainer and residential foreclosures to include certain information regarding assistance that may be available to veterans of armed forces.
Establishes Newborn Bloodspot Screening Advisory Board in Oregon Health Authority.
Clarifies that sexual orientation is not considered physical or mental impairment and that individual does not have disability solely by reason of individual's sexual orientation.
Requires long term care facilities, conversion facilities and residential care facilities providing care to six or more residents to adopt specified protocols and procedures regarding preventing and reporting disease outbreaks.
Limits guardian's authority to limit protected person's preferred associations with third parties.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to disclose certain patient information to dental directors for specified purposes.
Requires State Department of Energy to adopt by rule program for providing rebates for purchase, construction or installation of residential and certain nonresidential solar electric systems and paired solar and storage systems.
Prohibits use of hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas exploration and production.
Modifies membership of Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission.
Requires manufacturer of prescription drugs to report to Department of Consumer and Business Services specified increase in price of certain prescription drugs at least 60 days before date of increase.
Appropriates moneys to Department of Consumer and Business Services to contract with vendor to conduct demographic study of dental needs and geographic distribution of COFA citizens in this state and to issue request for information to gauge interest and determine capacity of dental care organizations to provide oral health care to COFA citizens.
Requires communications made in support of or opposition to candidate to state name of persons that paid for communication.
Expands Housing and Community Services Department's use of Home Ownership Assistance Account to support households with below area median income and to support organizations' homeownership programs with any percentage of home construction or rehabilitation costs.
Expands list of hospitals whose medical staff may qualify for specified income tax credit.
Prohibits court from inquiring into defendant's immigration status or requiring defendant to disclose defendant's immigration status at time of plea or at any other time during criminal proceeding.
Requires pharmacies to notify person to whom prescription drug is dispensed of availability of prescription reader.
Increases terms of office of advocacy commission members, from three to four years.
Requires nonprofit hospitals and their nonprofit affiliated clinics to establish financial assistance policies meeting specified criteria, including reducing charges to low-income patients.
Modifies processes relating to reporting, investigating and appealing findings related to sexual harassment in schools.
Provides that agreement for conditional discharge for controlled substance offenses may not contain requirement that defendant enter plea of guilty or no contest.
Allows person with hardship driver permit to provide necessary services to person or member of person's family.
Creates civil cause of action against person who knowingly summons police officer with intent to cause specified harm.
Directs each covered manufacturer of covered drugs that are sold within this state to develop and implement drug take-back program for purpose of collecting from individuals and nonbusiness entities covered drugs for disposal.
Prohibits school district, community college district and certain education service district elections from being conducted in manner that impairs ability of members of protected class to have equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice as result of dilution or abridgment of rights of electors who are members of protected class.
Passed the House · 6
Restricts limitation on award of noneconomic damages to claims in actions for wrongful death.
Prohibits anyone other than patient from administering medication to end patient's life in humane and dignified manner.
Permits testing of highly automated vehicles on highways of this state under certain circumstances.
Prohibits food vendor from using polystyrene container in selling, offering for sale, serving or dispensing prepared food to public.
Provides that diagnostic services are compensable under workers' compensation law after industrial accident or occupational disease has been determined to be compensable and if diagnostic services are reasonable and necessary to identify nature or extent of medical condition that may be related to industrial accident or occupational disease.
Alters commissioner composition of Higher Education Coordinating Commission by redesignating five current nonvoting positions as voting positions and by adding one additional position for graduate student attending public university.
Out of committee · 25
Requires Oregon Health Authority to develop plan for Medicaid Buy-In program or public option for Oregon residents who do not have access to health care.
Creates Task Force on Extending the Westside Express Service Commuter Line to Salem.
Directs Department of Education to establish and administer pilot program to assist school districts in providing age-appropriate instruction on natural disasters.
Authorizes issuance of lottery bonds to finance acquisition and restoration of Willamette Falls navigation canal and locks.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to administer program to provide matching grants to registered sobering facilities.
Requires school districts to provide coordinated comprehensive school counseling program.
Requires owner or possessor of firearm to secure firearm with trigger or cable lock or in locked container except in specified circumstances.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Department of Administrative Services to increase size and diversity of group of court appointed special advocates.
Expands eligibility for Women, Infants and Children Program nutrition assistance to mothers of children up to 12 months of age, paid for with state funds.
Expands eligibility for Women, Infants and Children Program nutrition assistance to children five years of age or older who have not begun attending school, paid for with state funds.
Extends sunset for tax credit for closure of manufactured dwelling park.
Requires Integrated Pest Management Coordinating Committee to make available to public specified meeting materials and provide opportunities for public comment on biennial report to interim committee of Legislative Assembly.
Provides funding to peer-run organizations in Portland metropolitan area, southern Oregon region and eastern and central Oregon region to operate peer respite centers to provide peer respite services to individuals with mental illness who experience acute distress, anxiety or emotional pain.
Establishes prohibitions for registered pharmacy benefit managers.
Allows cause of action against patent holder or licensed manufacturer for genetically engineered organism present on land without permission of owner or lawful occupant.
Establishes Early Childhood Equity Fund.
Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to require each mental health provider preparation program in this state to prepare plan to recruit and graduate diverse mental health providers.
Requires Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations to partner with regional health equity coalitions in addressing health disparities for communities of color, Indian tribes, immigrants, refugees, migrant and seasonal farmworkers, low-income populations, persons with disabilities and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning communities, with communities of color as leading priority.
Requires public schools to make available, at no cost, menstrual products in at least 50 percent of bathrooms at schools with students in any grade from grade 7 through 12.
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.
Extends from July 1, 2019, to July 1, 2023, period of time public universities must provide scope and value of specified employee benefits.
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.
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.
Establishes Vacation Occupancy Task Force.
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.
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Allows individuals who do not qualify for medical assistance or premium tax credits under Affordable Care Act to enroll in coordinated care organizations by paying premiums that cover actuarial value of health services.
Requires financial institution, when unilaterally closing account, to notify account holder of reason for closure.
Prohibits anyone other than patient from administering medication to end patient's life in humane and dignified manner.
Provides for regulation by Oregon Liquor Control Commission of consumption and sale of marijuana items at temporary events, including licensure of premises at which temporary events are conducted.
Establishes centralized candidate filing system to permit candidates for public office in county, city or district to file for nomination or election by using electronic filing system adopted by Secretary of State. .
Allows Oregon Liquor Control Commission to enter into interstate agreements with agencies of other states for purpose of ensuring multistate enforcement of standards for wine consistent with standards of state where wine was produced.
Authorizes Department of State Lands to perform work to acquire and restore operation of Willamette Falls navigation canal and locks.
Allows operator of motorcycle or moped to travel between lanes of traffic under certain conditions.
Directs State Board of Education to adopt by rule complaint process to report school district policy in violation of state law prohibiting harassment, intimidation, bullying and cyberbullying.
Allows political canvassing by manufactured dwelling or floating home facility tenants.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Housing and Community Services Department for provision of diapers and feminine hygiene products to low-income individuals and families.
Establishes conditions of enforceability for certain employment contracts or agreements.
Directs Department of Corrections to determine last-known address of inmates in custody of department, if address is readily known or available to inmate, and submit information to Secretary of State.
Adds businesses that individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender own to list of businesses eligible for certification by Certification Office for Business Inclusion and Diversity as necessary participants in certain public contracts.
Requires health benefit plan, health care service contract and medical assistance coverage of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome.
Directs Governor, with recommendations from Oregon Health and Science University Board of Directors, to appoint Rare Disease Ombudsman.
Requires city with population of 200,000 or fewer to establish local standards to promote housing stability no later than July 1, 2021.
Requires student to demonstrate proficiency in civics in order to receive high school diploma.
Directs Department of Veterans' Affairs to develop and implement one or more pilot programs statewide to provide training, job placement services, financial assistance, technical support and business creation assistance to veterans in construction and construction materials industries.
Establishes Organ Donor Registry and Public Awareness Fund.
Establishes Emergency Department Boarding Pilot Project in Oregon Health Authority.
Increases corporate minimum tax.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to community colleges and community college service districts for various purposes.
Repeals special assessments and property tax exemptions for forestlands covered by timber plantations and nonforested land.
Requires Housing and Community Services Department, in certifying tax credits for affordable housing loans, to give priority to projects that develop affordable housing for sponsoring entities' employees who are direct care workers or human service workers.
Requires Department of Consumer and Business Services to review state building code for purpose of identifying provisions that unnecessarily prohibit, restrict or create disincentives for conversion of single-family dwellings into structures with two to four dwelling units designed primarily for permanent occupancy.
Requires school districts to provide instruction in oral health.
Establishes Adult Suicide Intervention and Prevention Coordinator within Oregon Health Authority.
Prohibits restaurant from providing single-use plastic straw to consumer unless consumer requests straw.
Enacts Interstate Compact for Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.
Permits person who will be 17 years old on date of primary election and 18 years old on date of general election to vote at primary election for candidates of major political party with which person is affiliated if major political party has adopted rule to this effect.
Requires Secretary of State to randomly select for examination accounts of political committees.
Prohibits candidate or principal campaign committee of candidate from expending campaign moneys for professional services rendered by certain businesses required to be listed on candidate's statement of economic interest.
Requires Secretary of State or county clerk, rather than filer, to designate argument filed for publication in voters' pamphlet as either supporting or opposing ballot measure.
Requires pharmacist to substitute prescribed brand name drug with generic name drug product.
Requires pharmacy or pharmacist to substitute prescribed biological product with interchangeable biological product.
Requires pharmacy or pharmacist to substitute prescribed brand name drug with generic name drug product and to substitute prescribed biological product with interchangeable biological product.
Requires incarceration facilities to provide tampons, sanitary napkins and undergarments to female persons in custody at no charge.
Requires carrier to offer, in at least 25 percent of carrier's health benefit plans at each coverage level, flat dollar copayments that meet specified criteria for prescription drug coverage.
Requires pharmacists to label prescription drugs in language other than English if patient to whom prescription drug is dispensed is person of limited English proficiency.
Prohibits retail pet store from selling or offering to sell dog, cat or rabbit acquired from source other than animal shelter or rescue organization.
Exempts from taxation amounts received from sale of real property to housing authority or community development corporation.
Directs Oregon Health Authority and specified professional regulatory boards to require licensees regulated by authority or board to complete six hours of continuing education related to suicide risk assessment, treatment and management every six years and to report completion of continuing education to authority or board.
Requires certain insurers to reimburse cost of specified services provided by local mental health authorities.
Clarifies meaning of "because of age" in employment discrimination law.
Requires Department of Human Services to adopt by rule program that provides financial assistance to recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance for purchasing locally grown fruits and vegetables from participating farmers' markets, farm share sites and retail outlets.
Expands health benefit plan coverage of childbirth and pregnancy-related health care expenses.
Directs Director of Transportation to require each region described in Act to conduct jurisdictional transfer evaluation and present report on evaluations to Joint Committee on Transportation no later than September 15, 2020.
Requires hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to use smoke evacuation system during surgical procedures likely to generate surgical smoke.
Expands purposes for which physical restraint may be used on students.
Prohibits Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board from contracting with mental health providers, directly or through third party administrator, for payment or reimbursement of claims for mental health care provided to public employees unless mental health provider accepts patients who receive medical assistance.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Business Development Department to make grants to nonprofit corporations for purpose of hiring staff to coordinate activities related to organization, administration and programming of innovation districts.
Requires Department of Human Services to present options for living independently to adults with developmental disabilities who need placement.
Requires manufacturer to disclose in any advertisement for prescription drug wholesale price in Oregon of prescription drug.
Provides that municipal bank is not required to obtain deposit insurance from Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to report to Department of Consumer and Business Services total cost of patient assistance programs and information on financial assistance provided to pharmacies, government agencies and advocacy organizations.
Requires voter registration cards and electronic voter registration system to include option for person to identify race, ethnicity and preferred language of person.
Requires voter registration cards and electronic voter registration system to include option for person to identify race, ethnicity and preferred language of person.
Requires each county to identify 10 most common languages spoken by residents of county.
Establishes Task Force on Health Care Access to study and report on how to establish primary care trust model.
Explicitly authorizes political contributions received by candidate, principal campaign committee of candidate or principal campaign committee of holder of public office to be used to defray caregiving expenses for relative of candidate or office holder if expenses would not exist without campaign activity or holding of public office.
Makes unlawful employment practice for employer to request employee to enter agreement that would prevent employee from disclosing or discussing conduct that constitutes unlawful discrimination, including sexual assault.
Requires person that provides mental health care or services to prevent substance abuse to make certain disclosures in any advertisement for or following any communication regarding person's services or facilities.
Requires local public health authorities and coordinated care organizations to provide funding to support school-based programs providing dental disease prevention services.
Removes limit on number of chemicals Oregon Health Authority may include on list of high priority chemicals of concern in children's products.
Requires that lactation consultant complete continuing education related to cultural competency approved by Oregon Health Authority or International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners.
Increases state transient lodging tax rate and provides for transfer of moneys attributable to increase to county in which taxes were collected.
Establishes salary threshold for employees who are exempt from overtime requirements.
Requires coordinated care organization to make available to members of coordinated care organization advocates for victims of domestic violence, sexual violence or stalking.
Prohibits carriers offering health benefit plans from making specified changes to prescription drug formulary during plan year.
Requires amendment of state building code to include special inspections to detect construction defects in exterior waterproofing system of common property of homeowners association, residential dwelling in planned community served by homeowners association or condominium.
Establishes TriMet Crash Advisory Committee.