Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, House.
Kim Wallan
Carried from the Senate
Passed the Senate1
Provides that court must presume that resolution agreement that ends dispute over alleged infringement of patent or violation of other protection for protected drug has anticompetitive effects if alleged infringer receives item of value as part of or in connection with resolution agreement or if alleged infringer agrees to limit or stop researching, developing, manufacturing, marketing or selling competing drug.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Authorizes county to adopt ordinance or resolution authorizing waiver of interest charged for failure to pay taxes when due.
Modifies CASA Volunteer Programs to direct Oregon Department of Administrative Services to contract with nongovernmental entity to serve as statewide coordinating entity for provision of court appointed special advocate services.
Requires Oregon Health Authority, upon receipt of federal approval, to assess fee on emergency medical services providers and use fee, interest, penalties assessed on providers and associated federal financial participation less any costs incurred by authority to administer program to reimburse emergency medical services providers for costs of emergency medical services transports.
Renames Office of Emergency Management as Oregon Department of Emergency Management.
Defines "adult use cannabis item," "artificially derived cannabinoid," "delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol" and "total delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol" for statutes related to marijuana and industrial hemp.
Designates May 22 of each year as Crater Lake National Park Day.
Out of committee · 4
Permits adopted former foster children to have amount of tuition and all fees waived if attending defined institutions of higher education for purposes of pursuing initial undergraduate degree.
Directs Southern Oregon University to develop and administer student behavioral health credentialing pilot program.
Removes requirement that amount of net proceeds from Oregon State Lottery allocated to County Fair Account not exceed $1.53 million annually.
Requires State Forestry Department to establish by rule pilot grant program for purpose of managing wildfire risk by certain methods.
In committee · 16
Establishes durational limits for states of emergency declared under certain statutes.
Requires that declarations and extensions of states of emergency under certain statutes be accompanied by written explanations.
Modifies provisions relating to statement of cost of compliance effect on small businesses required as part of agency rulemaking.
Maintains indefinitely exemption from required disclosure of public records that are subject to lawyer-client privilege and public records exemption for privileged information.
Provides that licensed optometrist may perform specified ophthalmic surgery procedures.
Limits liability for certain claims for damages arising out of acts or omissions taken during COVID-19 emergency period in reasonable compliance with government guidance related to COVID-19.
Requires health care practitioner to exercise proper degree of care to preserve health and life of child born alive after abortion or attempted abortion.
Limits Governor's ability to exercise authority conferred on Governor during declared state of emergency to no more than 60 days' duration, unless Legislative Assembly authorizes continued state of emergency.
Limits types of restrictions that Governor may impose on certain businesses during state of emergency related to COVID-19 pandemic.
Prohibits individual from collecting and returning ballot of other individual, subject to specified exceptions.
Prescribes requirements for providing education to student with disability during COVID-19 emergency.
Requires each public school to provide full-time, in-person classroom instruction during 2021-2022 school year.
Directs Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to repeal all permanent rules adopted by director in connection with addressing COVID-19 public health emergency in all Oregon workplaces.
Prohibits public body from issuing COVID-19 vaccine passport.
Requires Department of Consumer and Business Services to develop and implement programs to make one-time payments directly to certain workers as incentive payments to return to work or as worker retention payments for workers who were frontline essential workers during first year of COVID-19 pandemic.
Requires Department of Consumer and Business Services to develop and implement program to make return-to-work incentive payments to employees.