Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, Senate.
Sara Gelser Blouin
Sponsored
Became law19
Prohibits Department of Human Services from using specified moneys received on behalf of child in care for maintenance costs.
Exempts from regulation by Advisory Council on Hearing Aids and Health Licensing Office over-the-counter hearing aid.
Provides that court is not required to hold hearing on petition to vacate defendant's requirement to install and use ignition interlock device while participating in diversion program.
Requires closed-captioned television receivers in public areas within places of public accommodation to display closed captioning unless exception applies.
Directs Oregon 529 Savings Board to provide information to designated beneficiaries of ABLE accounts regarding potential impact to benefits and services if contributions are made to workplace retirement account.
Directs Center for Health Statistics to enter name of parent on original record of live birth when paternity or parentage has been determined under certain circumstances.
Modifies when use of force upon minor child or student is justifiable and not criminal.
Requires school district employees assigned to work with students with specialized needs to have access to specified records related to students, to be consulted when education plan for student is reviewed or revised and to be provided with adequate training.
Requires that whenever notice of founded disposition of child abuse is delivered to perpetrator, notice must also be delivered to perpetrator's attorney, if applicable.
Prescribes timelines and redacting requirements for records related to provision of special education.
Requires Department of Human Services to investigate options for allowing adults receiving developmental disability services to receive supports necessary to live in homes they own or rent and with support of roommates that they choose.
Extends sunset on certain restrictions on growing canola within Willamette Valley Protected District to July 1, 2024.
Requires coverage under health insurance policy for prosthetic and orthotic devices.
Modifies abbreviated school day program requirements.
Directs Department of Human Services to begin search for relative placement resources immediately upon child or ward entering substitute care.
Confers authority to Director of Human Services to issue investigative subpoenas for production of specified records in child abuse investigations.
Requires that only students who have school identification number are included in average daily membership.
Removes alternative certificate as option for completing high school.
Modifies provisions regarding retention of records of incidents involving the use of restraints or seclusion of children in care and students in public education programs.
Passed the Senate3
Authorizes school district to use public funds for out-of-state placement of students only if specified criteria are satisfied.
Prohibits department from determining that individual is unfit solely based on substantiated or founded allegation of abuse arising from acts of individual when under 18 years of age.
Directs Department of Human Services to prepare completed abuse investigation report at conclusion of specified child abuse investigations.
Out of committee7
Appropriates moneys to be used for regional health equity coalitions.
Requires Department of Human Services to contract with up to two agencies providing agency with choice services.
Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to work with Portland State University and community colleges to establish post-secondary program for youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Directs Department of Education to develop and implement statewide education plan for students who are eligible for special education and who have experienced disproportionate results in education due to historical practices.
Requires Department of Human Services to administer program to provide medical assistance to employed individuals with disabilities without regard to individuals' income or resources.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to develop list of suicide risk assessment and treatment continuing education opportunities for specified physical health care providers.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to provide community-based services and supports to individuals with complex mental or behavioral health needs who are under 21 years of age.
In committee20
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.
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.
Requires veterinarians to participate in prescription drug monitoring program.
Directs State Board of Education to establish rules requiring provision of advocacy services to parents of children with disabilities in relation to public education.
Increases cap on amounts distributed from State School Fund to school districts for students eligible for special education as children with disabilities.
Creates procedure by which attorney of in-custody defendant may request prosecuting attorney to make expedited determination of whether to file motion for protective order for grand jury audio recording or notes or report of shorthand reporter and, if no motion is filed, immediately provide copy of transcript, notes or report to defense attorney.
Expands crime of assault in the third degree to include causing physical injury to person working in hospital while worker is performing official duties.
Requires insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, Public Employees' Benefit Board, Oregon Educators Benefit Board and health care service contractor to count payments made by or on behalf of enrollee for costs of certain prescription drugs when calculating enrollee's contribution to out-of-pocket maximum, deductible, copayment, coinsurance or other cost-sharing for drugs.
Provides that lack of verbal or physical resistance does not by itself constitute lack of consent or inability to consent in determination of whether sexual act is consensual.
Modifies definition of "sexual contact" for purposes of Oregon Criminal Code.
Provides that 11 percent of moneys from corporate income and excise tax kicker for 2021-2023 biennium be used for special education support.
Directs Department of Education to develop statewide training program to provide training to school district personnel on providing special education services and support for students with disabilities.
Requires Department of Human Services to study independent assessments required for placement of children and wards in qualified residential treatment programs.
Authorizes Superintendent of Public Instruction to require school district to reimburse parent or foster parent for reasonable expenses incurred by parent or foster parent while student was placed on abbreviated school day program in violation of requirements for program.
Directs superintendent of each school district to ensure that district report is prepared that summarizes access to instruction by district students.
Prohibits use of seclusion for student in public education program.
Prohibits person from advertising or representing to resident of this state through words, symbols or other oral or written communications in any medium that person operates as treatment center or provides or offers to provide treatment service in return for valuable consideration unless person has license, registration, certification or other authorization from Oregon Health Authority that authorizes person to operate as treatment center or provide particular treatment service and under which person must adhere to specified standard of care.
Modifies court authority to direct placements of children in custody of Department of Human Services.
Requires reseller that purchases residential property for subsequent resale to provide buyer with supplemental property disclosure statement concerning improvements to residential real estate and related information.
Instructs office of State Fire Marshal to develop and distribute curriculum for adult learners that relates to fire safety.
Carried from the House
Became law1
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Justice for Crime Victim and Survivor Services Division, for distribution to eligible children's advocacy centers.
Passed the House1
Prohibits Oregon Board of Dentistry from requiring applicant for certification as dental assistant to pass written examination for radiological proficiency.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 14
Directs Oregon Health Authority, State Board of Education and Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission to collaborate on developing curricula supplements related to dangers of certain drugs and to laws that provide immunity or other protections related to drug or alcohol use.
Directs Department of Human Services to provide specified services to individuals with brain injuries and to convene Brain Injury Advisory Committee.
Requires owner or operator of municipal solid waste incinerator to develop plan for continuous monitoring or sampling of specified emissions for 12 consecutive months.
Eliminates restrictions on payment of unemployment insurance benefits to certain nonprofessional educational workers.
Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to distribute moneys to Area Health Education Center program of Oregon Health and Science University for specified purposes.
Makes restorative justice communications confidential.
Establishes Task Force on Modernizing Grant Funding and Contracting.
Directs Department of Human Services to consider hours worked as graduate assistant as hours worked in employment for purpose of meeting work requirements in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Caps annual rent increases for residential tenancies.
Requires health benefit plan and health care service contract coverage of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome.
Directs Department of Human Services to establish and maintain regional family support networks for families of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Provides that in prosecution for offense that includes as element causing physical injury to another person, evidence of physical injury may include specified types of evidence.
Authorizes board of directors of rural fire protection district to annex to district, under certain circumstances, lands that are within coverage area of district.
Establishes Universal Health Plan Governance Board.
Passed the Senate · 2
Allows motorcycle operator to travel between lanes of traffic under certain conditions.
Prohibits state from paying costs of travel to or from Oregon for employee in state service who telecommutes from principal worksite more than 60 miles outside this state, unless collective bargaining agreement provides otherwise or essential requirements of position make it necessary for employee to telecommute from outside this state.
Out of committee · 8
Requires health insurance coverage of specified fertility services and treatments with exemption for certain insurers.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to study policies and practices governing provision of and payments for health services in state medical assistance program.
Amends allowable purposes of Emergency Housing Account to include account moneys to be used for grants to assist companion animals of individuals experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
Establishes Summer and After-School Learning and Enrichment Grant Program.
Creates process by which person may file post-conviction relief petition due to currently available relevant forensic scientific evidence at any time after conviction.
Allows persons convicted of felony to register to vote, update voter registration and vote in elections while incarcerated.
Establishes Nonviolent Crisis Intervention and Safe Communities Fund and appropriates moneys in fund to Department of Human Services for specified purposes related to expanding access to training in public programs, school districts and education service districts on nonviolent crisis intervention methods.
Establishes Universal Health Plan Governance Board and directs board to create comprehensive plan for implementing Universal Health Plan .
In committee · 9
Requires business that provides online product, service or feature that child is reasonably likely to access to identify, evaluate and mitigate risks to child from online product, service or feature.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to conduct study and develop recommendations for classification system for traumatic brain injuries and training for first responders and law enforcement in identifying symptoms of traumatic brain injuries, acquired brain injuries and post-traumatic stress syndrome and training on appropriate referrals for services and treatment.
Directs Oregon Investment Council to develop, publish and implement policy to incorporate human rights analyses into investment decisions.
Requires Department of Education to provide grants to school districts to carry out school district's child sexual abuse prevention instructional program.
Authorizes governing bodies of certain public entities that own or control public building to adopt policy, ordinance or regulation or precluding affirmative defense for possession of firearms in public building and adjacent grounds by concealed handgun licensees.
Establishes COFA Food Assistance Program to provide nutrition assistance to COFA citizens who would qualify for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits but for their immigration status and who have incomes at or below federal poverty guidelines.
Authorizes formation of children's service districts.
Requires Department of Transportation to conduct review of specified portion of U.S. Highway 30 and present report to Joint Committee on Transportation no later than September 15, 2024.
Allows pharmacist to test and provide treatment for certain health conditions.