Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, Senate.
Kate Lieber
Sponsored
Became law3
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.
Modifies membership of Oregon State Hospital Advisory Board.
Prohibits cost-sharing on certain health insurance coverage of supplemental and diagnostic breast examinations.
Out of committee7
Establishes certified community behavioral health clinic program in Oregon Health Authority.
Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to establish pilot program for evaluating use of challenge-based procurement to conduct certain information technology procurements.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for purposes of deposit in Universal Representation Fund.
Requires designated state agency in carrying out program related to promotion, implementation, incentivization or regulation of energy efficiency in buildings to align, improve and prioritize certain actions to aid in achieving greenhouse gas emission reduction goals.
Directs Department of Consumer and Business Services to exercise any and all authority and discretion department has under applicable law to facilitate greenhouse gas emission reductions consistent with statewide goals, to take such actions as are necessary to accelerate reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, including rulemaking, and to consider and integrate into department's planning, budgeting, investment and policy-making decisions prevention or reduction of impacts from climate change.
Requires State Department of Energy in consultation with Department of Consumer and Business Services to specify energy performance standard for covered commercial buildings that seeks to maximize reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, includes energy use intensity targets that apply to specific types of buildings and that provides for methods to achieve conditional compliance.
Specifies requirements for energy savings performance contract and provides that contracting agency may solicit and award energy savings performance contract without competitive process and without requirement to issue request for proposals but may award energy savings performance contract only to qualified energy service company.
In committee6
Requires Oregon Health Authority to convene two work groups to study statutory and regulatory framework for behavioral health systems and make recommendations to reduce administrative burdens on behavioral health care providers and increase system efficiencies.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Health Authority to allocate to community mental health programs for oversight of residential facilities and for conducting abuse investigations.
Imposes new requirements on Oregon Health Authority with respect to residential mental health services.
Requires Judicial Department, Department of Corrections, Oregon Public Guardian and Conservator and Oregon Health Authority to survey capacity of systems to provide required services to individuals and meet requirements related to hearing to determine fitness to proceed.
Modifies definition of "descendant" for purposes of decedents' estates to include person with functional child relationship with decedent and functional child's descendants.
Provides that contract for certain services related to fitness to proceed must require provider to maintain professional and commercial liability insurance.
Carried from the House
Became law5
Modifies provisions relating to reproductive health rights.
Directs Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board to establish program to provide grants to water suppliers.
Requires hospitals to adopt policies and procedures to ensure provision of human immunodeficiency virus post-exposure prophylactic drugs or therapies following patient's possible exposure to human immunodeficiency virus.
Requires Health Licensing Office to establish process to receive and investigate complaints regarding temporary staffing agency.
Requires State Department of Energy to report on rate of heat pump technology adoption and to collaborate with designated state agencies to reduce barriers to home energy efficiency and resilience.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 14
Directs Oregon Business Development Department to develop grant and loan program to support businesses applying for financial assistance under Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America Act of 2022 (P.L. 117-167).
Directs Department of Human Services to provide specified services to individuals with brain injuries and to convene Brain Injury Advisory Committee.
Prohibits post-secondary institutions of education that are based in Oregon from refusing to provide transcript to current or former student because student owes debt to institution.
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.
Requires state agency that authorizes or funds, in whole or in part, installation of electric vehicle charging system located on customer's side of meter to require installing contractor or contractors to hold all legally required licenses and Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program or equivalent training program certification, and one or more electricians who hold Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program or equivalent training program certification to supervise or participate in installation.
Allows otherwise qualified person who becomes United States citizen less than 251 days before date of primary election to file for and be elected to office of precinct committeeperson, if person registers as member of major political party by filing deadline.
Requires landlord to allow dwelling to be used as family child care home, subject to conditions.
Modifies duration of Family Abuse Prevention Act restraining orders .
Modifies abbreviated school day program requirements.
Prohibits employer from retaliating or discriminating against employee or prospective employee who, in good faith and with no reasonable alternative, refuses exposure arising from hazardous condition at place of employment.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to support implementation of AgriStress Helpline in Oregon.
Expands types of prior convictions that increase offense level for crime of public indecency.
Requires hospitals and other specified facilities that provide substance use disorder treatment to provide to specified patients upon discharge or release two doses of opioid overdose reversal medication and necessary medical supplies to administer medication.
Establishes Universal Health Plan Governance Board.
Passed the Senate · 1
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 · 1
Adds registered nurse who is nursing faculty member to types of providers who are eligible for income tax credit allowed to rural medical providers.
In committee · 4
Requires Oregon Health Authority to administer program to offer financial incentives to increase number of nurses in Oregon including by paying stipends to hospitals that provide clinical training opportunities to nurses.
Extends health care provider incentive program to health care providers who are students enrolled in health professional training programs leading to licensure as licensed practical nurse or registered nurse.
Requires Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organization to pay reasonable per diem rate for patient whose discharge from hospital is delayed due to circumstances beyond hospital's control.
Requires public body that procures construction services for certain qualified projects that use $750,000 or more in funds of public agency or moneys made available to state under federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to enter into project labor agreement that, at minimum, provides for payment of wages at or above prevailing rate of wage, to use apprentices to perform at least 15 percent of work hours that workers in apprenticeable occupations perform on project and to establish and execute plan for outreach, recruitment and retention of women, minority individuals and veterans to perform work on project.