Bills in the 2022 Regular Session, Senate.
Deb Patterson
Sponsored
Became law1
Requires Department of Human Services to establish certification process for direct care providers of home or community-based services and implement online registry of direct care providers of home or community-based services.
Out of committee1
Requires Housing and Community Services Department to distribute moneys to specified housing authorities for affordable housing preservation rental assistance pilot programs for tenants of housing being withdrawn from publicly supported housing.
Carried from the House
Became law3
Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to use reasonable efforts to lease certain unused or underutilized state real property owned by department to City of Salem for use as transitional housing accommodations upon certain terms.
Allows person employed by health care facility to practice surgical technology if person has completed and is certified by specified apprenticeship program.
Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to provide grants for certain coordinated homeless response systems.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
Provides that portion of Oregon Route 35, beginning where highway intersects with U.S. Highway 26 and ending where highway intersects with U.S. Highway 30, shall also be known as Oregon Nisei Veterans World War II Memorial Highway.
Establishes COFA Dental Program in Oregon Health Authority to provide dental care to low-income citizens of Pacific Islands in Compact of Free Association who reside in Oregon.
Provides for nonprofit organization that addresses and executes worker relief to serve as fiscal agent to award grants to organizations to provide services related to immigration matters through universal representation program.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to study public health system response to COVID-19 pandemic.
Specifies reimbursement that must be paid by insurers covering universal newborn nurse home visiting services.
Updates statutory references to individual who is not citizen or national of United States to replace "alien" with "noncitizen." Directs state agencies to use "noncitizen" in rules and regulations to reference individual who is not citizen or national of United States and to update rules and regulations that use "alien" to use "noncitizen." Authorizes agencies to amend rule without prior notice or hearing for purpose of changing term or phrase in order to conform with change made by law.
Requires owners or operators of bulk oils and liquid fuels terminals located in Columbia, Multnomah or Lane County to conduct and submit to Department of Environmental Quality seismic vulnerability assessments.
Includes specified documentation, when authorized by victim, in definition of "sexual assault forensic evidence kit" for purposes of statutes regulating collection, testing and retention of kits.
Establishes product stewardship program for mattresses.
Provides that maximum loading weight of motorboat must be less than 5,500 pounds to obtain towed watersports motorboat certificate.
Passed the Senate · 1
Authorizes board of directors of rural fire protection district to annex to district lands that are within seven road miles of fire station within district, or are brought within seven road miles of fire station within district , and that are not included in rural fire protection district.
Out of committee · 2
Directs Department of Revenue to develop schedule allowing personal income taxpayers to voluntarily report taxpayers' self-identified race and ethnicity identifiers.
Directs State Board of Education to adopt by rule procedures for Department of Education to investigate and resolve allegations of violations of state or federal law that may result in physical harm, denial of instructional days or risk of significant harm or substantial interference with student's ability to safely access public education.