Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, House.
Michael Dembrow
Sponsored
Became law2
Requires state institution of higher education, community college or Oregon Health and Science University to waive tuition and fees for current or former foster child under 25 years of age.
Requires Joint Boards of Education to develop standards by which students may apply credits earned at community college toward baccalaureate degrees awarded by state institutions of higher education.
Out of committee2
Reduces Oregon Medical Insurance Pool assessment for reinsurers.
Directs Joint Boards of Education to prepare report on strategies for reducing higher education textbook costs.
In committee20
Establishes towing and storage rates for vehicles towed at request of person other than owner or operator of vehicle.
Requires person who tows vehicle to report tow to Department of Transportation if owner or operator of vehicle is not present at time of tow.
Specifies health care professionals and providers included in healthcare workforce database and expands list beginning January 2, 2013.
Extends by two years sunset of Oregon School Facilities Task Force and Oregon School Facilities Task Force Fund.
Requires Department of Human Services to conduct study of regulatory oversight of residential treatment facilities.
Establishes Task Force on Higher Education Consolidation.
Directs Joint Boards of Education to prepare report on strategies for reducing higher education textbook costs.
Modifies crimes of intimidation in first degree and intimidation in second degree to include certain conduct committed because of perception that victim is homeless.
Prohibits Department of Human Services from adopting rules that affect board membership of entities regulated by department unless rules are related to child safety and welfare.
Prohibits contracting agency from awarding public contract for services to bidder or proposer that performs services outside United States.
Modifies higher education reporting requirements regarding differences in compensation between faculty categories.
Directs Department of Education, Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development and Bureau of Labor and Industries to collaborate on issues related to career and technical education.
Allows sponsor and public charter school to enter into cooperative agreement with other school districts for purpose of forming partnership to provide educational services.
Provides that unemployment insurance benefits are payable during summer term to community college instructor who has received assignment for previous summer term.
Establishes Work and Family Life Task Force.
Establishes Affordable Health Care for All Oregon Plan, operated by Oregon Health Authority according to policies established by Affordable Health Care for All Oregon Board.
Directs State Board of Higher Education to submit report on higher education to Legislative Assembly.
Prohibits health care practitioners from referring patients to health care entities in which practitioner has beneficial interest or with which practitioner has compensation arrangement, subject to specified exceptions.
Establishes State Apprenticeship Education and Training Fund and continuously appropriates moneys in fund to State Apprenticeship and Training Council for specified purposes.
Prohibits Department of Human Services from adopting rules that affect board membership of entities regulated by department unless rules are related to child safety and welfare.
Carried from the Senate
Passed the Senate1
Provides that certain students are entitled to exemption from nonresident tuition and fees at state institutions of higher education.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 26
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to report to Joint Committee on Ways and Means ratio of public employees to supervisory employees, ratio of public employees to managerial employees and number of positions for managerial employees who do not act in supervisory capacity.
Authorizes specified persons to consult court appointed special advocate regarding records relating to child or ward.
Requires Employment Department to encourage volunteering and post links for volunteering opportunities on specified department webpages.
Creates Oregon Elder Abuse Work Group for purpose of studying and making legislative recommendations related to elder abuse.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to develop strategic plan for recruiting primary care providers to Oregon.
Requires political subdivision to give Department of Transportation at least 30 days' notice of intent to sell or transfer real property near rail infrastructure.
Creates Citizens' Initiative Review Commission to oversee review of state initiative measures by citizen panels.
Disqualifies person from serving as fiduciary, health care representative, attorney-in-fact or surrogate if prior court order terminated parental rights of person or determined it unsafe for protected person, principal, child, youth or youth offender, while ward of court, to return to person's home.
Allows taxpayer to make direct deposit contribution of income tax refund into Oregon 529 College Savings Network account.
Directs Department of Education to award grants to school districts for reimbursement of costs incurred in purchasing Oregon food products that meet certain criteria and for funding food-based, agriculture-based and garden-based educational activities.
Expands green jobs growth initiative to include analysis of growth factors and employment projections for green jobs in forest products industries.
Provides that agent or guardian of donor of body or body part may amend or revoke anatomical gift only under certain circumstances.
Creates State and Local Government Efficiency Task Force.
Requires Department of Human Services to coordinate with other state agencies and local governments to find ways to reduce administrative and resource burdens on human services providers.
Prohibits use of mechanical restraint, chemical restraint or prone restraint on student in public education program.
Increases, under specified circumstances, penalty for crime of strangulation to maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both.
Directs State Department of Energy to establish clean energy deployment program to provide grants and loans to support energy efficiency or clean energy projects, including projects to weatherize, upgrade or retrofit public schools.
Directs Department of Transportation to erect and maintain roadside memorial sign under certain circumstances for police officer killed in line of duty.
Requires district school board to adopt attendance notification policy.
Modifies application of provision under which Department of Environmental Quality may enter into agreement with prospective purchaser of land under which purchaser is released from potential liability for certain releases, threatened releases or spills of hazardous substances or oil.
Provides that U.S. Highway 30 between St. Helens and Rainier shall be known as Police Chief Ralph Painter Memorial Highway.
Allows sponsor and public charter school to enter into cooperative agreement with other school districts for purpose of forming partnership to provide educational services.
Modifies provisions for development and maintenance of telephone service that provides referral information regarding services after emergency and health and human services.
Requires person who submits death certificate after decedent's death was caused by suicide to make reasonable efforts to ascertain and to notify Center for Health Statistics whether decedent was veteran, whether decedent served in combat and where decedent served if decedent served in combat.
Defines "mastectomy" for purposes of statute requiring health benefit plan coverage of mastectomy and services related to mastectomy.
Directs Adjutant General to form commission to develop and name medal to honor fallen military members from Oregon.
Passed the House · 1
Establishes process through which person may obtain reservation through city or county to conduct funeral service on public property.
Out of committee · 8
Establishes Oregon Fund for Energy, Jobs and Innovation.
Creates subtraction from taxable income for net capital gain that is invested in certain businesses.
Directs State Registrar of Center for Health Statistics to send data file containing parents' names and mother's address to State Treasurer for each child born in Oregon to residents of this state.
Directs Adjutant General to form commission to create Oregon Medal of Honor to be awarded to next of kin of Oregon servicemembers killed in action or who died as result of wounds received in war in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Requires Department of Consumer and Business Services to compile and submit report to Legislative Assembly that identifies funds disbursed or distributed in this state under American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Changes name of Tuition Protection Fund to Tuition Protection Trust Fund.
Authorizes Oregon Medical Board to issue certificates of prescriptive authority to certain licensed psychologists who meet specified requirements.
Establishes For-Profit Independent Colleges Student Assistance Fund .
In committee · 42
Prohibits health care facilities from charging or attempting to collect from patient or third party payer for cost of serious reportable event for which Medicare denies payment.
Requires telecommunications contract between telecommunications utility and residential customer to allow customer to terminate contract without penalty if customer enters hospice program.
Removes, from health insurance coverage requirements for chemical dependency and mental or nervous conditions, exemption for treatment resulting from conviction of driving under influence of intoxicants.
Requires Oregon Health Policy Board to convene work group to address unnecessary medical imaging.
Authorizes local government to enter into agreement with Department of Corrections for purpose of housing inmates in custody of local government.
Creates Oregon Data Advisory Board.
Directs school district board to adopt policy related to teen dating violence.
Expands definition of categorically needy persons eligible for medical assistance to include individuals with disabilities who are under 19 years of age.
Requires at least 72 hours' notice for conduct of public meetings, unless actual emergency warrants less notice.
Modifies scope of justifiable use of physical force for purposes of criminal prosecution.
Prohibits contracting agency from entering into public contract for services with contractor that uses contact center located outside United States to perform all or part of services that are basis of public contract.
Includes siblings as family members for purposes of family leave.
Expands breaches of security for which notification is required under Oregon Consumer Identity Theft Protection Act to include written data that contains personal information.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to establish pilot program to implement uniform electronic processes for collecting data from health services providers that serve medical assistance recipients.
Establishes relief nursery pilot program in Lane County.
Creates Rail Advisory Council for purpose of advising Department of Transportation and Oregon Transportation Commission on matters related to state rail system.
Creates defense to prostitution under certain circumstances for person under 18 years of age.
Allows Director of the Department of Environmental Quality to enter into certain agreements related to releases of hazardous substances.
Expands definition of "involved officer" to include officer involved in incident in which use of deadly force caused serious physical injury.
Requires Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to study and report on racial, ethnic and economic disparities in citizen interactions with police officers and on recruitment and retention of minorities by law enforcement, legal and corrections agencies, offices and institutions.
Modifies element of plan adopted by county deadly physical force planning authority to consist of outreach and training regarding use of reasonable deadly physical force.
Creates Task Force on Procuring Through Small and Local Businesses.
Requires Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to study training for police officers regarding police response to incidents.
Prohibits owner of foreclosed residential real property from neglecting real property during periods of vacancy.
Expands options for name after marriage or after entering into registered domestic partnership.
Authorizes Oregon Health Authority to operate Farm Direct Nutrition Program to enable participants in Women, Infants and Children Program to purchase fresh produce at farmers' markets or roadside stands.
Allows Oregon Growth Account to be used to make loans to or invest in small businesses that operate in traded sector markets.
Permits contracting agency that uses public funds to procure goods or services under Public Contracting Code to give preference to bidder or proposer that is headquartered or owned locally, will obtain equipment, material and supplies locally or will employ workers locally.
Establishes Task Force on Investment Account Protection for Senior Citizens and prescribes powers and duties of task force.
Allows personal income taxpayers to subtract amounts paid as interest on qualified education loans from taxable income.
Enacts Interstate Compact for Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.
Allows entity that is classified by Construction Contractors Board as exempt commercial contractor to provide board with proof of personal health insurance coverage for proprietor or each partner, corporate officer or member of limited liability company as alternative to procuring and maintaining workers' compensation coverage.
Expands alcohol education and permit requirements to include employees of off-premises sales licensees.
Prohibits owner of foreclosed residential real property from neglecting real property during periods of vacancy.
Requires facilitators of income tax refund anticipation loans and refund anticipation payment instruments to obtain license from State Board of Tax Practitioners.
Establishes 2011-2012 School Year Subaccount within State School Fund.
Appropriates moneys from Oregon Rainy Day Fund to Department of Human Services, Oregon Youth Authority and Department of State Police for specified purposes.
Directs each school district board to adopt policy regarding teen dating violence.
Expands definition of "place of public accommodation" to include places owned or maintained by public body and services provided by public body.
Implements House Joint Resolution 47 (2011).
Requires Oregon Health Authority, Department of Human Services and Department of Consumer and Business Services to report to Legislative Assembly on steps taken to streamline regulatory requirements in specified areas and reduce administrative burdens on persons contracting with or regulated by authority and departments.
Creates unlawful practice of manufacturing, distributing, selling or offering for sale child's beverage container or reusable bottle made or lined with bisphenol A or replacement material that is carcinogenic or is reproductive toxicant.