Bills in the 2014 Regular Session, Senate.
Elizabeth Steiner
Sponsored
Became law1
Requires Oregon Health Authority to investigate whether, and under what terms and conditions, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is likely to approve using Children's Health Insurance Program funds to subsidize costs of commercial health insurance coverage for children with family incomes from 200 percent to 300 percent of federal poverty guidelines.
In committee1
For purposes of transfer to Shared Services Fund, requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to state separately personal income tax revenue attributable to new jobs and retained jobs.
Carried from the House
Became law2
Removes prohibition against insurer's issuing or delivering to small employer policy of insurance against risk of economic loss under less than fully insured employee health benefit plan.
Unless public interest requires disclosure, exempts from disclosure under public records law personally identifiable information collected by mass transit electronic fare collection systems.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Modifies definition of "supervisory employee" for purposes of public employee collective bargaining law.
Directs Oregon Business Development Department, in coordination with local workforce investment boards, to contract with private or public entities to develop Dislocated Worker Training Program as pilot program to enable unemployed and underemployed engineers and industry professionals in bioscience and manufacturing traded sector industries to be reemployed in Oregon.
Prohibits person or person's affiliate from communicating demand to recipient if in demand person or affiliate alleges, asserts or claims in bad faith that recipient has infringed or contributed to infringing patent or rights that patentee, assignee or licensee has under patent.
Extends sunset for tax credit for crop donation.
Establishes program administered by Home Care Commission to allow private payers to purchase home care services from commission through registry maintained by commission.
Resolves terminology conflict to reflect that offense of endangering welfare of minor through distributing, selling or causing sale of tobacco to minor is Class A violation.
Authorizes Oregon Business Development Department to undertake entrepreneurial development activities for traded sector industries and in rural communities.
Requires Department of State Police and all sheriffs and municipal police departments to adopt written policies relating to missing vulnerable adults on or before January 1, 2015.
Requires health plans with prescription drug benefits and coordinated care organizations to each adopt synchronization policy for synchronizing refill dates of patients' prescription drugs.
Out of committee · 2
Declares that person 21 years of age or older legally should be able to possess, transfer or produce marijuana.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to establish and maintain list of designated high priority chemicals of concern for children's health used in children's products.
In committee · 1
Makes reduction of hours worked by full-time employee for sole purpose of preventing employee's eligibility for coverage under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act unlawful employment practice.