Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, House.
Teresa Alonso Leon
Sponsored
Became law4
Requires public institutions of higher education to have same developmental educational requirements and placement tests for incoming student who completes high school and institution determines is college ready and incoming student who received certificate for passing approved high school equivalency test and received grade indicating student is college ready .
Establishes Task Force on Student Success for Underrepresented Students in Higher Education.
Allows student enrolled in program provided by school district or education service district to earn General Educational Development (GED) certificate to participate in interscholastic activities.
Prohibits law enforcement agency or public body from denying services, benefits, privileges or opportunities to certain individuals on basis of federal civil immigration actions, inquiring about individual's citizenship status without connection to criminal investigation or providing information about individual in custody to federal immigration authority.
Out of committee2
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.
Establishes Task Force on Education Pathways.
In committee5
Requires school director candidates to publicly disclose organizations with which candidates are affiliated.
Requires employers to monitor daily outdoor air quality and determine whether employees who perform outdoor work activities will be at risk of exposure to unhealthy air quality due to certain concentration levels of particulate matter in air.
Defines "Regional Health Equity Coalition" and "Regional Health Equity Coalition model." Requires Oregon Health Authority to work with Regional Health Equity Coalitions and groups utilizing Regional Health Equity Coalition model throughout state.
Establishes ombudsman for early childhood care and education providers.
Requires Legislative Assembly to provide translator and interpreter services free of charge in order to facilitate witness participation in hearings or informal meetings with one or more members of Legislative Assembly, as required by federal Americans with Disabilities Act, or in conjunction with constituent outreach services.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Modifies protective proceedings to permit vulnerable youth guardianships for adults between 18 and 21 years of age who are eligible for special immigrant status and who are unable to be reunified with parent due to abuse, neglect or abandonment that occurred before adult attained 18 years of age.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 76
Requires school district that is making reductions in educator staff positions to retain teacher with less seniority if release of teacher would result in lesser proportion of teachers with cultural or linguistic expertise.
Allows Department of Consumer and Business Services to require implicit bias training for mortgage loan originators.
Directs Oregon Health Authority, in collaboration with Department of Consumer and Business Services, to create implementation plan for public health plan to be made available to individuals and families in individual health insurance market and to small employers.
Requires retail electricity providers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with electricity sold to Oregon consumers to 80 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2030, 90 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2035 and 100 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2040.
Provides that, if Water Resources Commission or Water Resources Department denies stay of final order under certain circumstances and petitioner requests hearing on denial, court must hold hearing not more than 21 days after request is made and denial shall remain in effect until hearing has been held and court has issued decision concerning denial.
Directs Oregon Health Authority and specified professional regulatory boards to require licensees regulated by authority or board to complete continuing education related to suicide risk assessment, treatment and management at specified intervals and to report completion of continuing education to authority or board.
Requires health care providers to work with health care interpreters from health care interpreter registry operated by Oregon Health Authority to provide interpretation services.
Prohibits nonprofit hospital from requiring patient to apply for medical assistance before screening for or providing financial assistance.
Requires approval from Department of Consumer and Business Services or Oregon Health Authority before any mergers, acquisitions, contracts or affiliations of health care entities and other entities if entities meet or exceed specified thresholds in average net patient revenue or in gross amount of premiums in preceding three fiscal years .
Requires notifications and process for allowing interested telecommunications providers to coordinate with Department of Transportation to include installation of underground infrastructure for provision of broadband as part of certain projects included in Statewide Transportation Improvement Program.
Expands crisis stabilization services, including crisis stabilization centers meeting criteria adopted by Oregon Health Authority by rule, short-term respite facilities, peer respite centers, behavioral health urgent care walk-in centers and crisis hotline center.
Requires state medical assistance program to provide mental health wellness appointments as prescribed by Oregon Health Authority.
Expands eligibility for protected leave under Oregon Family Leave Act to all employees of covered employer during public health emergency unless employee was employed for fewer than 30 days prior to commencing leave or worked average of less than 25 hours per week in 30 days prior to commencing leave.
Authorizes Public Utility Commission to consider differential energy burden and other inequities of affordability in rates.
Provides that registered owner may request that registration card issued for vehicle include that owner, or person operating vehicle, may be deaf or hard of hearing.
Directs Governor's Child Foster Care Advisory Commission to establish Child Welfare Equity Advisory Committee to advise commission and Department of Human Services regarding equitable provision of child welfare services.
Prescribes requirements for reimbursement by Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations of health services delivered using telemedicine.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to compile and annually post to website report on information reported to authority by coordinated care organizations regarding requests for prior authorization.
Directs Department of Transportation to waive driving privilege reinstatement fee if driving privileges were suspended for certain traffic offenses.
Designates second Monday of October of each year as Indigenous Peoples' Day.
Directs Oregon Board of Dentistry to issue dental therapist license to qualified applicant.
Requires school or school district to offer lunches and breakfasts at no charge to student if school or school district meets requirements of special provisions of federal meal program or if student is from household with income that does not exceed 300 percent of federal poverty guidelines.
Allows school districts to use moneys distributed from Student Investment Account for payment of student fees, costs and instructors of career and technical student organization programs.
Requires each public university and community college to prominently display mandatory fees charged.
Authorizes Department of Human Services to award two-year grants to organizations that provide services to unaccompanied homeless youth and to organizations that operate host home projects for unaccompanied homeless youth.
Directs Department of Justice to establish program for awarding grants to law enforcement agencies and local governments for training of groups and agencies that interact with persons who have experienced trauma.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to provide planning grants to 10 school districts or education service districts to evaluate need and develop plans for school-based health services.
Permits Office of Emergency Management to enter into agreement with nonprofit organization representing sheriffs under which organization is authorized to administer program to produce and sell outdoor recreation search and rescue cards.
Authorizes Health Licensing Office to issue license to practice genetic counseling to qualified applicant.
Limits cost-sharing for health benefit plan coverage of insulin prescribed for treatment of diabetes.
Authorizes electric cooperative to use or allow for use of electric easement in provision of broadband services, subject to certain conditions and exceptions.
Prohibits moving voter to inactive status due to voter not voting or updating voter registration for any period of time.
Modifies CASA Volunteer Programs to direct Oregon Department of Administrative Services to contract with nongovernmental entity to serve as statewide coordinating entity for provision of court appointed special advocate services.
Allows payment from Wage Security Fund to be made to wage claimant for wages earned and unpaid in event that Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries has obtained judgment in action or has issued final order in administrative proceeding for collection of wage claim.
Modifies membership of Hunger Task Force.
Requires each community college and public university to hire benefits navigator to assist students in determining eligibility and applying for federal, state and local benefits programs.
Designates April of each year as Arab-American Heritage Month.
Requires each public university and community college to prominently display , or establish link to website that displays, estimated costs of all required course materials and directly related course fees for no less than 75 percent of total for-credit courses offered by public university or community college.
Renames Office of Emergency Management as Oregon Department of Emergency Management.
Modifies police officer's duty to report misconduct.
Limits authority of school district to become member of voluntary organization that administers interscholastic activities unless organization implements equity focused policies that meet certain requirements.
States legislative findings about racism and public safety.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to provide incentives to increase recruitment and retention of mental health workforce, including pipeline development, scholarships for undergraduates and stipends for graduate students, loan repayments and retention activities.
Allows pharmacist to prescribe, dispense and administer preexposure prophylactic antiretroviral therapies and post-exposure prophylactic antiretroviral therapies.
Extends grace period for repayment of nonresidential rent between April 1, 2020, and September 30, 2020, until September 30, 2021, for certain tenants.
Directs school districts to provide age-appropriate instruction in oral health as part of health education curriculum.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to provide funding to peer-run organizations in Portland metropolitan area, southern Oregon region, Oregon coast and eastern and central Oregon region to operate peer respite centers to provide peer respite services to individuals with mental illness or trauma response symptoms who experience acute distress, anxiety or emotional pain that may lead to need for higher level of care.
Requires Board on Public Safety Standards and Training to ensure that police officers and certified reserve officers are trained to investigate, identify and report crimes motivated by prejudice based on perceived gender of victim.
Requires media production companies seeking reimbursement under Oregon Production Investment Fund programs to perform certain actions related to diversity, equity and inclusion with respect to production for which reimbursement is sought.
Limits ability of public university to refuse new mandatory incidental fees or process for collecting mandatory incidental fees.
Requires Secretary of State to create and make publicly available list of five most common languages spoken, other than English, by residents of state and of each county.
Directs Department of Transportation to waive fee for issuing, renewing or replacing identification card if person who is issued card is experiencing homelessness.
Allows physician assistant to register with Oregon Medical Board for authority to dispense prescription drugs.
Removes "gender identity" from definition of "sexual orientation" in ORS 174.100 and creates standalone definition of "gender identity" in ORS 174.100.
Specifies behavioral health treatment that must be provided by coordinated care organizations and covered by group health insurance and individual health plans and restricts utilization review criteria for behavioral health treatment.
Establishes civil cause of action for improper disclosure of personal information.
Modifies statute authorizing law enforcement officers to command dispersal of unlawful assemblies and arrest participants who do not disperse.
Changes name of Early Learning Division to Department of Early Learning and Care.
Limits exemption from rent increase limits for landlords renting under government programs reducing rents.
Requires coordinated care organization, health care provider or health insurer to collect from patient, client or member data on race, ethnicity, preferred spoken and written languages, disability status, sexual orientation and gender identity.
Designates May 22 of each year as Crater Lake National Park Day.
Modifies crime of interfering with a peace officer or parole and probation officer.
Temporarily removes condition for being deemed "unemployed" that individual's weekly remuneration for part-time work must be less than individual's weekly unemployment insurance benefit amount.
Requires parents of child who is deaf or deafblind or who is hard of hearing to be provided information about relevant services and placements offered by school district, education service district, regional programs and Oregon School for the Deaf whenever individualized family service plan or individualized education program is developed, revised or reviewed.
Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to convene advisory council to assist with recommendations related to health care standards in local correctional facilities.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on organ and tissue donation and education.
Directs education employer to provide materials and assistance to eligible employees concerning public service loan forgiveness program.
Prohibits law enforcement agency from releasing booking photo except in specified circumstances.
Requires ballots returned by mail to have postal indicator showing ballot was mailed not later than date of election and be received by county clerk not later than seven days after date of election.
Requires every public education provider to provide both tampons and sanitary pads at no cost to students.
Renames Health Care for All Oregon Children program as Cover All People program and expands eligibility to adults who would qualify for Medicaid-funded state medical assistance program but for their immigration status.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to seek federal approval of amendment to state Medicaid demonstration project to permit coordinated care organizations to use portion of global budgets to improve health equity, improve overall health of community or enhance payments to providers who advance health equity or provide services improving overall health of community and to allow such expenditures to be counted as medical expenses in coordinated care organization's base medical budget and in calculation of global budget and flexible spending for given year.
Directs Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to adopt standards for educator preparation programs relating to evaluations of teacher candidates.
Allows nurse to discuss medical use of marijuana with patient.
Establishes office of Taxpayer Advocate in Department of Revenue.
Extends look-back period used to determine Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund solvency level from 10 years to 20 years.
Passed the House · 5
Requires landlord to allow dwelling to be used as family child care home.
Requires at least two commissioners of Oregon Liquor Control Commission to have public health background.
Directs Secretary of State to publish on secretary's website list of top five most commonly spoken languages in Oregon, other than English.
Requires board of directors of publicly traded corporation to have specified proportion of female directors and directors who are members of underrepresented communities.
Allows production of food in planned community by lot owners and their tenants.
Out of committee · 22
Directs Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to establish program to award grants for restorative justice programs.
Requires advisory committee to Oregon Health Authority and Department of Human Services on collection of data on race, ethnicity, preferred spoken and written languages and disability status to commission study to inventory state agencies' databases used to compile data on race, ethnicity, language and disability status, ability readiness of data systems to collect data, cost to collect data, needed upgrades to data systems and which data systems are priority for upgrades.
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.
Prohibits employers from permitting, requiring or suffering agricultural workers to work in excess of certain maximum hours in one workweek unless workers are compensated for overtime hours worked.
Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to conduct needs assessment identifying current mental health provider education programs and curricula offered at community colleges and public universities.
Amends apprenticeship statutes to permit establishment of firefighter apprentice program.
Appropriates $5,000,000 to Higher Education Coordinating Commission to award grants to certain organizations.
Establishes Oregon Kidney Disease Prevention and Education Task Force.
Requires that statewide land use planning goal relating to citizen involvement address participation and engagement for disadvantaged groups.
Requires owner or possessor of firearm to secure firearm with trigger or cable lock, in locked container or in gun room except in specified circumstances.
Directs Department of Education, in consultation with STEM Investment Council, to develop statewide, long-term strategic plan to provide computer science education.
Allows otherwise qualified individual to claim earned income tax credit under individual taxpayer identification number in lieu of Social Security number.
Modifies allocation formula for grants to children's advocacy centers.
Extends sunset of pilot program for provision of legal services to adults in custody serving sentences at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility.
Establishes Task Force on Age Discrimination.
Directs Legislative Policy and Research Director to conduct study to collect and interpret data to enable legislators to develop understanding of students' instructional needs caused by school closures due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Provides that part-time faculty member at public institution of higher education who qualifies for health care benefits will pay 10 percent of insurance premiums for employee coverage.
Expands infrastructure of, access to and services provided in statewide coordinated crisis services system including 9-8-8 suicide prevention and behavioral health crisis hotline.
Establishes Equity Investment and Accountability Board and Equity Investment and Accountability Office within office of Governor to provide equity oversight of cannabis industry in this state.
Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife to prepare report concerning Oregon's current framework for preventing, monitoring and responding to zoonotic disease.
Extends sunset for authorization to Department of Justice to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault with housing needs until January 2, 2024.
Establishes Task Force on Substance Use to study alcohol tax and pricing mechanisms to reduce substance use in this state.
In committee · 15
Establishes procedure for person to bring action in name of state to recover civil penalties for violations of state law.
Prioritizes access to health care provider incentive program by behavioral health services providers serving Latino, Latina and Latinx individuals in Morrow, Malheur, Hood River and Umatilla counties.
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.
Expands types of pesticide that may not be included in school list of low-impact pesticides for use in integrated pest management plan.
Expands eligibility for certain child care subsidy programs.
Provides that licensed optometrist may perform specified ophthalmic surgery procedures.
Establishes Dreamers Access Program to award student loans to eligible students with demonstrated financial need.
Requires voter registration cards and electronic voter registration system to include option for person to identify race, ethnicity and preferred language of person.
Requires employers of employees who engage in outdoor work activities to take certain actions to mitigate employee's risk of exposure to unhealthy air quality from wildfire smoke.
Provides that student who experiences incident of harassment, discrimination or intimidation based on student's race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or national origin, has cause of action against school district and perpetrator of incident.
Requires school districts to ensure that students for whom out-of-school suspensions or expulsions have been imposed receive specified services during suspensions or expulsions.
Establishes state policy that career and technical education is provided through seamless system that begins at secondary school level and progresses to post-secondary career and technical education institutions, community colleges and apprenticeship programs.
Establishes limits on campaign contributions that may be accepted by candidates and political committees.
Requires Department of Consumer and Business Services to develop and implement programs to make one-time payments directly to certain workers as incentive payments to return to work or as worker retention payments for workers who were frontline essential workers during first year of COVID-19 pandemic.
Declares racism as public health crisis in this state.