Bills in the 2007 Regular Session, House.
Tina Kotek
Sponsored
Became law4
Expands temporary assistance for needy families to include new State Family Pre-SSI/SSDI program and new temporary assistance for needy families program for working families.
Creates task force to study school nursing services.
Reduces maximum hospital assessment rate.
Requires fully capitated health plan to pay noncontracting hospital at 80 percent of Medicare rate.
Out of committee6
Changes definition of prepaid managed care health services organization for purposes of managed care assessment.
Establishes hospital assessment rate.
Establishes Insurance Rate Review Board in Department of Consumer and Business Services.
Gives family child care providers right to collectively bargain with State of Oregon.
Directs Department of Education to establish farm-to-school program.
Creates Oregon Healthy Kids Program, which includes private health option to provide health care coverage to children.
In committee10
Requires Economic and Community Development Department to require certain recipients of economic development assistance from state funds to consider and plan for access to child care.
Directs Secretary of State to conduct performance and program audits on tax expenditures.
Creates Welcome to Oregon Task Force to study strategies to create welcoming environment for visitors entering state on Interstate Highway 5 from Vancouver, Washington.
Modifies conditions under which individuals unemployed because of lockout are not disqualified from unemployment insurance benefits.
Requires mortgage or trust deed lender to prorate prepayment privilege penalty for prepayments made after first year of loan agreement.
Requires that warranty for materials used in residential construction include coverage for reasonable cost of labor to replace defective materials.
Imposes civil penalty, not to exceed $1,500 per day, for violation of certain requirements by business engaged in disposal of bodies, carcasses or parts of dead animals.
Directs Department of Human Services to award grants to counties for school-based health centers.
Prohibits, in specified areas of law, discrimination against persons based on sexual orientation.
Sets procedure for statewide special election on House Bill 3558 (2007).
Co-sponsored
Became law · 18
Changes definition of "small employer" by increasing maximum number of eligible employees from 25 to 50.
Creates Medically Involved Home-Care Program in Department of Human Services.
Declares legislative findings regarding outdoor lighting fixtures.
Specifies minimum standards for food and beverages sold in public schools.
Requires prescription drug benefit program, or prescription drug benefit offered under health benefit plan or under student health insurance policy, to include coverage of contraception.
Establishes payment obligation for manufactured dwelling park landlord closing manufactured dwelling park or portion of park.
Provides that taxpayer is not disqualified from claiming working family child care income tax credit solely because taxpayer's spouse has disability, if disability is such that it prevents taxpayer's spouse from providing child care, being gainfully employed, seeking employment and attending school.
Extends sunset date on income tax credits for contributions to Child Care Division.
Allows state institution of higher education to award honorary post-secondary degree to person ordered to internment camp if certain qualifications are met.
Allows public safety officer to designate beneficiary to receive benefits from Public Safety Memorial Fund.
Creates crime of furnishing sexually explicit material to child.
Modifies definition of "dental hygiene." Modifies educational requirements for obtaining permit as limited access permit dental hygienist.
Imposes $10 fee for filing of petitions for marital annulment, dissolution or separation, and for filing of responses to petitions for marital annulment, dissolution or separation.
Expands required contents for notice of condominium conversion.
Modifies procedures involved in child abuse investigations.
Requires Home Care Commission to elect workers' compensation coverage for certain home care workers.
Authorizes creation of affordable housing covenant restricting price, rental rate or occupancy to ensure adequate supply of rental and owner-occupied affordable housing for low or moderate income households.
Directs Department of Human Services to develop plan to start to slow rate of diabetes by 2010.
Passed the House · 3
Establishes state policy that state-funded research benefiting private enterprise must encourage economic development and job creation in Oregon.
Requires Department of Human Services to prepare and submit to Legislative Assembly annual report containing list of employers with employees receiving public assistance, including food stamp benefits.
Requires employer to provide reasonable accommodation to religious observance or practices of employee unless providing accommodation would impose undue hardship on employer.
Out of committee · 13
Directs Secretary of State to conduct performance and program audits on tax expenditures.
Expands definition of categorically needy persons eligible for medical assistance to include children with disabilities .
Expands prohibition of smoking in public places and places of employment.
Repeals provisions requiring Department of Human Services to eliminate or limit Oregon Health Plan coverage of dental, vision, hospital and drug services for 2005-2007 biennium.
Removes annual limit on tax credit certificates issued for contributions to Child Care Division.
Requires Department of State Police to establish base pay for troopers.
Directs Department of Education to award grants to remote and necessary school districts.
Requires Land Conservation and Development Commission to review and consider Forest Park for possible designation as area of critical state concern.
Appropriates moneys from ___ to Economic and Community Development Department for purpose of assisting development of targeted small businesses and microenterprises.
Directs Department of Education to establish school garden program.
Establishes principal residence property tax exemption from local option property taxes for dwelling units of senior citizens and persons with disabilities.
Establishes Task Force on Mental Retardation in Capital Cases.
Directs Oregon Liquor Control Commission to transfer amount equal to five percent of gross revenues derived from sales of distilled liquor by bottle to Oregon Criminal Justice Commission Account.
In committee · 24
Permits all individuals who are residents of state and all public and private entities to participate in Oregon Prescription Drug Program.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Education for Oregon prekindergarten program.
Limits television advertising by Oregon State Lottery to promoting introduction of new games.
Allows tax credit to individual who owns and occupies manufactured dwelling as primary residence and who ends tenancy in manufactured dwelling park as result of closing of park or portion of park.
Allows Commissioner of Bureau of Labor and Industries to adopt rules permitting overtime pay for work after eight hours in one day or, when employer has adopted alternative workweek schedule that authorizes employee to work 10 hours per day within 40-hour workweek, after 10 hours in one day.
Considers certain students to be residents for purpose of determining tuition and fees at state institutions of higher education.
Removes individuals who are performing services in other than instructional, research or principal administrative capacity at certain educational institutions from disqualification for receipt of unemployment insurance benefits during certain periods.
Makes legislative findings on effects of international outsourcing of jobs.
Directs State Parks and Recreation Commission to allow free use of day use fee areas by persons 60 years of age or older and persons with disabilities.
Requires long term care facilities to serve meals that address nutritional needs of residents.
Requires that minimum continuing legal education requirements of Oregon State Bar include cultural competency training designed to educate members on providing unbiased and effective representation of clients.
Provides patient freedom of choice of health care physician and primary care physician from among at least 50 percent of all health care physicians in each geographic service area providing medical, dental, foot or vision care.
Allows Department of Transportation to waive issuance, renewal or replacement fee of identification card for indigent person.
Requires Oregon Board of Dentistry to adopt rules implementing certification program for certain counselors and health assistants to apply fluoride varnishes to teeth of preschool-age children.
Removes annual limit on tax credit certificates issued for contributions to Child Care Division.
Gives tenants' association, facility purchase association or tenants' association supported nonprofit organization 14-day right of first refusal for offer or agreement by landlord to sell facility.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Housing and Community Services Department for biennial expenses related to financing of manufactured dwelling park purchases by or on behalf of tenants with low incomes.
Establishes payment obligation for facility landlord closing manufactured dwelling park or portion of park.
Changes allowable number of digits payment system for credit or debit cards may display on customer receipt from five to four.
Requires corporate income and excise taxpayers that receive certain tax-deferred financing income from foreign corporations for federal tax purposes to add that amount of income back to federal taxable income for Oregon tax purposes.
Limits newly erected, constructed or installed pollution control facilities that qualify for tax credit to those facilities that meet certain standards above those required by law or are entirely voluntary and not otherwise required by law.
Allows school districts to aggregate districts' energy requirements for purchase and delivery of utility services as one entity to qualify for lower industrial rates.
Creates Task Force on Civics Education.
Imposes tax on distribution of malt beverages at rate of $16.50 per barrel of 31 gallons.