Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, House.
Tina Kotek
Sponsored
Became law2
Authorizes specified persons to consult court appointed special advocate regarding records relating to child or ward.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to explore ways to use doulas to improve birth outcomes for women who face disproportionately greater risk of poor birth outcomes and to report to legislative committees in February 2012.
Out of committee3
Establishes Early Learning Council for formulating and directing unified system of early childhood services.
Requires Department of Transportation to study importance of interstate bridges as part of transportation system.
Changes membership of State Commission on Children and Families.
In committee17
Requires owner of foreclosed residential real property to provide contact information to neighborhood association or local government official designated to receive contact information.
Imposes one percent tax on specified providers of residential care and services.
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.
Prohibits discrimination against members of certain protected classes in payment of wages for work of comparable character that requires comparable skills to perform.
Extends certain employee protections to persons working for educational purposes and persons performing services without compensation.
Expands definition of "place of public accommodation" to include places owned or maintained by public body and services provided by public body.
Prohibits health care provider from billing for medical equipment that is not covered by patient's insurance under specified circumstances.
Creates exception to statewide policy prohibiting local rent control.
Prohibits sale of single serving of high-calorie beverage in prepackaged container that contains more than 12 ounces.
Requires warning labels on containers of high-calorie beverages sold or offered for sale in state.
Establishes nutritional requirements for food items sold in public buildings.
Prohibits specified state agencies from contracting with health insurers until Oregon Health Policy Board approves insurer's five-year plan to increase primary care reimbursement rates by lowering reimbursement rates paid to providers of specialty care.
Allows city to order cessation of alcoholic beverage sales or other operations at premises licensed for full or limited on-premises sales or as brewery-public house upon reasonable belief that continued sales or operation are immediate threat to public safety.
Authorizes payment for dental services under Family Health Insurance Assistance Program and under private health option of Health Care for All Oregon Children program.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to convene workgroup to investigate options for health care assessment and to report findings and recommendations to 2012 Legislative Assembly.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to prescribe payment methodologies for hospital, ambulatory surgical center and certain health care services.
Requires facilitators of income tax refund anticipation loans and refund anticipation payment instruments to obtain license from State Board of Tax Practitioners.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Allows disclosure of identity of person between health care providers and prepaid managed care health services organizations that are paid by state health plan to provide care to person.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 13
Requires Employment Department to encourage volunteering and post links for volunteering opportunities on specified department webpages.
Requires political subdivision to give Department of Transportation at least 30 days' notice of intent to sell or transfer real property near rail infrastructure.
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.
Increases, under specified circumstances, penalty for crime of strangulation to maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both.
Directs Department of Transportation to erect and maintain roadside memorial sign under certain circumstances for police officer killed in line of duty.
Establishes Court Appointed Special Advocate Task Force to make recommendations on appropriate structure and operation of CASA Volunteer Programs .
Allows household member to continue to use confidential address on records maintained by Department of Transportation for up to four years after eligible employee or corrections officer is killed in line of duty.
Requires state agency to report to Legislative Assembly and to subcommittee of Joint Committee on Ways and Means considering agency's budget about results of performance and program audit conducted by Secretary of State and agency's measures to implement audit recommendations.
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.
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.
Vetoed · 1
Prohibits floral order facilitator from charging or receiving consideration for individual orders.
Passed the House · 1
Removes ambulance services from list of fee schedules used to calculate provider charges for personal injury protection benefits.
Out of committee · 2
Authorizes issuance of protective order for certain persons who are victims of conduct constituting sex crime or unwanted sexual contact.
Authorizes Oregon Medical Board to issue certificates of prescriptive authority to certain licensed psychologists who meet specified requirements.
In committee · 26
Requires Oregon Health Policy Board to convene work group to address unnecessary medical imaging.
Directs school district board to adopt policy related to teen dating violence.
Designates Governor as Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Requires clear and convincing evidence of finding that judgment awarding custody to party with disability is not in best interests and welfare of child.
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.
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.
Prohibits owner of foreclosed residential real property from neglecting real property during periods of vacancy.
Prohibits discrimination in rates of insurance reimbursement paid to specified providers.
Prohibits contracting agency from awarding public contract to prospective contractor that discriminates in providing employee benefit between employee that has domestic partner and employee that has spouse.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to appoint advisory committee to make recommendations for plan to administer statewide gambling addiction programs and services.
Modifies method for determining amount of lottery proceeds to be allocated to Problem Gambling Treatment Fund in fiscal quarter.
Requires Oregon Health Authority, Department of Human Services and Public Employees' Benefit Board to develop goals, benchmarks and plans to address diabetes, diabetes care and complications from diabetes and to report to Legislative Assembly in each odd-numbered year specified information regarding data, programs, outcomes and proposed next steps.
Prohibits sale of certain flavored smokeless tobacco products that resemble or are marketed as candy.
Prohibits owner of foreclosed residential real property from neglecting real property during periods of vacancy.
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.
Extends certain employee protections to persons performing work for educational purposes.
Expands definition of "farm use" to include facilities for training dogs in canine skills on land zoned for exclusive farm use.
Modifies provisions of Oregon Medical Marijuana Act.
Encourages Oregon Investment Council and State Treasurer to divest investment funds invested in certain companies engaged in mineral-extraction or oil-related activities related to Iran.
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.