Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, House.
Tina Kotek
Sponsored
Became law6
Expands laws regarding preservation of participating properties that are publicly supported housing.
Defines "Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Region." Establishes Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Board, in collaboration with Oregon Business Development Department, to formulate and implement strategies and practices for strategic investment in workforce development and economic development in Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Region and to make grants or loans to eligible applicants to encourage workforce development and economic development in region.
Modifies requirements for preschool program administered by Early Learning Division.
Directs Oregon Health Authority, in coordination with Traditional Health Workers Commission, to biennially review, and revise if necessary, any reimbursement rates for doulas.
Limits landlord assistance under Housing Choice Landlord Guarantee Program to damages awarded in judgment following hearing in which landlord proves amount of damages.
Directs Department of Education to convene advisory group related to English language learner programs.
Out of committee4
Requires city or county to review and decide on applications for certain housing developments containing affordable housing units within 100 days.
Establishes Task Force on Addressing Racial Disparities in Home Ownership.
Directs Housing and Community Services Department to administer study to assess disparities between federal and local calculations of fair market rent.
Requires Legislative Policy and Research Director to convene advisory group to study reimbursment of prescription drugs in medical assistance program, Public Employees' Benefit Board health benefit plans, Oregon Educators Benefit Board health benefit plans and other state-financed programs.
In committee3
Repeals statewide prohibition on city and county ordinances regulating rents.
Modifies methodology for reimbursing hospital costs under self-insured benefit plan offered by Public Employees' Benefit Board.
Eliminates sunset on Law Enforcement Profiling Work Group.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Establishes specified reporting requirements to ensure legislative review of potential future costs in state government workforce.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Modifies purposes for which school districts may receive grants to pay for costs incurred by school districts to purchase food produced or processed in state.
Requires community health improvement plans adopted by coordinated care organizations and community advisory councils to focus on and develop strategy for integrating physical, behavioral and oral health care services.
Requires hospital to adopt policy for release of patients from emergency department following treatment for behavioral health crisis.
Specifies behavioral health services that must be provided by coordinated care organization.
Prohibits public body from disclosing specified information concerning person unless required by state or federal law.
Vetoed · 1
Authorizes State Board of Psychologist Examiners to issue certificate of prescriptive authority to licensed psychologist who meets specified requirements.
Passed the House · 2
During first nine months of occupancy, prohibits landlord from terminating month-to-month tenancy within 60 days of receiving from tenant request for repairs to correct certain building, health or housing code violation or unhabitable condition.
Requires lobbyist statements filed with Oregon Government Ethics Commission to identify each bill or measure introduced before Legislative Assembly lobbyist lobbied on, whether lobbyist lobbied in favor of, in opposition to or for purpose of seeking amendments to bill or measure, each legislative topic that was not bill or measure that lobbyist lobbied on, each person or entity that hired lobbyist and how much moneys person or entity paid lobbyist.
In committee · 2
Requires Health Plan Quality Metrics Committee to develop quality measures to gauge coordinated care organization's compliance with requirement to provide members with access to traditional health workers.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to use portion of moneys in Hospital Quality Assurance Fund to provide grants to culturally specific health care facilities beginning July 1, 2018.