Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
Tiffiny Mitchell
Sponsored
Out of committee2
Directs Department of Revenue, in consultation with Housing and Community Services Department, to conduct study of imposition and administration of residential vacancy tax to fund affordable housing, and to report findings to interim legislative committees related to revenue and housing on or before September 15, 2020.
Directs Department of Human Services to accomplish various objectives to improve positions and skills of child welfare services employees.
In committee6
Allows individuals and employers on behalf of employees to enroll in state medical assistance program upon payment of premiums prescribed by Oregon Health Authority by rule.
Prohibits Department of Corrections and local correctional facilities from subjecting incarcerated persons to long-term solitary confinement.
Makes unlawful employment practice for employer to refuse to provide to requesting state agency employment verification and any other information that is necessary to determine individual's eligibility to receive public assistance provided by agency.
Requires community mental health programs in rural areas to provide residential care, comprehensive care and case management to individuals needing mental health or substance abuse treatment.
Requires Department of Human Services to assess and quantify workload impacts of specified policy changes.
Requires vehicle manufacturer to make available to owner of vehicle or independent repair provider on fair and reasonable terms any part, tool, service manual or other device, implement or information that vehicle manufacturer makes available to authorized repair provider for purpose of diagnosing, maintaining or repairing vehicle that vehicle manufacturer makes or supplies.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Makes period of absence for donation of body part, organ or tissue "serious health condition" for which family leave may be taken.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 26
Requires cities with population greater than 10,000 or within Metro to allow duplexes in lands zoned for single-family dwellings within urban growth boundary.
Creates family and medical leave insurance program to provide partially or fully compensated time away from work to covered individual who meets certain criteria while covered individual is on family leave, medical leave or safe leave.
Eliminates requirement that person provide proof of legal presence before Department of Transportation issues noncommercial driver license, noncommercial driver permit or identification card.
Requires public employer to grant reasonable paid time to public employee who is designated representative to engage in certain activities.
Adds to rights of persons with mental illness committed to Oregon Health Authority, right to reasonable privacy and security in resting, sleeping, dressing, bathing, personal hygiene and toileting.
Designates May of each year as ALS Awareness Month.
Directs Department of Education to coordinate with Oregon FFA Association to increase student achievement and improve college preparation and career placement for students enrolled in agricultural education courses.
Prohibits retail establishments from providing single-use checkout bags to customers, except in certain cases.
Designates October 9 of each year as PANDAS/PANS Awareness Day.
Requires one member of State Board of Education to be engaged in teaching as licensed teacher.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to conduct review of CASA Volunteer Programs and report results of review and make recommendations for legislation to Legislative Assembly.
Requires Department of Land Conservation and Development to receive, consolidate and organize public record information concerning shellfish mariculture in Oregon.
Requires long term care facilities, conversion facilities and residential care facilities providing care to six or more residents to adopt specified protocols and procedures regarding preventing and reporting disease outbreaks.
Prohibits use of hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas exploration and production.
Directs Department of State Police to study how to increase and improve criminal justice resources relating to missing and murdered Native American women in Oregon and report to appropriate committee or interim committee of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2020.
Modifies membership of Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission.
Establishes statutory authority for Oregon Psychiatric Access Line program operated by Oregon Health and Science University and financed by Legislative Assembly through appropriations.
Requires communications made in support of or opposition to candidate to state name of persons that paid for communication.
Requires state agencies to post notice on agency website before restricting or closing site on state public lands where public may access lands for recreational use of floatable natural waterway.
Increases terms of office of advocacy commission members, from three to four years.
Requires covered organizations that make political expenditures in excess of specified amount to file with Secretary of State donor identification list that identifies donors that made donations above $10,000 during election cycle to covered organization.
Modifies Family Abuse Prevention Act to authorize court to continue restraining order if abuse occurred within specified period, petitioner reasonably fears for petitioner's physical safety and respondent represents credible threat to physical safety of petitioner or petitioner's child.
Provides that exemption from transient lodging taxation for dwelling unit used by members of general public for temporary human occupancy for fewer than 30 days per year does not apply to dwelling unit rented out as transient lodging using platform of any kind provided in any manner by transient lodging intermediary.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to provide planning grants to 10 school districts or education service districts to evaluate community needs for school-based health services.
Directs each covered manufacturer of covered drugs that are sold within this state to develop and implement drug take-back program for purpose of collecting from individuals and nonbusiness entities covered drugs for disposal.
Authorizes Long Term Care Ombudsman to hire up to 10 deputy ombudsmen.
Passed the House · 7
Restricts limitation on award of noneconomic damages to claims in actions for wrongful death.
Establishes limits on campaign contributions that may be accepted by candidates and political committees.
Prohibits food vendor from using polystyrene container in selling, offering for sale, serving or dispensing prepared food to public.
Provides that diagnostic services are compensable under workers' compensation law after industrial accident or occupational disease has been determined to be compensable and if diagnostic services are reasonable and necessary to identify nature or extent of medical condition that may be related to industrial accident or occupational disease.
Removes ability of parent to decline required immunizations against restrictable diseases on behalf of child for reason other than child's indicated medical diagnosis.
Alters commissioner composition of Higher Education Coordinating Commission by redesignating five current nonvoting positions as voting positions and by adding one additional position for graduate student attending public university.
Requires hospitals and long term care facilities to make available to patients and residents plant-based meals when necessary to accommodate medical, religious, cultural or ethnic needs, preferences or requests.
Out of committee · 15
Establishes Local Government Technical Assistance Program within Housing and Community Services Department.
Directs Department of Education to establish and administer pilot program to assist school districts in providing age-appropriate instruction on natural disasters.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Human Services to administer general assistance project.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to administer program to provide matching grants to registered sobering facilities.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Education for Title IX enforcement and compliance, sexual harassment prevention and gender discrimination prevention.
Requires Oregon Business Development Department to prepare and report master plan for county fairground capital construction.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to contract with at least four Recovery Community Organizations, in accordance with criteria adopted by Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission, to operate four recovery community centers in four different counties.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to design program to import wholesale prescription drugs from Canada.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Human Services for development of gatekeeper programs to serve seniors and people with disabilities in local communities statewide.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to Association of Oregon Counties to obtain and manage contracted services for provision of technical assistance and information for private landowners to facilitate compliance with certain requirements related to replacement or repair of tide gates, with priority given to tide gates with opening size of four feet or smaller.
Requires Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations to partner with regional health equity coalitions in addressing health disparities for communities of color, Indian tribes, immigrants, refugees, migrant and seasonal farmworkers, low-income populations, persons with disabilities and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning communities, with communities of color as leading priority.
Creates family and medical leave insurance program to provide employee who is eligible for coverage with portion of wages while employee is on family and medical leave or military family leave.
Permits duplicate health benefit plan coverage for public employees.
Disallows, for purposes of personal income taxation, mortgage interest deduction for residence other than taxpayer's principal residence, unless taxpayer sells residence or actively markets residence for sale.
Establishes Vacation Occupancy Task Force.
In committee · 30
Establishes Foster Parent Ombudsman in Department of Human Services and prescribes duties.
Requires health benefit plan, health care service contract and medical assistance coverage of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to establish or contract for establishment of statewide mental health crisis support access line to facilitate specified services for individuals experiencing behavioral health crises.
Establishes Emergency Department Boarding Pilot Project in Oregon Health Authority.
Requires hospital emergency departments to accept and treat individuals who need medical detoxification, including by providing peer mentoring.
Establishes Adult Suicide Intervention and Prevention Coordinator within Oregon Health Authority.
Prohibits restaurant from providing single-use plastic straw to consumer unless consumer requests straw.
Requires original equipment manufacturer to make available to owner of digital electronic equipment or independent repair provider on fair and reasonable terms any part, tool, service manual or other device, implement or information that original equipment manufacturer makes available to authorized repair provider for purpose of diagnosing, maintaining or repairing digital electronic equipment that original equipment manufacturer makes or supplies.
Enacts Interstate Compact for Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.
Prohibits retail pet store from selling or offering to sell dog, cat or rabbit acquired from source other than animal shelter or rescue organization.
Requires Department of Human Services to adopt by rule program that provides financial assistance to recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance for purchasing locally grown fruits and vegetables from participating farmers' markets, farm share sites and retail outlets.
Requires counties to develop community mental health action plans to identify and address mental health concerns.
Expands health benefit plan coverage of childbirth and pregnancy-related health care expenses.
Adds extended warranties to list of collateral charges for which manufacturer may need to compensate consumer when consumer returns motor vehicle that manufacturer cannot conform to manufacturer's express warranty.
Prohibits Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board from contracting with mental health providers, directly or through third party administrator, for payment or reimbursement of claims for mental health care provided to public employees unless mental health provider accepts patients who receive medical assistance.
Requires Department of Human Services to present options for living independently to adults with developmental disabilities who need placement.
Allows subtraction from federal taxable income for purchase of qualifying gun safe.
Requires manufacturer to disclose in any advertisement for prescription drug wholesale price in Oregon of prescription drug.
Modifies crime of promoting prostitution to include knowingly recruiting, persuading or encouraging, or attempting to recruit, persuade or encourage, another person to engage in prostitution.
Requires public institutions of higher education to bypass developmental educational requirements and placement tests for each student who receives grade on approved high school equivalency test indicating student is fully qualified to bypass requirements and tests.
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.
Permits school board to designate staff member to receive mandatory child abuse reports.
Establishes Legislative Assembly Paid Internships Program to provide stipends to interns performing services in offices of members of Legislative Assembly.
Expands definition of "tourism promotion" for purposes of transient lodging taxation.
Requires Department of Revenue, for purpose of enforcing state and local transient lodging taxes, to purchase software that scrapes online data relating to transient lodging rentals.
Establishes Task Force on Health Care Access to study and report on how to establish primary care trust model.
Makes unlawful employment practice for employer to request employee to enter agreement that would prevent employee from disclosing or discussing conduct that constitutes unlawful discrimination, including sexual assault.
Establishes salary threshold for employees who are exempt from overtime requirements.
Requires coordinated care organization to make available to members of coordinated care organization advocates for victims of domestic violence, sexual violence or stalking.
Designates April of each year as Arab-American Heritage Month.