Bills in the 2014 Regular Session, Senate.
Laurie Monnes Anderson
Sponsored
Became law1
Amends certain statutes that reference "physician" to include references to "physician assistant" and "nurse practitioner." Takes effect July 1, 2014.
In committee1
Modifies sex offender registration requirements to allow sex offender to register with city police department only if offender last resided or intends to reside in city or, if offender lives out of state, only if offender attends school or works in city.
Carried from the House
Became law2
Authorizes practitioners to electronically transmit prescriptions for Schedule II controlled substances in nonemergency situations.
Authorizes court to appoint protected person special advocate in protective proceeding at any time after appointment of fiduciary that is not financial institution or trust company.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
Modifies definition of "supervisory employee" for purposes of public employee collective bargaining law.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to investigate whether, and under what terms and conditions, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is likely to approve using Children's Health Insurance Program funds to subsidize costs of commercial health insurance coverage for children with family incomes from 200 percent to 300 percent of federal poverty guidelines.
Directs Oregon Business Development Department, in coordination with local workforce investment boards, to contract with private or public entities to develop Dislocated Worker Training Program as pilot program to enable unemployed and underemployed engineers and industry professionals in bioscience and manufacturing traded sector industries to be reemployed in Oregon.
Specifies that governing body of city or county may adopt ordinances that impose reasonable regulations on operation of medical marijuana facilities.
Extends sunset for tax credit for crop donation.
Establishes program administered by Home Care Commission to allow private payers to purchase home care services from commission through registry maintained by commission.
Resolves terminology conflict to reflect that offense of endangering welfare of minor through distributing, selling or causing sale of tobacco to minor is Class A violation.
Authorizes Oregon Business Development Department to undertake entrepreneurial development activities for traded sector industries and in rural communities.
Requires Department of State Police and all sheriffs and municipal police departments to adopt written policies relating to missing vulnerable adults on or before January 1, 2015.
Authorizes Oregon Health Authority, overseen by Oregon Medical Insurance Pool Board, to make expenditures for transitional medical insurance pool program from ending balance of moneys received from premium assessments and from reinsurance program funds.
Passed the Senate · 1
Allows person contracting for restoration work to rescind contract within five days after formation of contract.
In committee · 1
Makes reduction of hours worked by full-time employee for sole purpose of preventing employee's eligibility for coverage under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act unlawful employment practice.