Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, House.
Tim Freeman
Sponsored
In committee9
Requires coordinated care organization to provide oral health care through contracts with dental care organizations unless no dental care organization provides care in geographic area served by coordinated care organization.
Specifies that dental care organizations are major components of health care delivery system and thus must be part of governance structure of coordinated care organization.
Requires Oregon Health Authority to continue to contract with dental care organizations to serve medical assistance recipients.
Exempts diesel fuel sold for use in hospital facilities and long term care facilities from requirement to contain certain percentage of biodiesel or other diesel with specified percentage of renewable component.
Invalidates federal firearm laws in State of Oregon.
Requires contracting agency to pay contractor promptly for goods or services contractor provides in connection with public contract.
Prohibits Department of Transportation from accepting notification of transfer of title unless form contains all required information.
Prohibits performing late-term sex-selection abortion.
Removes exemption for county from filing fees for complaints and petitions filed in Oregon Tax Court.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Provides that person does not commit offense of obstruction of vehicle windows by covering rear window.
Allows licensees of Oregon Liquor Control Commission to sell malt beverages, wine and cider in certain containers supplied by consumers.
Authorizes employer to pay wages due employee through direct deposit into employee's account.
Requires Department of Human Services to make diligent efforts to identify and obtain contact information for grandparent of child or ward committed to department's custody and to provide grandparent with notice of hearing concerning child or ward.
Permits counties, under certain conditions, to receive assistance payments from County Assessment Function Funding Assistance Account for 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 fiscal years that do not reflect changes in federal payments to county.
Establishes Oregon Hatchery Research Center Board.
Exempts diesel fuel sold to facilities that store more than 50 gallons of fuel for use in emergency power generation from requirement to contain certain percentage of biodiesel or to contain other diesel with specified percentage of renewable component.
Passed the House · 2
Directs Oregon Historical Society to undertake fund-raising and commissioning of statue of Mark Odom Hatfield, to be placed in National Statuary Hall in United States Capitol.
Authorizes governing body of Malheur County, under specified circumstances, to plan and zone site for industrial use, in addition to and not in lieu of other authority to plan and zone for industrial use.
Out of committee · 4
Creates crime of patronizing a trafficked child.
Requires Department of Human Services to establish advisory committee to assist department in developing recommendations for general assistance program to serve low-income, childless adults with disabilities and to report recommendations to Legislative Assembly.
Extends exclusive remedy protections of workers' compensation statutes to partners, limited liability company partners, general partners, limited liability partners, and limited partners.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Human Services for enhancing and expanding services provided by centers for independent living to individuals with disabilities.
In committee · 21
Prohibits sale of certain consumer goods by self-checkout device.
Permits person 21 years of age or older to operate motorcycle without wearing approved motorcycle helmet if person has motor vehicle liability insurance that provides personal injury protection benefits.
Requires Environmental Quality Commission to contract with unit of local government or private individual, partnership or corporation to implement motor vehicle pollution control system inspection program.
Eliminates sunset for tax exemption for federal land used by recreation facility operators under permit.
Directs Secretary of State to compile, prepare, maintain and publish comprehensive reference book that lists and summarizes state and federal employment statutes, regulations, rules and other laws that affect businesses that have fewer than 50 employees.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services and all state agencies to adopt and implement plan for flexible schedules for employees subject to unpaid furlough days.
Requires Department of Transportation to collect toll from bicyclists for use of Interstate 5 bridges if department collects toll from motor vehicle operators.
Requires Department of Human Services to request court review of founded determination in child abuse investigation if law enforcement agency investigation in same case results in unfounded determination.
Prohibits state natural resource agencies from spending more than $50,000 that is received by agency as compensatory mitigation payment until agency reports on costs and benefits of proposed expenditure.
Directs Oregon Business Development Department to make grants to eligible applicants in rural areas for purchase and installation of teleconference equipment.
Requires union security agreement between school district and exclusive representative of teachers employed by district to allow payment by teacher of 25 percent of union dues, fees and assessments paid by teacher to be paid to school district employing teacher.
Allows operators of motorcycles and mopeds to pass vehicles in same lane when traffic is stopped.
Prohibits Water Resources Department collection of periodic or recurring fee or charge pertaining to well allowing ground water use for single or group domestic purposes.
Requires Department of Human Services to ensure that electronic benefits transfer cards issued to recipients of aid cannot be used to purchase prepaid credit cards.
Prohibits Environmental Quality Commission from adopting any rule concerning air quality and water quality that imposes requirements, standards or any other limitation that exceeds requirements, standards or any other limitation imposed under federal law.
Requires that annual report by State Forester to Emergency Board include private property loss information for fires of 1,000 acres or more.
Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to recommend rules to State Fish and Wildlife Commission regarding creation of pilot program that allows persons to use dogs to hunt or pursue cougars.
Requires that person seeking to appeal land use decision or limited land use decision to Land Use Board of Appeals must be adversely affected by decision.
Provides that certain uses of Native American mascots are not acts of discrimination.
Provides that if public body agrees to pay or provide benefit to retired employees other than payments required or provided for in statutes, public body must create separate account for funding of those benefits and make annual contributions to account in amounts necessary to amortize liability for benefits in 25 years or less.
Creates Oregon Council on Domestic Violence Prevention and Response within Oregon Health Authority.