Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, House.
Ron Maurer
Sponsored
Became law2
Requires owner or operator of facility in which electronic signaling device is located to post contact number for emergency response personnel in event that electronic signaling device is activated outside of normal business hours.
Requires Department of Human Services to report to appropriate interim committees of Legislative Assembly on feasibility of implementation of system for reimbursement for health care delivered through primary care homes in Medicaid program.
Out of committee2
Prohibits health insurers and health benefit plan carriers from requiring health providers to collect amounts chargeable to coinsurance or deductible amounts from insureds or enrollees as condition for receipt of payments from insurer or carrier for health services of provider.
Increases city population from 30,000 to 40,000 for classification as eligible rural area for purpose of emergency medical technician income tax credit.
In committee24
Requires Board on Public Safety Standards and Training to determine length of grace period within which investigator may renew license.
Requires Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to notify investigator when license will expire at least 60 days prior to expiration.
Modifies crime of possession of gambling device.
Directs Department of Transportation to approve use of person's last name on customized plate if name meets certain qualifications.
Allows districts to offer benefit plans other than benefit plans provided by Oregon Educators Benefit Board.
Requires Board on Public Safety Standards and Training to adopt rules prescribing procedures for reinstatement of investigator whose license has expired.
Requires Public Employees' Benefit Board to provide eligible employees and their families with option of using health savings accounts.
Creates subtraction from federal taxable income for health insurance premium payments made during tax year by individual taxpayer for health benefit coverage of taxpayer, taxpayer's spouse or dependents.
Authorizes civil action against person who submits false claim paid directly or indirectly by state.
Extends active duty military service homestead property tax exemption to residents deployed by Armed Forces of United States for more than 178 consecutive days.
Repeals prohibition against political subdivision's adoption or enforcement of local law or regulation of certain offenses related to public intoxication, public drinking, drunk and disorderly conduct, vagrancy or using or being under influence of controlled substances.
Establishes Oregon Health Access Fund and specifies permissible expenditures by Department of Human Services from fund.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to transfer certain amounts from Tobacco Settlement Funds Account to Department of Human Services for certain purposes.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to adopt rules setting fees payable by labor organizations that receive amounts deducted from salary or wages of certain public employees.
Changes definition of type B hospital for purposes of reimbursement rates in medical assistance program.
Prohibits insurer from requiring contract condition that precludes collection from patient for cost of health services not covered by medical services contract.
Requires Public Employees' Benefit Board to develop plan for providing health benefit plan options and employee contribution requirements based on Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
Authorizes payments by Department of Human Services to adult foster home care provider who is related to resident by blood, marriage or adoption if resident is individual with developmental disabilities.
Requires Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board to impose health benefit plan premium surcharge on eligible employees and participating family members who smoke or use other tobacco products.
Directs Department of Human Services to establish and operate marijuana production facility and distribute marijuana to pharmacies for dispensing to medical marijuana cardholders and designated primary caregivers.
Directs Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt rules allowing and encouraging health insurers to use financial incentives or penalties to reinforce positive behaviors and discourage negative behaviors.
Requires Department of Human Services to report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly on programs that serve senior citizens.
Refers Enrolled House Bill 2009 to people for their approval or rejection at next regular general election.
Connects definition of taxable income for purposes of Oregon personal income and corporate tax laws to federal Internal Revenue Code as code is from time to time amended.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 28
Includes removal of noxious weeds as part of Oregon Adopt-a-Highway Program.
Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to develop and make available Oregon transparency website for purpose of allowing people to view information that is public record and not exempt from disclosure.
Requires health plans to cover services of professional counselors and marriage and family therapists if certain other services are covered by plan.
Creates Charitable Prescription Drug Program in State Board of Pharmacy for purpose of distributing donated prescription drugs to needy or uninsured individuals.
Modifies definition of "vulnerable user of a public way.".
Allows certain veterans with honorable discharges to pay tuition and fees at discounted rates.
Broadens category of health care professionals who may use certain titles.
Modifies definition of online communication for purposes of online sexual corruption of child.
Creates work group on maternal mental health disorders within Department of Human Services.
Prohibits person from intentionally selling or using software to circumvent, thwart, interfere with or evade any control or measure that ensures equitable distribution, sale or resale of admission tickets for entertainment event.
Adds pharmacists to list of public or private officials required to report child abuse.
Creates Work Group on Prescriptive Authority for Licensed Psychologists for purposes related to psychologists prescribing medications.
Increases hours of day during which children under 16 years of age may work.
Extends statute of limitations for action based on conduct that constitutes child abuse or conduct knowingly allowing, permitting or encouraging child abuse.
Requires court to make written findings that set forth reasons why placement of child or ward with relative is not in best interest of child or ward when Department of Human Services decides to place child or ward with that relative and court makes contrary determination.
Makes knowingly taking advantage of disabled veteran, disabled servicemember, servicemember in active service or spouse unconscionable tactic and unlawful trade practice.
Permits certain health professional regulatory boards to adopt rules that permit practitioners to prescribe or dispense antibiotic drugs to partners of patient without examining partner for treatment of sexually transmitted diseases.
Authorizes Department of Human Services to provide noncash benefits instead of cash payments in Oregon Supplemental Income Program.
Updates certain statutes relating to regulation of pharmacies and pharmacists.
Modifies qualifications for dental hygienists authorized to practice dental hygiene without license .
Requires clinical laboratory to release results of test to patient upon receiving authorization from doctor, dentist or person who requested test.
Allows pharmacists to administer vaccines to persons who are at least 11 years of age.
Prohibits county, city, special district or 9-1-1 jurisdiction from punishing or penalizing public or private safety agency for failure to meet contractually mandated response times during declared state of emergency for which agency has provided resources for emergency response outside normal jurisdiction.
Allows Department of Human Services to contract with victim services providers to place staff members from victim services providers at child welfare offices.
Requires public electric utility that supplies customer with outdoor lighting fixtures to provide customer option of using shielded outdoor lighting fixtures.
Requires Department of State Police to create medical health database to aid law enforcement agencies in assisting persons with mental illness in obtaining services.
Defines "veteran" for purposes of section 3, Article XI-A of Oregon Constitution.
Classifies crime of assault in second degree as assault in first degree if defendant knows victim is pregnant.
Passed the House · 3
Transfers administration of Rural Health Services Program from Oregon Student Assistance Commission to Office of Rural Health.
Exempts records and information that identify person as holder of or applicant for concealed handgun license from disclosure.
Directs Department of Transportation to issue Keep Kids Safe registration plates.
Out of committee · 8
Requires Department of Transportation to study feasibility of constructing highway between Coos Bay and Ontario.
Creates Director of Legislative Audit Office appointed by Joint Legislative Audit Committee.
Directs Department of State Police to adopt rules that identify reciprocal licenses that allow holder of license to carry concealed handgun in another state.
Allocates moneys from Administrative Services Economic Development Fund to Oregon Innovation Council for deposit in Oregon Innovation Fund for specified purposes.
Gives certain districts extension of exemption from requirements regarding health benefit plans offered by Oregon Educators Benefit Board.
Establishes tax credit for plug-in electric drive motor vehicles.
Requires state funding for graduate medical education to be used for training primary care medical residents.
Establishes medical education loan program for new primary care physicians in Oregon.
In committee · 65
Specifies amount of income from Common School Fund that Department of State Lands must transfer each calendar year to Superintendent of Public Instruction for apportionment among counties and school districts.
Modifies required contents of statement of economic interest.
Requires Department of Human Services, law enforcement agency and other entity or person responsible for taking child into protective custody to provide parents or guardian with written information about parents' and guardian's rights and responsibilities, and resources for legal assistance, when child is taken into protective custody.
Specifies that statutes and rules that apply to school district boards, school districts or public schools do not apply to small schools.
Allows motorcycle operator to replace discharge nozzle after dispensing fuel.
Requires Department of Human Services, in determining income available for costs of care for applicant for or recipient of Oregon Supplemental Income Program medical assistance, to disregard income paid by applicant or recipient for child or spousal support.
Removes requirement for State Department of Agriculture to monitor ethanol fuel production and issue notice when ethanol production reaches specified level.
Requires Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt rules allowing insurers to offer health insurance policies excluding benefits or coverage of specified conditions and services otherwise required by law.
Requires Department of Human Services and Department of Revenue to collaborate in establishing outreach program to educate senior citizens and persons with disabilities about property tax deferral.
Provides that consumer contract may not contain provision to renew contract for additional term automatically or unless consumer declares intention to terminate or not renew contract.
Appropriates moneys to Oregon Student Assistance Commission for rural health loan repayment program.
Prohibits use, sale, transfer or exchange for value, for commercial purposes, of prescription drug information that identifies prescriber or subject of prescription drug order.
Authorizes imposition of sentencing enhancement of 36 to 60 months upon conviction of gang-related felony.
Prohibits cities that use photo red light cameras from providing compensation to manufacturers and vendors of photo red light cameras based on number of citations issued or percentage of moneys collected from payment of fines.
Requires Department of Human Services to provide emergency and nonemergency dental services in Oregon Health Plan.
Creates tax credit for educational expenses or contributions to qualified scholarship granting organization.
Allows certain public charter schools to qualify as small high school for purpose of small school district grant.
Exempts foreign insurers licensed to sell health insurance in another state from requirements of Insurance Code and certain other requirements.
Directs State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation to develop recommended state medical malpractice insurance program to be administered by corporation.
Requires health care facilities and health care providers to use interoperable electronic health information system by December 15, 2015.
Prohibits certain persons from simultaneously holding more than three permits issued pursuant to restricted vessel permit system.
Authorizes weddings and other commercial gatherings that do not involve overnight stay, including siting of associated structures, under conditionally allowable use of land in exclusive farm use zone as private park.
Allows public utility full cost recovery for hydrogen power station investments.
Allows Department of Transportation to issue group registration plate for group that promotes prevention of wildfires.
Creates State Police Patrol Fund, separate and distinct from General Fund.
Requires policy or certificate of health insurance to cover 90-day supply of prescription drugs covered by policy or certificate if prescribed by health care provider.
Requires counties to appoint service officers.
Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to determine source and establish price agreement for state agencies to procure power management software.
Requires supervising agency to determine if supervised person is predatory sex offender.
Increases corporate minimum tax to $300.
Expands ability of employer to prohibit use of medical marijuana in workplace.
Suspends adjustment to Oregon minimum wage rate if Oregon unemployment rate exceeds national unemployment rate.
Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife to develop plan for reforming hatchery operations and reconstructing hatchery facilities.
Increases amount of personal exemption income tax credit.
Creates income tax credit for capital improvements to business facilities or homes that are commenced prior to later of September 1, 2009, or effective date of Act.
Removes restriction on public charter schools offering online courses that 50 percent or more of students in school must reside in school district in which school is located.
Provides that person who is legally present in any place is not liable for failing to retreat from attacker.
Allows person who filed claim with county or with state under Ballot Measure 37 (2004) to file claim under Ballot Measure 49 (2007) even though person did not file claim with both county and state.
Requires Office of Rural Health to certify pharmacists providing services in critical access pharmacies for purposes of tax credit.
Requires Department of Human Services to conduct study of regulatory oversight of residential treatment facilities.
Defines statutory term regarding management of acquired lands designated as state forests, common school forest lands and the Elliott State Forest Lands.
Provides statutory authorization for Oregon University System student code of conduct.
Allows community colleges and state institutions of higher education to recover from school districts costs of providing remedial education to students.
Adds sexual misconduct to definition of "abuse" for purposes of mandatory child reporting statutes.
Permits small woodland owner to register vehicle as farm vehicle.
Requires State Forestry Department and other state agencies to support expeditious harvesting of downed trees as part of state forest recovery and restoration plans and policies.
Directs State Fish and Wildlife Commission to establish Oregon Limited Entry Fishing Guide Program.
Modifies time within which filing officer must determine whether violation related to certain campaign finance laws occurred and notify person who is subject of violation.
Requires Quality Education Commission to identify related costs to local school districts for meeting quality goals for education.
Requires statewide elected officials, agency directors and members of Legislative Assembly to pay nine percent of premium for coverage under certain benefit plans.
Allows person to occupy state-owned submersible or submerged lands, without fee, to operate and maintain streambank and stabilization structures.
Replaces personal exemption credit for dependent with income tax subtraction of $1,000 per dependent.
Eliminates 15-year limit for preference in public employment for veterans.
Prohibits commencement of civil action against health care provider until after submission of health care claim to medical legal panel.
Allows school districts to submit information to Department of State Police for purpose of conducting criminal records checks.
Requires Department of Human Services to develop proposal allowing state to operate demonstration project testing use of health savings accounts in state medical assistance program, to submit proposal for project to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for approval and to implement project upon notification that project is approved.
Authorizes board of elections officials to enhance or duplicate ballot for purposes of counting ballot by vote tally machine.
Requires Secretary of State or county clerk to send list of invalid signatures on state initiative, referendum or recall petition to chief petitioners.
Requires evidence of citizenship for persons registering to vote for first time in this state.
Prohibits state government from employing individual who is not legal resident or does not have legal authorization to work.
Requires Department of Human Services to verify legal presence in United States for applicants of public assistance.
Requires county to verify immigration status of person incarcerated in county correctional facility.
Directs Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to establish advisory committee to develop survey for teacher education institutions.
Establishes tax credit for transportation of woody biomass from forest management operations to biofuel producer.
Establishes Oregon Other Funds Reserve Fund.