Bills in the 2007 Regular Session, Senate.
Bill Morrisette
Sponsored
Became law9
Expands list of individuals and entities that may participate in Oregon Prescription Drug Program.
Requires Director of Human Services to establish Consumer Advisory Council to advise director on provision of mental health services by Department of Human Services.
Requires college textbook publishers to provide prospective adopters of particular textbook or set of textbooks with specified information regarding products.
Allows Oregon State Board of Nursing to abstain from imposing discipline on licensees who voluntarily seek treatment for chemical dependency or emotional or physical problems if board finds that licensee poses no danger to public health, safety or welfare.
Defines "naturopathic physician." Allows naturopathic physician to submit report to State Health Officer in support of application for certificate of eligibility for person with physical condition that affects person's ability to operate motor vehicle.
Expands lifespan respite care to include individuals with behavioral conditions.
Authorizes podiatric physician and surgeon member of Board of Medical Examiners to vote on all matters before board.
Requires that public bodies cooperate with and provide information requested by ombudsman established or authorized by law or designated by Governor.
Gives adult foster care home providers right to collectively bargain with State of Oregon.
Out of committee7
Prohibits certain health care facilities from employing or contracting with surgical technologist unless surgical technologist meets certain requirements.
Establishes Office of Health Care Ombudsman to receive and investigate complaints about provision of Oregon Health Plan care or services by employees or agents of Department of Human Services, fully capitated health plans and prepaid managed care health services organizations.
Establishes Consumer Advisory Council to advise Director of Human Services on provision of mental health services.
Requires Department of Human Services to establish traumatic brain injury registry system and to collect data regarding traumatic brain injuries.
Creates Task Force on Oregon's Comprehensive Services System for Adults and Children with Developmental Disabilities.
Establishes Family Caregiver Support Advisory Board to advise Department of Human Services on needs of family caregivers.
Directs Department of Human Services to implement Oregon State Hepatitis C Strategic Plan to promote public awareness of hepatitis C. Directs department to establish pilot program for voluntary hepatitis C testing.
In committee22
Eliminates authority of Board of Naturopathic Examiners to regulate practice of traditional naturopathy by certain doctors of traditional naturopathy.
Permits physician assistant to provide compensable medical services for purposes of workers' compensation claims.
Expands prohibition of smoking in public places and places of employment.
Establishes Oregon Educators Benefit Board.
Requires group health insurance policies to cover hospital or medical expenses for injuries arising from motorcycle or bicycle activities.
Prohibits high velocity, low amplitude spinal manipulation or chiropractic spinal adjustment by person who does not meet certain requirements.
Prohibits money transmission licensees from conducting money transmissions or issuing or selling payment instruments for more than specific amount of money without obtaining thumbprint from person requesting transmission.
Requires person licensed as physical therapist or physical therapist assistant to use professional designation.
Adds inspectors to category of workers who must be paid prevailing wage rates on public works.
Provides patient freedom of choice of health care physician and primary care physician from among all health care physicians.
Requires health benefit plan to provide coverage for services rendered by professional counselors or marriage and family therapists acting within their scope of practice if plan covers services by other professionals providing same or similar services.
Modifies period that licensee of State Board of Chiropractic Examiners or similarly licensed chiropractic physician or doctor may serve as attending physician in workers' compensation claim.
Requires election of five members and appointment of two members to board of directors of mass transit district situated in standard metropolitan statistical area with population of 400,000 or fewer individuals.
Repeals laws relating to required contracts between suppliers and wholesalers of alcoholic beverages.
Requires Department of Human Services to provide prescription drug coverage in medical assistance program for hydrofluoroalkane metered dose inhalers.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Human Services to supplement moneys otherwise available for area agencies on aging.
Replaces process for removing discriminatory language from restrictive covenant with process for modifying restrictive covenant to remove discriminatory language.
Requires professional regulatory boards to report annually about complaints received by board.
Requires local governments to project amount of space presently used for manufactured dwellings within urban growth boundaries that will be converted to another use, and to plan and zone to establish sufficient amount of affordable space for manufactured dwellings outside urban growth boundaries.
Authorizes Department of Human Services to establish medical marijuana dispensary program pilot project.
Provides that investigator may not determine that complaint against adult foster home is substantiated in certain circumstances.
Requires certain state agencies to develop plans for mitigating effects of natural disasters and for recovery and reconstruction efforts after natural disaster has occurred.
Carried from the House
Became law2
Specifies minimum standards for food and beverages sold in public schools.
Requires city within Lane County that has population of 50,000 or more to establish, separately from any other city in county, urban growth boundary consistent with jurisdictional area of responsibility in acknowledged comprehensive plan and demonstrate that plan provides sufficient buildable lands.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 17
Creates Oregon Healthy Kids Program, which includes private health option to provide affordable, accessible health care to children.
Declares nursing workforce and nursing faculty shortage.
Requires health benefit plan that covers chemotherapy to cover orally administered anticancer medication as part of medical benefit.
Directs Oregon Government Standards and Practices Commission to charge public bodies, special government bodies, local governments and local service districts proportionate amounts for purposes of funding activities of commission.
Requires tissue banks and eye banks to be registered and regulated by United States Food and Drug Administration.
Allows nurse or employee of Department of Public Safety Standards and Training who is retired under Public Employees Retirement System to be employed full-time by public employer as nursing instructor or department instructor without loss of retirement benefits.
Expands prohibition of smoking in public places and places of employment.
Creates crime of subjecting another to involuntary servitude in first degree.
Prohibits discrimination against disabled person and discrimination due to race, color, sex, marital status, source of income, familial status, religion or national origin by multiple listing service, real estate brokers' organization or other service, organization or facility relating to business of selling or renting dwellings.
Directs State Board of Education to adopt by rule process that school district must follow to resolve complaints.
Gives family child care providers right to collectively bargain with State of Oregon.
Requires Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon to commission independent study to make findings and recommendations regarding pedestrian crossing safety.
Establishes renewable portfolio standard for electric utilities and electricity service suppliers.
Directs Department of Human Services, after application for and approval of federal waiver, and after approval of federal funding, to disregard amount of annual cost-of-living adjustment for monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits when determining financial eligibility for food stamp benefits.
Declares practice of pharmacy health care professional practice.
Establishes task force to study obesity treatment and prevention.
Directs community colleges and state institutions of higher education to adopt plans to encourage students to register to vote and to vote in elections.
Vetoed · 1
Establishes Committee on Performance Excellence.
Passed the Senate · 3
Allows freestanding hospice facilities in existing dwellings and one accessory building to locate on land zoned for exclusive farm use if existing dwelling qualifies for alteration, restoration or replacement.
Prohibits prepaid managed care health services organizations that contract with Department of Human Services to provide health care services from excluding nurse practitioners from panels of service providers.
Authorizes, as conditional use on lands zoned for exclusive farm use, siting of facility for storage of aerial display fireworks by holder of permit issued by State Fire Marshal.
Out of committee · 6
Creates Oregon Better Health Trust Fund to pool state and federal expenditures for health care in Oregon and to finance treatment of defined set of essential health conditions for all Oregonians.
Requires Department of Human Services to award grants for primary care home pilot projects.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Human Services for psychiatric day treatment for eastern Oregon children.
Requires approval by majority of members of Workers' Compensation Management-Labor Advisory Committee for recommendations of committee to be reported to Legislative Assembly and Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services.
Establishes congenital defect and birth abnormality registry system.
Revises certificate of need process.
In committee · 18
Creates crime of Internet solicitation of a minor.
Prohibits minor 14 years of age or younger from using tanning device at tanning facility.
Modifies membership of Workers' Compensation Management-Labor Advisory Committee.
Directs Department of Education to conduct study on career and technical education.
Makes otherwise valid noncompetition agreement between employer and employee void and unenforceable if employee is laid off by employer.
Allows school districts and education service districts to establish public district-sponsored homeschool resource centers as alternative education programs.
Requires health benefit plan to make check for payment for health care services payable jointly to provider of health care services and enrollee if provider has not contracted with enrollee's health benefit plan to provide health care services.
Requires Legislative Counsel to solicit bids for printing of Oregon Revised Statutes each biennium.
Requires applicant for energy facility site certificate to obtain land use approval from local government.
Establishes State Police Patrol Division Fund.
Requires that operator of or individual in charge of certain mass transit equipment or facilities owned or operated by Tri-Met contact 9-1-1 emergency reporting system before contacting mass transit system dispatch operator when emergency arises.
Requires financial institution and employee or agent of financial institution to report suspected abuse of elderly person.
Amends definition of "person with a serious mental illness." Requires Department of Human Services to suspend medical assistance to persons receiving treatment for substance abuse.
Directs State Commission on Children and Families to support Centers for Family Success.
Creates personal income tax credit for contributions to food bank or other charitable organization.
Eliminates authority of Board of Naturopathic Examiners to regulate practice of traditional naturopathy by certain doctors of traditional naturopathy.
Requires State Department of Energy to confer with governing body of local government within whose jurisdiction certain facilities may be located.
Requires that first $7.7 million of amounts collected under public purpose charge in calendar year 2008 be distributed to State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries for purpose of paying costs of Oregon territorial sea mapping project at Oregon State University.