Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, Senate.
Bill Morrisette
Sponsored
Became law8
Requires coaches of school athletic teams to receive annual training on how to recognize symptoms of concussion and how to seek proper medical treatment for person suspected of having concussion.
Requires Department of Human Services to establish and maintain prescription monitoring program for monitoring and reporting certain prescription drugs dispensed by pharmacies.
Requires health benefit plan to provide coverage of medically necessary treatment for traumatic brain injury.
Directs Department of Education to seek public and private funding for programs that link physical activity and academic achievement and inform school districts about funding opportunities.
Requires Department of Human Services to determine and submit to Oregon Department of Administrative Services budget level for type B area agencies calculated at 95 percent of costs to Department of Human Services if clients were served by Department of Human Services.
Requires certain health insurers to cover tobacco use cessation programs.
Modifies provisions relating to administration of Oregon Prescription Drug Program.
Adds dentist as member of Health Services Commission.
Passed the Senate1
Requires drug manufacturers and wholesale drug outlets to adopt marketing code of conduct and make annual report to State Board of Pharmacy.
Out of committee3
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Human Services for deposit in Oregon Project Independence Fund.
Requires Department of Human Services to provide, through area agencies, emergency services to senior citizens and persons with disabilities who lose specified services due to reductions in funding.
Amends definition of "home care worker" to include individual whose compensation is funded in whole or part by Department of Human Services, area agency or other public agency and to limit definition of "home care worker" to individuals registered with Home Care Commission.
In committee30
Establishes Oregon Health Care Financing Authority as public corporation.
Allocates portion of Criminal Fine and Assessment Account to Emergency Medical Services Enhancement Account.
Requires Department of Human Services to use savings from nursing home allocations to provide home and community-based care to seniors and persons with physical disabilities.
Establishes Office of Consumer Affairs in Department of Human Services to promote consumer-directed mental health services.
Prohibits certain health care facilities from employing or contracting with surgical technologist unless surgical technologist meets certain requirements.
Creates process for forestland owners or cooperative associations of log haulers to petition State Forester to determine rate of compensation for log haulers.
Creates offense of smoking in motor vehicle while person under age of 16 is in motor vehicle.
Permits medical marijuana cardholders to possess certain amounts of hashish and food and tincture that incorporate marijuana or hashish.
Requires residential care facilities to maintain specified liquid reserve funds.
Removes prohibition against adoption, amendment or enforcement of local ordinance, rule or other local law regulating manufactured dwelling park closures or partial closures.
Allows candidates for public office or officers or representatives of tenant organization or homeowners association to canvass in manufactured dwelling or floating home facility.
Provides that physician who registers with Department of Human Services is agent of department for purposes of Tort Claims Act, to extent physician is providing medical services to patient who is Medicare or Medicaid recipient.
Requires pharmacies to confirm that patient has valid prescription before causing prescription drug ordered through online pharmacy to be dispensed.
Provides that parties may not waive dispute resolution in certain cases arising out of provision of health care.
Requires Department of Human Services and area agencies to collaborate with stakeholders, advocates and community partners to develop set of resources and services to keep seniors and persons with disabilities in their own homes and avoid or reduce need for medical assistance for long term care.
Directs Department of Human Services to establish pilot program for administering influenza vaccine in public schools.
Requires Department of Human Services to maintain records of number of senior citizens and persons with disabilities who receive home- and community-based care as alternative to nursing home care.
Requires Department of Human Services to study impact on senior citizens and persons with disabilities of reductions in funding of health care services and to report to Emergency Board and to Seventy-sixth Legislative Assembly with recommendations for funding of services.
Allows physician assistant to authorize commitment of person who is mentally ill.
Allows county or city to make binding recommendation to Oregon Liquor Control Commission regarding application for issuance or renewal of full on-premises sales license or limited on-premises sales license.
Changes date of primary election from third Tuesday in May to third Tuesday in September in even-numbered years.
Allows one or more school districts to request proposed boundary change or merger of school districts.
Places on school district burden of proof related to school district's determination for child who may require or does require special education and related services.
Requires certain entities employing licensed health care professionals to offer annual influenza vaccinations at no cost to licensed health care employees.
Repeals laws relating to required contracts between suppliers and wholesalers of alcoholic beverages.
Enacts Interstate Compact for Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.
Restricts agency rule defining "abuse" to statutory language.
Exempts county that fails to enforce public health laws due to lack of sufficient state funding from requirement that county reimburse Department of Human Services for enforcing laws when county fails to do so.
Instructs State Plumbing Board to establish limited specialty plumber license for servicing, maintaining and repairing backflow assemblies.
Authorizes existing model railroad that is one-third scale or smaller as outright permitted use of land zoned for forest use or mixed farm and forest use.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 42
Requires drivers and occupants to immediately give notice to police officer after vehicle accident under certain circumstances.
Requires health benefit plan to provide coverage of routine costs of care in qualifying clinical trials subject to copayment and other cost sharing requirements.
Repeals provision prohibiting elector from participating in more than one nominating process for each partisan public office to be filled at general election.
Provides that obligor and obligee under support order may bring civil action for damages against employer or other person who withholds money under order to withhold, but who fails to pay withheld amounts within time allowed by law.
Establishes Oregon Civics Day for Teachers on first Friday in December.
Allows home care worker who is party in contested case hearing conducted by Department of Human Services to be represented by labor union representative.
Allows State Fish and Wildlife Commission to evaluate hatchbox program in select Rogue River basin streams after consultation with local communities , groups participating in salmon and trout enhancement program, conservation groups and National Marine Fisheries Service of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Requires health insurers to approve or reject provider's application to become credentialed provider within 90 days of receipt.
Requires health insurers to request refunds from providers within 24 months of date of payment and to allow six months for payment of refund.
Changes period in which remedy is available to consumer for motor vehicle that does not conform to manufacturer's warranty.
Restricts number of acres to be burned.
Directs Department of Human Services to establish position to act as liaison between department and communities that may become sites of certain housing facilities.
Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife to conduct study of fish hatcheries for purposes relating to environmental impact and fiscal feasibility of producing trout that are free, or almost free, of pathogens.
Requires scrap metal business to create and maintain certain records of purchase or receipt of metal property or other transactions related to metal property.
Repeals five-year time limit for exemption from taxation of Indian tribal land.
Exempts military discharge records from public records disclosure.
Modifies maximum reimbursement from Oregon Production Investment Fund for film or television production.
Establishes February 9 of each year as Ewing Young Day.
Creates Task Force on Disproportionality in Child Welfare Foster Care.
Requires adoption of integrated pest management plans for schools.
Changes composition of Oregon Wheat Commission and process for appointing members.
Authorizes insurer to pay cash dividends to enrollees who participate in approved program to promote healthy behaviors.
Directs Department of Transportation to administer program to encourage removal of outdoor advertising signs from particularly scenic areas of scenic byways.
Creates Task Force on Veterans' Reintegration.
Creates Nursing Faculty Loan Repayment Program for purpose of providing loan repayments for certain nurse educators at nursing schools in Oregon.
Authorizes cities, counties, metropolitan service districts and certain state agencies to establish transferable development credit system for purpose of allowing specified persons to transfer developmental interests from one government unit to another.
Requires applicant that seeks to establish public charter school to submit plan for school's financial management system to school district board.
Establishes authorizations, prohibitions, conditions and limits for methods used by manufactured dwelling park or marina landlord to bill tenant for certain utility or service charges.
Requires employer to provide reasonable accommodation to religious observance or practices of employee unless providing accommodation would impose undue hardship on employer.
Requires Administrator of Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research to adopt rules for approval of community-based health care initiative and of community-based health care improvement program operated by initiative.
Requires Department of Human Services to determine whether immunosuppressant drug used in connection with organ transplants is narrow therapeutic index drug within 180 days of expiration of United States patent on drug.
Requires Department of Human Services to adopt rules applicable to secure community facilities housing persons under jurisdiction of Psychiatric Security Review Board.
Prohibits employer from taking certain employment actions toward individual who is victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking.
Requires landlord of manufactured dwelling park with 200 or more spaces in park to use billing method that determines charge through submetering when assessing tenant utility or service charge for water.
Changes timing of issuance and distribution of second and third installments of lottery bonds to pay costs of Coos Bay channel deepening project.
Directs Department of Human Services, Oregon Department of Administrative Services, Department of Consumer and Business Services and Office of Private Health Partnerships to pay biennial costs of administration and enforcement of duties, functions and powers transferred from departments and office to Oregon Health Authority.
Requires applicant for renewal of disabled person parking permit to submit certificate from medical professional stating that applicant is person with disability.
Requires University of Oregon to implement Oregon Climate Corps through University of Oregon Institute for Sustainable Environment Climate Masters program to extent funds are available.
Removes requirement that proposals for purchase of real property from state be accompanied by certified check or by sufficient bond furnished by surety company in sum not less than 10 percent of total amount of value of proposal.
Requires government agency that hires employee who voluntarily leaves employment of original employing governmental agency to reimburse original employing governmental agency for certain costs incurred by training employee.
Revises regulations for life settlement insurance.
Requires Department of Education to grant waiver that allows school district to contract with entity that administers nationally normed assessments if entity meets specified requirements.
Passed the Senate · 4
Creates evidentiary privilege for confidential communication made by minor to parent.
Directs Oregon Investment Council and State Treasurer to try to ensure that investment funds are not invested in company doing business in or with Iran or owned or controlled by government of Iran.
Modifies priority of land for inclusion within urban growth boundary.
Authorizes State Fish and Wildlife Commission to designate up to three lakes as Blue Ribbon Fisheries.
Out of committee · 7
Directs Department of Human Services, when department secures sufficient funding, to establish registry and advisory committee related to birth anomalies and adverse pregnancy outcomes.
Authorizes counties to impose malt beverage cost recovery fee through adoption of ordinance imposing fee.
Modifies definition of "violation" for purposes of removal-fill provisions.
Expands eligibility for medical assistance for low income and uninsured women diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer.
Requires Department of Human Services to provide screening for breast and cervical cancer to persons who meet eligibility requirements for Oregon Breast and Cervical Cancer Program.
Creates Family Leave Benefits Insurance Program to provide benefits to employees taking family leave.
Classifies crime of murder as aggravated murder if defendant committed murder knowing victim was pregnant.
In committee · 17
Creates prepaid tuition contracts for Oregon residents under Oregon 529 College Savings Network.
Requires school districts to offer half-day kindergarten.
Designates offices of Secretary of State, State Treasurer and Attorney General as nonpartisan.
Allows member of Legislative Assembly to pay, from contributions to member or member's principal campaign committee, reasonable living and travel expenses incurred by legislative staff during legislative session.
Requires clinical laboratories to release test results to patients upon receiving authorization from doctor, dentist or person who requested test.
Requires that minimum continuing legal education requirements of Oregon State Bar include cultural competency training designed to educate members on providing unbiased and effective representation of clients.
Requires Department of Human Services to adopt rules for face-to-face interviews with specified persons within 72 hours of receiving child abuse report.
Authorizes election of first board of directors of mass transit district.
Expands number of health care providers eligible for income tax credit allowed for initially contracting to provide health care services in TRICARE system by including providers who entered contracts on or after January 1, 2006.
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Military Emergency Financial Assistance Fund for purpose of funding Oregon Military Emergency Financial Assistance Program.
Allows reduction of child support awards in consideration of Social Security or veterans' benefits for child support judgments and child support judgment modifications entered on or after January 1, 1995.
Exempts honorably discharged and retired members of military from various crimes relating to possession of weapon.
Establishes income tax credit for qualified elderly taxpayer whose residential property tax equals or exceeds specified percentage of household income.
Creates Government Ethics Savings Fund.
Requires Public Employees' Benefit Board to establish health insurance option for employees of Department of Corrections with access to health care at correctional facility.
Requires Department of Corrections to study and make recommendations to Legislative Assembly about recovery of training costs for certain employees who voluntarily leave employment with department.
Increases allocation of State Highway Fund moneys for footpaths and bicycle trails.