SB1578 - Relating to health care interpreters; prescribing an effective date.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative MeasuresIntroduced by
James I. Manning, Travis Nelson, Maxine E. Dexter
Last updated 9 months ago24 Co-Sponsors
The Act directs the OHA to set up a health care interpreter management system. The Act requires the OHA to contract with a nonprofit entity to establish a recruitment and retention program. The Act sets out certain requirements for the nonprofit. The Act requires the nonprofit to submit a report to the OHA each year. The Act requires the OHA to seek out all means to get federal matching funds to pay costs of health care interpreter services. The Act goes into effect 91 days after the session ends. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Directs the Oregon Health Authority to establish and maintain an online portal with the functionality to provide online scheduling for health care providers and coordinated care organizations to use to contact health care interpreters directly for purposes of serving Oregon Health Plan members and to process billing for health care interpreter services that were rendered to Oregon Health Plan members. Requires the authority to contract with a nonprofit entity to develop and administer a health care interpreter recruitment and retention program. Provides criteria and reporting requirements that the contracting nonprofit must meet. Requires the authority to seek any federal funding available for costs of reimbursing health care interpreters for health care interpretation services provided to [medical assistance recipients] Oregon Health Plan members no later than January 1, 2025. Modifies certain biennial appropriations made from the General Fund to the Oregon Health Authority. Establishes and modifies limitations on expenditures for certain biennial expenses for the Oregon Health Authority. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
STATUS
Passed
SCR213 - Recognizing and honoring Specialist Ken "Kenny" Leisten (1984-2004) for his service to his country.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative MeasuresIntroduced by
Suzanne Weber, Wlnsvey E. Campos, Cyrus Javadi
Last updated 10 months ago27 Co-Sponsors
Honors the life and memory of Ken Leisten. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.8). Recognizes and honors Specialist Ken "Kenny" Leisten (1984-2004) for his service to his country.
STATUS
Passed
SB1520 - Relating to an income tax subtraction for amounts received in wildfire litigation; prescribing an effective date.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative MeasuresIntroduced by
Brian J. Boquist, David Brock Smith, Lynn Findley
Last updated 9 months ago21 Co-Sponsors
Exempts awards from and legal fees paid in wildfire suits from income tax. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.5). Digest: Exempts award from wildfire suit from income tax. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.8).] Creates Oregon tax subtraction for amounts received in resolution of a civil action arising from wildfire. Creates an Oregon tax subtraction for wildfire-related legal fees paid by plaintiffs. Allows taxpayer to amend return to claim refund for earliest tax year in which subtraction is allowed. Applies to declarations and executive orders issued on or after January 1, [2020] 2018, and before January 1, 2026, and to amounts received, losses incurred and legal fees paid in tax years beginning on or after January 1, [2020] 2018. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
STATUS
Passed
SB1503 - Relating to public health; prescribing an effective date.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative MeasuresIntroduced by
Rob Wagner, Dan Rayfield, Bill Hansell
Last updated 9 months ago21 Co-Sponsors
The Act makes a task force on community safety and suicide prevention. The Act provides money for research on those topics. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.2). Establishes the Task Force on Community Safety and Firearm Suicide Prevention and requires the task force to report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health care. Appropriates money for research on gun violence and suicide prevention ordered by the task force. Sunsets on December 31, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
STATUS
Passed
SB1561 - Relating to the administration of moneys received from the Monsanto settlement; declaring an emergency.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative MeasuresIntroduced by
Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, Ken Helm, Michael E. Dembrow
Last updated 9 months ago31 Co-Sponsors
This Act creates a council and funds to distribute and invest money from a legal settlement. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Establishes the Environmental Restoration Council. Directs the council to establish programs to distribute moneys from the Monsanto settlement. Establishes the Oregon Environmental Restoration Fund. Establishes the State Agency Program Fund. Establishes the Disproportionately Impacted Community Fund. Establishes the Tribal Nation Natural Resource Program Fund. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Passed
SB1595 - Relating to protections from debt collection; declaring an emergency.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative MeasuresIntroduced by
Chris Gorsek, Kayse M. Jama, Nathan Sosa
Last updated 9 months ago46 Co-Sponsors
The Act increases some amounts that are protected from debt collectors. The Act changes some laws about bad debt collection methods. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.2). Increases certain exemptions from garnishment and execution. Modifies provisions relating to unfair debt collection practices. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Passed
SB1509 - Relating to Columbia River fisheries; declaring an emergency.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative Measures
Last updated 9 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
The Act stops the lottery for Columbia River gillnet fishing permits. The Act directs an agency to start a work group to make suggestions on creating a program for buying the permits from willing sellers. The Act directs the agency to report on the suggestions of the work group on a due date. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.9). [Digest: The Act stops the lottery for Columbia River gillnet fishing permits. The Act directs an agency to create a short-term program for buying the permits from willing sellers. The Act directs an agency to report on a due date on creating a long-term version of the program. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.2).] Eliminates the lottery for Columbia River gillnet vessel permits. [Directs the State Fish and Wildlife Commission to establish a Columbia River gillnet vessel permit purchase program that ends on January 2, 2026.] Directs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to convene a work group to provide recommendations on a voluntary Columbia River gillnet vessel permit buyback program. Directs the department to report to [interim] committees of the Legislative Assembly that relate to natural resources, on or before [September] November 15, 2024, on [establishing a Columbia River gillnet vessel permit buyback program] the recommendations. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Passed
SB1558 - Relating to exceptions to abbreviated school day requirements for schedules for which a determination of the satisfaction of high school graduation requirements must be made; and declaring an emergency.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative MeasuresIntroduced by
Sara Gelser Blouin, Zachary T. Hudson, Suzanne Weber
Last updated 9 months ago4 Co-Sponsors
Does not apply the shortened school day law to certain class periods or types of instruction. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.9). Makes an exception to abbreviated school day requirements for when a student voluntarily does not schedule a class for one or more class periods or for certain asynchronous instruction. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Passed
SB1568 - Relating to a prevailing rate of wage for electrical workers; and prescribing an effective date.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative MeasuresIntroduced by
Janeen A. Sollman, Julianne Fahey, James I. Manning
Last updated 9 months ago4 Co-Sponsors
Makes pay for electricians equal to the pay in a union contract in parts of the state where there is a union contract and the union is the only one that speaks for electricians. Takes effect 91 days after session ends (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Provides that, for the purpose of specifying the prevailing rate of wage for electrical workers, a locality is the geographical area within which each local union is the exclusive representative for the local union's membership, and the collective bargaining agreement is the collective bargaining agreement to which the local union is a party. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
STATUS
Passed
SB1532 - Relating to statewide education plans.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative MeasuresIntroduced by
Kayse M. Jama, Lew Frederick, Sara Gelser Blouin
Last updated 9 months ago26 Co-Sponsors
Directs ODE to make a plan for the education of students who are immigrants. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Directs the Department of Education to develop and implement a statewide education plan for students who are asylum seekers, refugees or any other immigrant.
STATUS
Passed
SB1585 - Relating to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits; prescribing an effective date.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative MeasuresIntroduced by
Wlnsvey E. Campos, Courtney Neron, Michael E. Dembrow
Last updated 9 months ago29 Co-Sponsors
The Act requires DHS to set up a task force and come up with a plan for a program that allows people who receive SNAP aid to be able to use the aid to buy hot foods and hot foods that are ready to eat. The Act says who must be on the task force. The Act requires DHS to take steps to carry out the program. (Flesch Readability Score: 87). Requires the Department of Human Services to convene a task force to analyze options available under federal law for a program that allows recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to use the benefits for hot foods, including restaurant meals. Specifies the membership of the task force. Requires the department to implement the program on a statewide basis or as a pilot program. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
STATUS
Passed
SB1564 - Relating to housing; declaring an emergency.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative MeasuresIntroduced by
Richard S. Anderson, Tim Knopp, Vikki Breese-Iverson
Last updated 9 months ago5 Co-Sponsors
The Act makes LCDC adopt model rules for housing for cities of different sizes. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.2). Requires the Land Conservation and Development Commission to adopt model ordinances for cities of different sizes to implement housing and urbanization requirements. Appropriates moneys to the [commission for purposes of the Act] Department of Land Conservation and Development for the purpose of adopting model ordinances. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Passed
SB1506 - Relating to pharmacy; prescribing an effective date.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative Measures
Last updated 9 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
The Act temporarily lets pharmacists test a person for a virus and treat the person for the virus. The Act also tells some health insurers to pay the pharmacist who tests and treats the person. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). [Digest: The Act tells the Oregon Health Authority to pay a pharmacist who tests or treats a person for a virus. Lets a pharmacist test for and treat a virus. Starts on October 1, 2024, and ends on June 30, 2026. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.3).] Allows a pharmacist to test and prescribe, dispense and administer treatment for [and treat a certain virus] SARS-CoV-2. Requires the Oregon Health Authority medical assistance program, health benefit plans and benefit plans offered by the Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board to reimburse a pharmacist for testing and prescribing, dispensing and administering treatment [of the virus] for SARS-CoV-2. Sunsets June 30, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
STATUS
Passed
SB1508 - Relating to health care.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative Measures
Last updated 9 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
The Act forbids the HERC from using quality of life to measure the weight to give to a service that may be covered by the state Medicaid program. The Act caps the amount a person must pay for insulin under a health benefit plan to $35. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.9). [Digest: The Act forbids the HERC from using quality of life to measure the weight to give to a service that may be covered by the state Medicaid program. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6).] In determining the ranking of a condition-treatment pair on the prioritized list of health services covered by the medical assistance program, prohibits the Health Evidence Review Commission from relying upon a quality of life in general measure or from relying on any research or analyses that rely upon or refer to a quality of life measure, unless specified conditions are met. Caps cost-sharing required by health benefit plans at $35 for coverage of insulin.
STATUS
Passed
SB1514 - Relating to family and medical leave insurance; and declaring an emergency.
Oregon - 2024 Legislative Measures
Last updated 9 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
The Act would require the Director of OED to conduct periodic assessments of the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund. The Act would allow the director to take actions if the director found the fund to be insolvent. The Act would take effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Requires the Director of the Employment Department to conduct periodic assessments to determine the solvency of the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund. Specifies the actions that the director may take to restore solvency if the director determines that the fund is, or may be, insolvent. Requires the Director of the Employment Department to include in the department's biennial reports to the Legislative Assembly a summary of the periodic assessments conducted by the director and a summary of any actions taken by the director to restore solvency. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Passed
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