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HB4124 - Relating to funding for Oregon cultural organizations; declaring an emergency.
Robert A. Nosse, Annessa D. Hartman, Richard S. Anderson
Last updated 10 months ago
26 Co-Sponsors
The Act funds cultural groups in Oregon. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.7). Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Business Development Department to distribute to Oregon cultural organizations in response to the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on organization finances. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Failed
SB1581 - Relating to the reporting of the status of a regional energy market.
Kathleen Taylor, David Brock Smith, Courtney Neron
Last updated 9 months ago
27 Co-Sponsors
The Act makes an electric company report each year on the steps taken or being taken to be part of an energy market. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.1). Requires an investor-owned utility that sells more than two million megawatt hours of electricity in a calendar year to report to and inform the Legislative Assembly [the activities, if any,] of activities that the investor-owned utility has taken or is taking toward participating in a regional energy market. Sunsets January 2, 2031.
STATUS
Passed
HB4149 - Relating to pharmacy benefits; declaring an emergency.
Nancy Nathanson, Christine Goodwin, Robert A. Nosse
Last updated 9 months ago
26 Co-Sponsors
The Act requires PBMs to be licensed and changes the definition of a PBM. The Act changes the way PBMs can audit drug stores. The Act requires PBMs to report certain information each year to DCBS. The Act makes changes to the way 340B drugs are covered by insurance. The Act protects certain information that is provided to or developed by the OPDP from being released to the public. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.3). Requires pharmacy benefit managers to be licensed by the Department of Consumer and Business Services beginning January 1, 2025. Modifies the definition of "pharmacy benefit manager" and imposes new requirements on pharmacy benefit managers. Restricts audits of pharmacy claims for reimbursement. Requires pharmacy benefit managers to report specified information to the department on an annual basis. Imposes new requirements with respect to the insurance coverage of 340B drugs. Protects from public disclosure certain information provided to or developed by the Oregon Prescription Drug Program. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Passed
HB4082 - Relating to funding for expanded learning opportunities; declaring an emergency.
Susan McLain, Lew Frederick, Courtney Neron
Last updated 10 months ago
39 Co-Sponsors
Directs ODE to fund summer learning programs and to study how to provide learning during nonschool hours. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Requires the Department of Education to establish and administer the Summer Learning Grant program. Establishes requirements of the program. Directs the department to study and propose recommendations to develop an initiative that addresses education disparities through increased summer and after-school learning opportunities. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Passed
HB4133 - Relating to wildfire; prescribing an effective date; providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority.
Pam J. Marsh, Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, Lynn Findley
Last updated 10 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
The Act makes changes related to a forest products tax. The Act creates a new fund related to wildfire costs. The Act makes changes related to forest protection districts. The Act makes changes related to fees for fire protection. The Act makes changes related to the Emergency Fire Cost Committee. The Act makes changes related to a fund for protecting forest land. The Act makes changes related to a fee on acreage. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.1). [Digest: The Act makes changes related to a forest products tax. The Act creates a new fund related to wildfire costs. The Act makes changes related to forest protection districts. The Act makes changes related to fees for fire protection. The Act makes changes related to the Emergency Fire Cost Committee. The Act makes changes related to a fund for protecting forest land. The Act repeals a fee on acreage. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.0).] Makes certain changes related to the forest products harvest tax. Establishes a State Forestry Department Large Wildfire Fund[. Continuously appropriates moneys in the fund to] for use by the State Forestry Department for wildfire mitigation and suppression. Makes certain changes related to forest protection districts. Makes certain changes related to a minimum assessment and surcharge. Makes certain changes related to the Emergency Fire Cost Committee. Makes certain changes related to the Oregon Forest Land Protection Fund. [Repeals] Makes certain changes related to an acreage assessment. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
STATUS
Failed
HB4083 - Relating to the removal of thermal coal from the State Treasury investment portfolio.
Katherine Pham, Mark F. Gamba, Jeffrey S. Golden
Last updated 9 months ago
37 Co-Sponsors
The Act tells the State Treasurer to stop investing moneys in companies that deal in thermal coal. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1). Directs the Oregon Investment Council and the State Treasurer to make efforts to eliminate certain investments in thermal coal companies. Provides that divestments must be accomplished without monetary loss to the investment funds. Provides that investments may be retained in a thermal coal company that is transitioning to clean energy. Requires an annual report to the Legislative Assembly on actions taken pursuant to this Act.
STATUS
Passed
SB1592 - Relating to expansion of behavioral health workforce; declaring an emergency.
Jeffrey S. Golden, Robert A. Nosse, Nathan Sosa
Last updated 10 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Gives money to a state agency to give to some colleges to help train more mental health workers. (Flesch Readability Score: 71). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to certain institutions of higher education to expand the behavioral health workforce in Oregon. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Failed
HB4132 - Relating to marine reserves; declaring an emergency.
David Gomberg, Richard S. Anderson, Suzanne Weber
Last updated 9 months ago
28 Co-Sponsors
The Act makes ODFW, SFWC and DSL amend their marine reserve programs. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.8). Requires the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission and the Department of State Lands to implement the Ocean Policy Advisory Council recommendations to develop an adaptive management and social monitoring program to support marine reserves. Appropriates moneys to the State Department of Fish and Wildlife for the program. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Passed
HB4120 - Relating to opioid use disorder treatment in correctional facilities in Oregon not operated by the Department of Corrections; declaring an emergency.
Pam J. Marsh, Kevin L. Mannix, Maxine E. Dexter
Last updated 10 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
The Act creates a grant program to help some people in custody with opioid addiction. The Act gives money to a state agency to fund the grant program. The Act tells the state agency to give a report to the state legislature by December 1, 2024. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.5). Establishes the Oregon Jail-Based Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Grant Program in the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission. Directs the commission to administer the program in collaboration with the Oregon Health Authority. Establishes the Oregon Jail-Based Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Fund for purposes related to the program. Appropriates moneys for deposit in the fund. Requires the commission to submit a report on the program to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary and health care no later than December 1, 2024. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Failed
SB1569 - Relating to medical assistance payments for services provided to individuals with cognitive impairments.
Deb Patterson, Travis Nelson, James I. Manning
Last updated 10 months ago
31 Co-Sponsors
The Act requires the Oregon Health Plan to pay for certain health services for people with mental deficits. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6). Requires medical assistance reimbursement of cognitive assessment and care planning for recipients who experience the signs or symptoms of cognitive impairment.
STATUS
Failed
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