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HB4072 - Relating to governmental payments.
Thomas Andersen, Deb Patterson, Kevin L. Mannix
Last updated 10 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
The Act would make state agencies pay a fee to Salem for the fire, police and emergency medical services that the city provides based on the agencies' use of state-owned land in the city. The Act would let other cities opt in to the fee program. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.1). Requires the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to pay a fee to the City of Salem for the share of the city's budget for fire, police and emergency medical services provided to state agencies. Authorizes the department to recoup the payment from state agencies according to their use of state-owned land in the city. Authorizes other cities to opt in to the fee program.
STATUS
Failed
HB4129 - Relating to in-home service providers.
Benjamin W. Bowman, Deb Patterson, Andrea Valderrama
Last updated 9 months ago
27 Co-Sponsors
The Act requires OHA and DHS to contract with no more than two agencies to provide agency with choice services. The Act defines the services that must be provided and the rights of individuals who receive the services. The Act requires the OHA and DHS to adopt certain rules. The Act requires people who provide agency with choice services to report any suspected child abuse or neglect to the proper powers that be. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.9). Requires the Department of Human Services and the Oregon Health Authority to contract with no more than two agencies to provide agency with choice services to individuals who are older adults or who have disabilities. Specifies the duties of the agency providing agency with choice services and rights of the individuals who are receiving agency with choice services. Requires the department and the authority to adopt rules that contain specified provisions. Specifies that all agency with choice providers are mandatory reporters of abuse or neglect.
STATUS
Passed
HB4156 - Relating to stalking; prescribing an effective date.
Kevin L. Mannix, Susan McLain, Paul Evans
Last updated 9 months ago
45 Co-Sponsors
The Act makes changes to crimes related to stalking. The Act also changes the definitions for stalking laws. The Act takes effect on July 1, 2024. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Modifies definitions pertaining to stalking orders and stalking offenses. [Increases penalties for] Expands the circumstances in which the crimes of stalking and violating a court's stalking protective order [in certain circumstances] constitute a felony offense. [Punishes by a maximum of 10 years' imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both.] Takes effect July 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
HCR203 - Reaffirming State of Oregon's commitment to its relationship with Taiwan.
Paul Evans, James I. Manning, David Gomberg
Last updated 10 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Honors the ways Oregon and Taiwan have worked together over the years. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Reaffirms the State of Oregon's commitment to its relationship with Taiwan.
STATUS
Passed
SCR212 - In memoriam: Clifford Trow, 1929-2023.
Rob Wagner, Dan Rayfield, Sara Gelser Blouin
Last updated 10 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Honors the life and memory of Clifford Trow. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.8). In memoriam: Clifford Trow, 1929-2023.
STATUS
Passed
HB4075 - Relating to funding public safety; prescribing an effective date.
Paul Evans, Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, Gregory V. Smith
Last updated 10 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
The Act would set up a task force to plan for a state body to fund public safety. The Act will take effect only if the Oregon Constitution is amended to create the state body. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.6). Establishes a task force to develop a plan for the Legislative Assembly to establish a statewide public safety funding authority in Oregon in accordance with House Joint Resolution 201 (2024). Takes effect only if House Joint Resolution 201 (2024) is approved by the people at the next regular general election. Takes effect on the effective date of the constitutional amendment proposed by House Joint Resolution 201 (2024).
STATUS
Failed
HB4046 - Relating to housing; prescribing an effective date.
Rick Lewis, Shelly Boshart Davis, David Brock Smith
Last updated 10 months ago
32 Co-Sponsors
This Act allows rural residents to build an extra house for their families. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Allows an occupying homeowner outside of an urban growth boundary to site one additional family dwelling unit on the tract of the home. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
STATUS
Failed
SCR209 - In memoriam: Joanne Russell Verger, 1930-2023.
Rob Wagner, Court Boice, Kayse M. Jama
Last updated 10 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Honors the life and memory of Joanne Russell Verger. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.1). In memoriam: Joanne Russell Verger, 1930-2023.
STATUS
Passed
SB1594 - Relating to behavioral health providers; declaring an emergency.
Chris Gorsek, Ricardo Ruiz, Annessa D. Hartman
Last updated 10 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
The Act creates the Task Force on Improving the Safety of Behavioral Health Workers. The Act says who must be on the task force and the duties of the task force. The Act creates a program in which OHA pays persons who run places that provide mental health care or substance use care so that the persons can provide their workers with on-the-job training or other types of training. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.4). [Digest: The Act requires each person who runs a place that provides mental health care and substance use care to have a safety plan to protect the person's workers. The Act sets out how a safety plan must be created and requires a person to submit the safety plan to OHA by a certain date. The Act puts civil penalties on persons who do not have safety plans, who do not submit the plans to OHA by the due date or who fail to comply with the safety plans.] [The Act creates a program in which OHA pays persons who run places that provide mental health care or substance use care so that the persons can provide their workers with on-the-job training or other types of training. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.4).] [Requires a behavioral health care facility to have in place a safety plan to ensure the safety of the employees of the facility. Specifies procedures for creating the safety plan that include involving the exclusive representative of any employees who are in a collective bargaining unit. Requires behavioral health facilities to submit safety plans to the Oregon Health Authority by September 1, 2025, and every two years thereafter.] [Requires the authority to establish a process for individuals to file a complaint regarding a violation of a safety plan and allows the authority to audit a facility for compliance with a facility's safety plan.] [Authorizes the authority to impose specified civil penalties.] Establishes the Task Force on Improving the Safety of Behavioral Health Workers. Specifies the membership and duties of the task force. Requires the task force to provide a preliminary report on its recommendations for improving worker safety by September 1, 2024, and a final report by December 1, 2024, to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health. Establishes the United We Heal Medicaid Payment Program in the Oregon Health Authority to make payments to behavioral health facilities to offer apprenticeship and training opportunities to their employee behavioral health providers. Appropriates moneys to the authority to distribute to the United We Heal Training Trust to provide grants to employers of behavioral health workers to make safety improvements. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Failed
HB4111 - Relating to farm machinery and equipment; prescribing an effective date.
Eric Werner Reschke, Lynn Findley, Court Boice
Last updated 9 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
The Act makes all farm machinery tax exempt. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.1). Removes the requirement that farm machinery and equipment be tangible personal property for the purposes of exemption from ad valorem property taxation. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
STATUS
Passed
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