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HB4088 - Relating to safety of persons working in hospitals; declaring an emergency.
Travis Nelson, Sara Gelser Blouin, James I. Manning
Last updated 10 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
The Act directs hospitals to take actions with respect to the protection of hospital employees. The Act directs the OHA to administer a grant program. The Act takes effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.9). [Digest: The Act directs hospitals to take actions with respect to the protection of hospital staff.] [The Act directs the OHPB to contract with the OHSU to run a pilot program. The Act directs the OHSU to report on the program by Sept. 1, 2025. (Flesch Readability Score: 65).] Requires hospitals to take certain actions with respect to protecting hospital employees from workplace assaults. Directs hospitals to post signage informing employees of rights and protections regarding workplace assaults. [Requires hospitals to submit an annual report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly and to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services regarding the status of the hospital's assault prevention and protection program and the results of any root cause analyses conducted by the hospital.] Requires hospitals to file certain reports regarding work-related illnesses and injuries to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services for posting to the department's website. Expands the crime of assault in the third degree to include causing physical injury to a person working in a hospital while worker is [performing official duties] acting in the course of official duty. [Specifies when a person may not be charged with the crime.] [Requires the Oregon Health Policy Board to enter into an agreement with the Oregon Health and Science University to administer a pilot program for purposes of developing recommendations for establishing a statewide program to train hospital staff on procedures to prevent and respond to incidents of workplace violence.] Requires the Oregon Health Authority to develop and administer a grant program to provide financial assistance to eligible hospitals for workplace violence prevention efforts. Establishes the timeline within which the authority must begin distributing grant funds to approved grant applicants. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Failed
HB4101 - Relating to information collected in conjunction with business registrations in this state; prescribing an effective date.
Janelle Bynum, Travis Nelson, Hoa H. Nguyen
Last updated 10 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Tells the Secretary of State to get data about a person's background if the person tries to register a business in this state and wants to give the data. Lets the Secretary of State share the data with some people, but says to keep it secret otherwise. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.5). Requires the Secretary of State to collect, and share with state agencies, small business development centers and certain organizations, information about the ethnicity, gender and veteran status of an owner or principal of a business that applies for, [or] renews or updates a business registration in this state, if the owner or principal chooses to provide the information. Prohibits the Secretary of State from mandating an owner or principal to submit the information as a condition of applying for, [or] renewing or updating a business registration. Exempts the information from disclosure as a public record. Becomes operative January 1, [2028] 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
STATUS
Failed
HB4097 - Relating to expungements.
Thuy C. Tran, Paul Evans, Mark F. Gamba
Last updated 10 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
The Act changes the process for setting aside offense convictions and dismissals and contempt findings. The Act makes some of the same changes for setting aside GEI judgments. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.7). [Digest: The Act changes the process for setting aside offense convictions and dismissals. The Act makes the same changes for setting aside GEI judgments. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.7).] Modifies the process for setting aside convictions, dismissals, contempt of court findings and guilty except for insanity judgments. Increases waiting period for setting aside certain types of contempt of court findings. Modifies when the court is required to hold a hearing on and grant motions to set aside. Requires that the court enter an order within [60] 120 days of granting a motion to set aside. [Authorizes the court to waive remaining fines and fees upon entry of the order.] Specifies a process for when a person has outstanding financial obligations and authorizes the court to waive such obligations under specified circumstances. Provides that the required time period prior to filing the motion, during which the person is required to have no convictions, applies to motions to set aside convictions and certain arrests, charges and citations only. Provides that the dismissal of a traffic violation citation may not be set aside. Directs the Judicial Department to annually submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary concerning motions to set aside.
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
SB1585 - Relating to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits; prescribing an effective date.
Wlnsvey E. Campos, Courtney Neron, Michael E. Dembrow
Last updated 9 months ago
29 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
HB4091 - Relating to health insurance mandates; prescribing an effective date.
Hai T. Pham, Cedric Ross Hayden, Cyrus Javadi
Last updated 10 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
The Act creates a committee to review proposed measures that require a health plan to pay for a certain type of health service or a health service that is provided by a certain type of provider of health care. The committee must report the results of its review of each measure to the legislature. The LPRO director staffs the committee. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.6). Establishes the Health Insurance Mandate Review Advisory Committee, staffed by the Legislative Policy and Research Director, to meet during interims between sessions of the Legislative Assembly to review any proposed measure sponsored by or submitted to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health if the measure requires health insurance policies to reimburse specified health care providers or to reimburse the cost of a specific service. Specifies the membership of the committee and the type of review that the committee must undertake. Requires the committee to produce a report of its findings on each proposed measure no later than January 15 of the year in which the measure may be introduced or 15 days after a review is requested, whichever is later. Requires the director to report to the Legislative Assembly, by December 31, 2026, on the work of the committee and recommendations for legislation. Sunsets June 30, 2027. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
STATUS
Failed
HB4159 - Relating to support services; declaring an emergency.
Hoa H. Nguyen, Thuy C. Tran, Courtney Neron
Last updated 10 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Makes the office charged with helping persons who are new to the U.S. and Oregon award contracts to entities to provide the persons with support services. Creates a council to advise the office on the support services. Makes the office conduct an annual audit of groups providing the support services. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Requires the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Advancement to contract with entities to provide eligible newcomers with case management, short-term and long-term support services. Defines "eligible newcomers." Creates an advisory council to serve as a forum for sharing information and to advise the office on the provision of the support services. Directs the office to conduct an annual performance audit of each entity contracted by the office to provide the support services. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Failed
HB4158 - Relating to child care; declaring an emergency.
Hoa H. Nguyen, Daniel Nguyen, Thuy C. Tran
Last updated 10 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
The Act would give money to two state agencies to support some types of child care providers in this state. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.5). [Digest: The Act would give money to a state agency to help develop or improve child care in the state. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.2).] [Establishes the Home and Small Center Child Care Fund.] [Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to administer a grant program to provide financial assistance to child care facilities that serve a maximum of 75 children for the purpose of establishing or expanding child care infrastructure.] [Appropriates moneys to the department for deposit in the fund to carry out the program.] Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Business Development Department for deposit in the Child Care Infrastructure Fund to provide financial assistance to certain child care providers or organizations that support those child care providers. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Department of Early Learning and Care to provide technical support to child care providers or organizations that receive financial assistance under the Act. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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
HB4098 - Relating to child care; declaring an emergency.
Julianna A. Walters, Janeen A. Sollman, Hai T. Pham
Last updated 9 months ago
33 Co-Sponsors
The Act would create the CHIPS Child Care Fund. The Act would tell the Oregon Business Development Department to work with the Bureau of Labor and Industries to make a program to help fund child care. The Act would create a work group related to funding child care. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.0). Establishes the CHIPS Child Care Fund. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Business Development Department for deposit in the CHIPS Child Care Fund. Directs the department to enter into an interagency agreement with the Bureau of Labor and Industries to develop and administer a financial support program for the construction workforce. Directs the department to establish a work group to adopt recommendations for requiring certain businesses to make a financial contribution to the CHIPS Child Care Fund. Requires work group to report to the committees of the Legislative Assembly related to child care and workforce development by November 15, 2024. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
STATUS
Passed
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