Oregon 2024 Regular Session All Bills
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4001
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Refer
2/15/24
Refer
2/15/24
Report Pass
2/28/24
Engrossed
3/1/24
Refer
3/4/24
Report Pass
3/5/24
Enrolled
3/5/24
Passed
3/27/24
Chaptered
3/28/24
Passed
3/28/24
The Act creates the Task Force on Specialty Courts and tells the task force to report to the legislature by November 15, 2024. The Act takes effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). [Digest: The Act creates the Task Force on Specialty Courts and tells the task force to report to the legislature by September 15, 2024. The Act takes effect on the 91st day after sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1).] Establishes the Task Force on Specialty Courts. Directs the task force to study certain issues concerning specialty courts and to provide the results of the study to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary no later than [September] November 15, 2024. Sunsets on December 31, 2024. [Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.] Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4002
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Report Pass
2/28/24
Engrossed
3/1/24
Report Pass
3/1/24
Enrolled
3/1/24
Passed
4/1/24
Chaptered
4/10/24
Passed
4/10/24
The Act makes changes to laws to make it easier to get treatment for substance use problems. The Act changes drug laws. The Act takes effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 87.1). Prohibits insurers from requiring prior authorization or other utilization review for coverage of substance use disorder medications. Specifies exceptions. Requires coordinated care organizations to provide to members medications for treatment of opioid use disorder and any co-occurring substance use disorder or mental health condition. Prohibits coordinated care organizations and public payers of health insurance from requiring prior authorization for medication-assisted treatment. Allows pharmacists to prescribe and dispense early refills of medication for opioid use disorder under specified conditions. Allows pharmacists to have on-site prescription drug lockers without obtaining a license or registration from the State Board of Pharmacy. Requires coordinated care organizations to have adequate networks of addiction treatment providers. Directs the Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission to conduct a study related to access to opioid use disorder treatment and interventions. Requires commission to report recommendations to Legislative Assembly to address barriers to accessing opioid use disorder treatment and interventions. Establishes a certified community behavioral health clinic program in the Oregon Health Authority and specifies the requirements for the program. Establishes the Joint Task Force on Regional Behavioral Health Accountability to make recommendations to the Legislative Assembly to improve the governance of behavioral health systems and strengthen evidence-based and equitable funding decisions and accountability of behavioral health systems. Sunsets January 2, 2026. Establishes the Task Force on Improving the Safety of Behavioral Health Workers to make recommendations to the Legislative Assembly to address the safety concerns that are prevalent in the behavioral health industry. Sunsets January 2, 2026. Establishes the United We Heal Medicaid Payment Program in the authority to provide supplemental medical assistance payments to behavioral health providers to enable the providers to access enhanced apprenticeship and training programs and opportunities by participating in a labor-management training trust. Modifies the definition of "delivery" for purposes of the Uniform Controlled Substance Act. Increases presumptive sentences when unlawful delivery of a controlled substance occurs in specified locations. Increases penalties for unlawful possession of a controlled substance on September 1, 2024. Designates crime as a drug enforcement misdemeanor and specifies sentence. Creates a new form of conditional discharge for drug enforcement misdemeanors and establishes processes for sealing records related to the crime. Establishes the Oregon Behavioral Health Deflection Program consisting of grants awarded to fund deflection programs. Directs the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to track data including arrests and prosecutions for possession and delivery crimes and data concerning deflection program outcomes. Increases the number of hours a person can be held in a facility when admitted to the facility due to intoxication or being under the influence of controlled substances. Authorizes members of a mobile crisis intervention team to take a person to a sobering facility or appropriate facility. Modifies immunity from civil and criminal liability for certain persons involved in the provision of treatment. Establishes the Oregon Jail-Based Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Grant Program. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4003
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Report Pass
2/13/24
Engrossed
2/15/24
Refer
2/15/24
Report Pass
2/23/24
Enrolled
2/28/24
Passed
4/4/24
Chaptered
4/10/24
Passed
4/10/24
The Act tells a state agency to study the shortage of MEs in this state. The Act tells the agency to provide the results of the study to the legislature by October 1, 2024. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.0). Directs the Department of State Police to study the causes of and ways to address the medical examiner shortage, and to provide the results of the study to the appropriate interim committees of the Legislative Assembly no later than October 1, 2024. Sunsets on January 2, 2025. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4004
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Report Pass
2/13/24
Engrossed
2/15/24
Refer
2/15/24
Report Pass
2/22/24
Enrolled
2/26/24
Passed
3/7/24
Chaptered
3/12/24
Passed
3/12/24
The Act changes the state law that governs civil penalties imposed against a person who violates child labor laws. The Act goes into effect 91 days after session ends. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.8). [Digest: The Act changes the state law that governs when BOLI can impose civil penalties against a person who violates child labor laws. The Act goes into effect 91 days after session ends. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.0).] Increases civil penalties for violating child labor laws. Allows the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries to impose civil penalties against a person for violating the child labor laws when the person has paid a civil penalty to the United States Department of Labor for a violation involving the same facts. Removes the requirement for the commissioner to refund any previously assessed civil penalties against the person when the person has already paid a civil penalty to the United States Department of Labor. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4005
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Failed
3/7/24
The Act makes changes to state law to clarify the meaning of an individual's performance of services. The Act takes effect 91 days after session ends. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Clarifies when an employee is employed by employing unit or employer for a single hour of work for purposes of unemployment insurance and paid family and medical leave programs. Requires the Director of the Employment Department to issue a refund to a paying entity that paid the employer contribution amounts on behalf of an employer with respect to employees for hours of work in which the employees did not perform services for the paying entity. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4006
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Report Pass
2/9/24
Engrossed
2/14/24
Refer
2/14/24
Report Pass
2/22/24
Enrolled
2/26/24
Passed
3/7/24
Chaptered
3/12/24
Passed
3/12/24
Requires state agencies to accept surety bonds from people who perform construction work for the state, instead of holding onto some of the money the agencies owe for the work, in order to make sure the work is done correctly. Gives a form for the surety bond. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.5). Requires a contracting agency to accept from contractors surety bonds in lieu of retainage for construction projects and public improvement contracts. Specifies requirements for submitting surety bonds. Specifies relations between a contractor and a subcontractor when the contractor submits a surety bond on behalf of the subcontractor. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4007
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Report Pass
3/4/24
Engrossed
3/5/24
Refer
3/5/24
Failed
3/7/24
Exempts awards from and legal fees paid in wildfire suits from income tax. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.5). Creates an Oregon tax subtraction for amounts received in settlement of civil actions arising from wildfire. [Allows] Creates an Oregon [itemized deduction] tax subtraction for wildfire-related legal fees paid by plaintiffs. Allows taxpayer to amend return to claim refund for earliest tax year in which a subtraction is allowed. Applies to wildfire emergency declarations and executive orders issued on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2026, and to amounts received, losses incurred and legal fees paid in all tax years beginning on or after January 1, [2020] 2018. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4008
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Failed
3/7/24
The Act requires the OHA to study the problems in getting mental health care and substance use care in this state. The Act requires the OHA to send a report on its findings to the legislature. The section is repealed on January 2, 2026. (Flesch Readability Score: 65). Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study access to behavioral health treatment in this state. Directs the authority to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health not later than September 15, 2025. Sunsets January 2, 2026.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4009
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Failed
3/7/24
The Act directs the CJC to study ways to address the use of drugs in public places. The Act directs the CJC to provide the results of the study to the legislature by May 1, 2025. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.7). Directs the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to study ways to address the use of controlled substances in public places. Requires the commission to provide the results of the study to the appropriate interim committees of the Legislative Assembly no later than May 1, 2025. Sunsets January 2, 2026.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4010
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Report Pass
2/20/24
Engrossed
2/22/24
Refer
2/22/24
Report Pass
3/1/24
Enrolled
3/5/24
Passed
4/4/24
Chaptered
4/10/24
Passed
4/10/24
The Act makes changes to laws about prescription drugs and some health care providers. The Act says the Oregon State Hospital does not have to do certain things about staffing. The Act changes the term "physician assistant" to "physician associate." (Flesch Readability Score: 62.1). Specifies that flavoring of a prescription drug is not compounding. Exempts the Oregon State Hospital from certain hospital staffing requirements. Removes requirement that an applicant for licensure as a licensed professional counselor or therapist submit a professional disclosure statement. Changes the term "physician assistant" to "physician associate." Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4011
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Refer
2/22/24
Refer
2/22/24
Failed
3/7/24
The Act tells health insurance to pay for some cancer exams and devices that people with diabetes use. The Act makes the Health Licensing Office register dental laboratories. It says what "dental laboratory" means. The Act tells the Oregon Health Authority to help pay for nursing education programs and the behavioral health workforce. The Act makes a project at OHA to buy a lot of things to help with substance use in the state. The Act is effective 91 days after adjournment sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Prohibits cost-sharing on certain health insurance coverage of cervical cancer examinations. Requires medical assistance to include continuous glucose monitor for specified recipients of medical assistance. Defines "continuous glucose monitor." Requires a dental laboratory to register with the Health Licensing Office. Defines "dental laboratory." Requires a dental laboratory to provide a material content disclosure to a dentist who prescribes a work order for a dental prosthetic appliance or other artificial material or device. Defines "material content disclosure." Allows the office to impose discipline for certain violations. Directs the office to provide administrative and regulatory oversight to the dental laboratory program. Becomes operative July 1, 2025. Requires the Oregon Health Authority to provide grants to the Oregon Center for Nursing to work with Oregon's nursing education programs to develop programs to recruit and retain nurse educators at public and private institutions of higher education. Requires the authority to enter into an agreement with the Mental Health and Addiction Certification Board of Oregon to increase the behavioral health workforce in this state. Establishes the Harm Reduction Clearinghouse Project within the authority to make bulk purchases of harm reduction supplies. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4012
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Report Pass
2/20/24
Engrossed
2/22/24
Refer
2/22/24
Report Pass
3/1/24
Enrolled
3/5/24
Passed
3/27/24
Chaptered
3/28/24
Passed
3/28/24
The Act does not allow an insurer to make a health care provider purchase a drug at a certain pharmacy if the provider is giving the drug to a patient in certain settings. The Act also applies to other types of entities that pay for health care. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.3). [Digest: The Act does not allow an insurer to make a person enrolled in a health benefit plan go to a certain pharmacy in some circumstances for certain types of drugs. The Act also applies to other types of entities that pay for health care. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.2).] Prohibits issuers of health benefit plans, health care service contractors or multiple employer welfare arrangements from requiring that drugs that are administered by [a] health care [provider] providers in specified settings be dispensed at a certain pharmacy or by a pharmacy that is in the provider's network[, under specified circumstances].
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4013
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Report Pass
2/15/24
Engrossed
2/20/24
Refer
2/21/24
Failed
3/7/24
This Act excludes glass wine containers from a law that tells producers to take steps to dispose of their packaging. The exclusion lasts for one year. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.5). [Digest: This Act tells the DEQ not to enforce certain laws related to wine packaging. The Act sunsets on July 1, 2026. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.2).] [Prohibits the Department of Environmental Quality from enforcing the provisions of the producer responsibility program applicable to wine packaging.] [Sunsets on July 1, 2026.] Excludes glass wine containers from definition of "covered product" under producer responsibility law until July 1, 2026. Directs Environmental Quality Commission to amend material-specific collection targets for glass. Directs producer responsibility organization to charge one-time fee to members that are producers of glass wine containers. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4014
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Refer
2/21/24
Refer
2/21/24
Failed
3/7/24
The Act allows agencies to award moneys under a grant program related to living with beavers on private land. The Act directs an agency and a committee to report on the grant program. The Act gives moneys to the agency for the grant program. The Act goes into effect on the 91st day after the 2024 session ends. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.3). Authorizes the State Department of Fish and Wildlife and the State Fish and Wildlife Commission to award moneys from the Oregon Conservation and Recreation Fund under a Landowners Living with Beavers Grant Program, on recommendations from the Oregon Conservation and Recreation Advisory Committee. Sunsets the grant program on June 30, 2029. Directs the department and the committee to jointly report on the grant program to committees or interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the environment on or before September 15, 2026. Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the department for deposit in the Oregon Conservation and Recreation Fund for purposes related to the grant program. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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Oregon 2024 Regular Session
Oregon House Bill HB4015
Introduced
2/5/24
Refer
2/5/24
Report Pass
2/15/24
Engrossed
2/19/24
Refer
2/19/24
Report Pass
3/1/24
Enrolled
3/5/24
Passed
3/27/24
Chaptered
3/28/24
Passed
3/28/24
Permits a person who wants to build a battery energy storage system (BESS) to choose to use EFSC for the siting of the BESS. Permits the ruling body of a local body after talking with the person who wants to build a BESS to choose to use EFSC for the siting of the BESS. Permits a BESS to be built and run without its own site certificate if the BESS is subject to the site certificate of another energy facility. Defines BESS. The Act takes effect on the 91st day after sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.0). Permits a developer of a facility or the governing body of a local government after consulting with the developer to elect to defer regulatory authority to the Energy Facility Siting Council for the siting of a battery energy storage system. Permits a battery energy storage system that is under the regulatory authority of the Energy Facility Siting Council to be constructed and operated without a separate site certificate if the battery energy storage system is subject to a site certificate for another energy facility. Defines "battery energy storage system." Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.