Establishes COFA Dental Program in Oregon Health Authority to provide dental care to low-income citizens of Pacific Islands in Compact of Free Association who reside in Oregon and lack access to affordable dental coverage. Specifies eligibility requirements for program and duties of authority in administering program. ] Appropriates moneys to Department of Consumer and Business Services to contract with vendor to conduct demographic study of dental needs and geographic distribution of COFA citizens in this state and to issue request for information to gauge interest and determine capacity of dental care organizations to provide oral health care to COFA citizens. Requires department to report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to health, no later than April 15, 2020, findings of study and cost of administering program to provide oral health care to COFA citizens residing in this state. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
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Requires correctional facilities to provide tampons, sanitary pads, postpartum pads and panty liners to certain incarcerated persons at no cost.
Authorizes counties to establish safety corridors and directs counties to post signs in selected safety corridors. ] Directs Department of Transportation to establish county safety corridor program. Establishes County Safety Corridor Advisory Group. Imposes reporting obligations on counties in pilot program. Sunsets January 2, 2026.
Provides protections for person who refuses to participate in procedure related to abortion or physician-assisted suicide if refusal is based on person's ethical, moral or religious convictions. Allows health care facility to refuse to perform procedure related to abortion or physician-assisted suicide. Allows person to bring action for damages and equitable relief against health care facility, health professional regulatory agency, employer or school for violation. Directs court to award attorney fees to prevailing plaintiff.
Requires insurer in policy against risk of loss to property to provide that insurer include, at request of first-party claimant, amount of claimant's deductible in demand when exercising subrogation rights under policy, that insurer share proportionately with claimant proceeds of settlement or judgment and that insurer may not deduct expenses from proceeds unless insurer retains outside attorney, in which case insurer may deduct pro rata amount for expenses of retaining attorney.
Requires reporting of physical sexual harassment by legislative officials and registered lobbyists. Specifies procedure for reporting. Punishes failure to report by maximum of $2,000 fine. Creates crime of false reporting of harassment. Punishes by maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. Creates crime of unlawful interference with a harassment investigation. Punishes by maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. Provides that public servant commits crime of official misconduct in the first degree if public servant knowingly harasses or annoys another person by subjecting other person to certain offensive physical contact. Punishes by maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both.
Creates crime of sexual harassment by electronic means. Punishes by maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both.
Extends statute of limitations for certain sex crimes. Authorizes prosecution at any time after commission of crime if defendant identified based on DNA analysis. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Prohibits person from soliciting or knowingly acquiring, receiving, transporting, implanting, processing, preserving, storing or accepting donation of human fetal tissue for purpose of transplanting the human fetal tissue into another person or animal under specified circumstances. Punishes by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Establishes Teen Pregnancy Assistance Fund and requires prosecuting attorney to deposit proceeds of fines for violation of Act into fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to Department of Education for sole purpose of providing financial assistance to girls who are enrolled in high school in this state, have had child while enrolled in high school and need financial aid for expenses connected with obtaining high school diploma.
Extends by five years certain provisions that allow nonresident students to attend public schools as resident students for purposes of State School Fund distributions. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2019.