Rep. Barbara Smith Warner

Renames Health Care for All Oregon Children program as Cover All People program and expands eligibility to adults who would qualify for Medicaid-funded state medical assistance program but for their immigration status. Allows Oregon Health Authority to restrict eligibility to specific categories or groups of individuals to stay within legislative appropriation for this biennium. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Requires media production companies seeking reimbursement under Oregon Production Investment Fund programs to perform certain actions related to diversity, equity and inclusion with respect to production for which reimbursement is sought.

Directs Department of Transportation to ensure that membership of advisory committees reflects racial and ethnic and ability composition of Oregon.

Allows student enrolled in program provided by school district or education service district to earn General Educational Development (GED) certificate to participate in interscholastic activities. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2021.

Expands applicability of certain provisions relating to family leave to employers who employ one or more employees. ] Expands eligibility for protected leave under Oregon Family Leave Act to all employees of covered employer during public health emergency unless employee was employed for fewer than 30 days prior to commencing leave or worked average of less than 25 hours per week in 30 days prior to commencing leave. Establishes eligibility to take leave for employees who separate from employment, are eligible at time of separation and are reemployed within 180 days of separation, or for employees who are eligible at beginning of temporary cessation of scheduled hours of 180 days or less and who return to work at end of cessation period. Allows for restoration of time worked by employee when employee returns to work after separation or temporary cessation period. Includes closure of child care provider or school due to public health emergency as qualifying purpose for which leave may be taken. Allows employers to request verification for need for leave due to such closure. Reduces amount of time employee must work for employer before becoming eligible to take leave. Eliminates disciplinary action that may be imposed upon employee for employee's failure to comply with leave notice requirements. Allows employee to determine order in which employee may choose to use accrued leave. ] Removes gendered language from provisions related to pregnancy.

Requires state medical assistance program to provide for up to six behavioral health checkups every year ] mental health wellness appointments as prescribed by Oregon Health Authority .

Requires city that provides disability or retirement system for firefighters and police officers ] by ordinance or charter that is not subject to workers' compensation law to apply provisions requiring presumption that condition or impairment of health is occupational disease that results from employment if firefighter took physical examination upon gaining or during employment that failed to reveal evidence of occupational disease that existed before employment. Requires that city's denial of claim for compensation for occupational disease must be on basis of clear and convincing medical evidence that condition or impairment of health is unrelated to employment. Establishes that time limitations for filing claim are one year from date claimant first discovered or should have discovered occupational disease, one year from date claimant becomes disabled or is informed by physician that claimant is suffering from occupational disease or one year from date that worker's beneficiary first discovered or reasonably should have discovered that cause of worker's death was occupational disease. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Removes "gender identity" from definition of "sexual orientation" in ORS 174.100 and creates standalone definition of "gender identity" in ORS 174.100. Adds "gender identity" or "gender identities" to all statutes that reference "sexual orientation" or "sexual orientations." Repeals prohibition on political subdivisions enacting or enforcing certain laws related to sexual orientation. Removes provision that sexual orientation is not physical or mental impairment qualifying as disability under certain employment discrimination statutes. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Requires education provider to prohibit use or ] display of any symbols of hate on school property or in education program. Prescribes requirements that education provider must have in policy related to bias incidents and displays of symbols of hate.

Requires governing body of public body, to extent reasonably possible, to make all meetings accessible remotely through technological means and provide opportunity for members of general public to remotely submit oral and written testimony during meetings to extent in-person oral and written testimony is allowed ]. Imposes same requirements on hearings under ORS chapters 197 and 215.