Establishes specified reporting requirements to ensure legislative review of potential future costs in state government workforce. Modifies state government employment cap based on state population. Requires Legislative Fiscal Officer to conduct study prior to each odd-numbered year regular session to ensure review of Oregon State Lottery Commission administrative costs and transfer rates. Requires review of State of Oregon procurement practices to identify improvements that enhance cost effectiveness. Modifies state budget development procedures to utilize cost information and deferred maintenance information in development of state budgets. Requires Governor's budget recommendations to include recommendations on available funds that could be used to make lump sum payments into Public Employees Retirement System. Allows Public Employees Retirement Board to establish multiple side accounts for lump sum payments of employer contributions made by participating public employer. Limits amount that may be held in Public Employees Retirement Fund reserve account to $50 million. Specifies method Public Employees Retirement Board and actuary must use to determine unfunded actuarial liability of Public Employees Retirement System. Directs Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board to form combined executive committee, and directs committee to develop plan for merger of Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board. Appoints executive director of Public Employees' Benefit Board as executive director of Oregon Educators Benefit Board and requires executive director to combine administrative functions and operations of boards to greatest extent practicable. Directs Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board to use methodologies, policies and practices designed to limit annual growth in expenditures for health services and health benefit plan premiums to no more than 3.4 percent. Prohibits duplicate health benefit plan coverage by public employees. Directs state agencies to assign certain liquidated and delinquent accounts to Department of Revenue for collection. Directs certain state agencies to report on liquidated and delinquent debt to Legislative Assembly. Directs department to contract with private collection agencies to collect on accounts. Deletes provisions allowing state agencies to assign liquidated and delinquent accounts to private collection agencies. Specifies that Collections Unit of department has access to all information available to department for any purpose. Specifies when state agency may use Social Security number for debt collection purposes. Modifies methodology for reimbursement of hospital services and supplies provided to enrollees in health benefit plans offered by Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
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Authorizes State of Oregon to receive moneys pursuant to Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust Agreement, deposit agreement moneys in Clean Diesel Engine Fund and use moneys to award grants for reducing emissions from school buses powered by diesel engines. Prohibits Department of Environmental Quality from awarding grants from agreement moneys for any other purpose without prior approval from Legislative Assembly by law. Adds grants and loans for replacements to permissible uses of moneys in Clean Diesel Engine Fund. Makes other modifications to provisions for grants and loans from fund for purpose of reducing emissions from diesel engines. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2017.
Establishes Willamette Falls Locks Commission as advisory body for issues relating to repair, reopening, operation, maintenance and future transfer of ownership of navigational canal and locks. Appropriates funds from General Fund to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for purposes of Act. Sunsets commission, program and account on December 31, 2023. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Increases penalties for assault committed against flagger or highway worker who is performing official duties. Punishes by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Requires development of plan for Oregon Coast Trail. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Provides procedures and requirements for establishing criteria for siting of Southwest Corridor MAX Light Rail Project. Provides procedures for review of criteria and land use decisions for siting of Southwest Corridor MAX Light Rail Project. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Directs State Chief Information Officer to include links to websites established by certain entities on Oregon transparency website.
Requires health benefit plan coverage of specified health care services, drugs, devices, products and procedures related to reproductive health. Allows exemption for plans sold to religious employers. Requires Oregon Health Authority to implement program to reimburse costs of services, drugs, devices, products and procedures related to reproductive health provided to individuals who can become pregnant and who would be eligible for medical assistance if not for certain federal requirements. Prohibits discrimination in provision of health care coverage. Prohibits interference by public body in consenting individual's choice to terminate pregnancy. Prohibits public body's interference with health care provider terminating or assisting in termination of pregnancy of health care provider's patient, if health care provider is acting within scope of provider's license. Requires authority, in consultation with Department of Consumer and Business Services, to design program to provide statewide access to abortion coverage for Oregon residents enrolled in health benefit plans that do not cover abortion. Requires authority, in consultation with department, to implement program, to extent authorized by state law, if funding is available. Requires authority to report to Speaker of House of Representatives, President of Senate and interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to health on actions taken and recommendations for legislative changes to fully implement program. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Establishes Task Force on Assessments of Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Directs task force to submit report to interim committee of Legislative Assembly related to education no later than January 1, 2018. Sunsets task force on June 30, 2019. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Expresses intent of Legislative Assembly that, when Legislative Assembly approves increases in funding of services provided by residential training facilities or residential training homes, wages and benefits paid to direct support professionals be increased at comparable rate. Requires residential training facilities and residential training homes licensed by Department of Human Services to submit annual staffing data to reporting survey organization. Increases licensure fees for residential training homes and adult foster homes serving individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Updates terminology.