Oregon Sen. Elizabeth Steiner Hayward (D)

OR - Health Care and Human Services (Senate)

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Member

OR - Ways and Means

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Member

OR - General Government

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Co-chair

OR - Human Services

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Member

OR - SB1532 For purposes of transfer to Shared Services Fund, requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to state separately personal income tax revenue attributable to new jobs and retained jobs.

OR - SB1526 Requires Oregon Health Authority to investigate whether, and under what terms and conditions, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is likely to approve using Children's Health Insurance Program funds to subsidize costs of commercial health insurance coverage for children with family incomes from 200 percent to 300 percent of federal poverty guidelines.

OR - HB4013 Authorizes practitioners to electronically transmit prescriptions for Schedule II controlled substances in nonemergency situations.

OR - HB4050 Removes prohibition against insurer's issuing or delivering to small employer policy of insurance against risk of economic loss under less than fully insured employee health benefit plan.

OR - HB4065 Requires notice of trustee's sale in connection with foreclosure of residential property to include language that warns prospective purchasers that residential property may have been used in manufacturing methamphetamines.

OR - HB4072 Creates subtraction from federal taxable income for up to $500 in cash dividends paid by employer to employee for participation in workplace wellness program.

OR - HB4073 Defines "vapor product." Amends laws related to consumption of tobacco products by minors to include references to consumption of vapor products by minors, including crime of endangering welfare of minor and other criminal offenses and civil penalties related to use or acquisition of tobacco by minor.

OR - HB4085 Modifies requirements for insurance coverage of colorectal cancer screening examinations and laboratory tests.

OR - HB4086 Unless public interest requires disclosure, exempts from disclosure under public records law personally identifiable information collected by mass transit electronic fare collection systems.

OR - HB4090 Allows Department of Education to award grants to encourage participation in summer meals programs.

OR - HB4094 Provides that person is immune from prosecution for offense of possession of alcohol by person under 21 years of age if person was in need of medical assistance due to alcohol consumption or if person sought medical assistance for another person in need of medical assistance due to alcohol consumption, and evidence of offense resulted from person's having sought or obtained medical assistance .

OR - HB4096 Requires director and managers of Department of Consumer and Business Services, executive director and managers of Oregon Health Insurance Exchange Corporation, and statewide elected officials who elect to obtain health insurance provided by state, to select health benefit plan offered through health insurance exchange.

OR - HB4115 Defines "vapor product" and "vape." Amends laws related to consumption of tobacco products by minors to include references to consumption of vapor products by minors, including crime of endangering welfare of minor and other criminal offenses and civil penalties related to use or acquisition of tobacco by minor.

OR - HB4116 Directs Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development and Higher Education Coordinating Commission to jointly establish grant program for purpose of distributing moneys to community colleges to increase number of underserved, low-income and first-generation college-bound students who enroll in community college and make progress toward degree or certificate.

OR - HB4117 Directs Department of Education to make grants to improve student achievement in certain schools that are high poverty and low performing.

OR - HB4120 Expands scholarships for children of public safety officers killed or injured in line of duty to include children of reserve officers and volunteer firefighters killed or disabled in line of duty.

OR - HB4122 Requires state contracting agency or public corporation that implements information technology initiative to obtain quality management services from qualified contractor if value of information technology initiative exceeds $5 million or meets criteria or standards that State Chief Information Officer or Director of Oregon Department of Administrative Services specifies by rule or policy.

OR - HB4124 Establishes Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Coordinator within Oregon Health Authority .

OR - HB4125 Adds reserve officer to category of victims for which aggravated murder can be charged when murder is related to performance of official duties.

OR - HB4132 Prohibits person from sending advertisement for mortgage loan services or other extensions of credit secured by real property if advertisement has certain characteristics, unless person has previous business relationship with recipient or unless advertisement meets certain criteria.

OR - HB4137 Appropriates moneys to Oregon Department of Administrative Services for Primary Health Care Loan Forgiveness Program.

OR - HB4143 Authorizes court, as part of settlement or judgment in class action, to approve process for payment of damages.

OR - HB4148 Changes interest rate accruing on deferred taxes under homestead property tax deferral program from six percent compounded annually to six percent per annum.

OR - HB4151 Requires investigations of abuse of persons 65 years of age or older by Department of Human Services to be completed within 120 days from date of report of abuse except when concurrent criminal investigation is ongoing.

OR - HB4154 Requires Oregon Health Insurance Exchange Corporation to request federal agency to allow individuals and businesses to qualify for premium tax credits, cost-sharing reductions and business tax relief if individuals and businesses enrolled in qualified health plans directly with insurers.

OR - SB1518 Modifies definition of "supervisory employee" for purposes of public employee collective bargaining law.

OR - SB1527 Directs Oregon Business Development Department, in coordination with local workforce investment boards, to contract with private or public entities to develop Dislocated Worker Training Program as pilot program to enable unemployed and underemployed engineers and industry professionals in bioscience and manufacturing traded sector industries to be reemployed in Oregon.

OR - SB1540 Prohibits person or person's affiliate from communicating demand to recipient if in demand person or affiliate alleges, asserts or claims in bad faith that recipient has infringed or contributed to infringing patent or rights that patentee, assignee or licensee has under patent.

OR - SB1541 Extends sunset for tax credit for crop donation.

OR - SB1542 Establishes program administered by Home Care Commission to allow private payers to purchase home care services from commission through registry maintained by commission.

OR - SB1543 Makes reduction of hours worked by full-time employee for sole purpose of preventing employee's eligibility for coverage under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act unlawful employment practice.

OR - SB1546 Resolves terminology conflict to reflect that offense of endangering welfare of minor through distributing, selling or causing sale of tobacco to minor is Class A violation.

OR - SB1556 Declares that person 21 years of age or older legally should be able to possess, transfer or produce marijuana.

OR - SB1563 Authorizes Oregon Business Development Department to undertake entrepreneurial development activities for traded sector industries and in rural communities.

OR - SB1569 Requires Oregon Health Authority to establish and maintain list of designated high priority chemicals of concern for children's health used in children's products.

OR - SB1577 Requires Department of State Police and all sheriffs and municipal police departments to adopt written policies relating to missing vulnerable adults on or before January 1, 2015.

OR - SB1579 Requires health plans with prescription drug benefits and coordinated care organizations to each adopt synchronization policy for synchronizing refill dates of patients' prescription drugs.

OR - SCR203 In memoriam: Thomas Vaughan, 1924-2013.

OR - SCR205 Honors visionary Oregon musician Curtis Salgado.

OR - SJM201 Urges President and Congress to pursue Oregon and California Railroad grant land management reforms.