The Act says to give some moneys to the HECC to give to OHSU to help a family medicine residency program. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Appropriates moneys to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to the Area Health Education Center program of Oregon Health and Science University for supporting the Oregon Academy of Family Physicians.

Prohibits the use of the terms "urgent" or "urgent care" unless a health clinic registers with OHA. Makes an urgent care center that is registered with OHA meet certain standards. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). [Digest: Requires an urgent care center in this state to be registered with OHA and meet certain standards. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1).] [Requires a person or government unit that is establishing or operating an urgent care center in this state to register the urgent care center with the Oregon Health Authority. Defines "urgent care center."] [Requires certain minimum health service capabilities for an urgent care center. Requires certain information to be posted on-site of an urgent care center. Requires an urgent care center to provide a patient with a clinical summary and copy of medical notes made during a visit. Requires the authority to establish procedures for filing a complaint as to an urgent care center.] Prohibits a person or government entity that is not registered with the Oregon Health Authority from using a business or trade name with the terms "urgent" or "urgent care" or from holding itself out using the terms "urgent" or "urgent care" in any external sign or advertisement. Directs the authority to adopt a process and criteria for registering an urgent care center in this state. Makes registration optional. Requires an urgent care center that is registered in this state to provide certain information to the authority, have minimum health service capabilities and meet certain requirements. Defines "urgent care center" and "specialty urgent care center" for the purposes of the Act. Directs the authority to establish and maintain a website to provide the public information on urgent care centers registered in this state. [Directs the authority to conduct a study on incentives for urgent care centers to accept all patients.] Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

The Act removes the limit on the maximum amount that a CAC can receive from the CAC One-Time Grant Fund. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.2). Modifies eligibility requirements for distributions from the Children's Advocacy Center One-Time Grant Fund. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

The Act makes laws about unpaid wages for workers who work on construction projects. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Makes an owner and a direct contractor jointly and severally liable in a civil action for any unpaid wages owed to the unrepresented employees of the direct contractor and subcontractors at any tier. Provides the statute of limitations for actions regarding recovery for unpaid wages. Specifies that the joint and several liability provisions for unpaid wages do not apply to construction work relating to real property that is used as the owner's principal residence or real property with five or fewer residential or commercial units on a single tract. Clarifies that the Attorney General may accept the assignment of claims and bring civil actions in the name of the State of Oregon on such claims. Permits the Attorney General to adopt rules regarding the assignment of claims. Requires notice to be sent by certified mail that informs the owner and the direct contractor of the alleged violation and specifies the time period within which the owner and the direct contractor may correct the alleged violation. Creates a rebuttable presumption that, in any action for unpaid wages, the person performing labor on a construction project is an employee. Provides that the party claiming otherwise may rebut the presumption by establishing that the person qualifies as an independent contractor. Provides that an owner may bring an action against a direct contractor to recover damages for amounts paid by the owner. Requires subcontractors to provide certain payroll records and other information to the owner or the direct contractor, upon request. Provides that subcontractors shall provide certain payroll records to an authorized third party representative in certain circumstances. Permits the owner and the direct contractor to withhold payment to a subcontractor in certain circumstances. Clarifies that the owner or direct contractor may withhold payment in an amount and to the extent that the owner or direct contractor paid, on behalf of the subcontractor, wages owed to the subcontractor's employees.

The Act makes changes to billboard laws. (Flesch Readability Score: 90.9). Modifies provisions related to relocating or reconstructing outdoor advertising signs. Specifies acceptable documentation to prove landowner consent when applying for an outdoor advertising sign permit.

The Act directs the CJC to study rates of drug crime recidivism. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.8). Requires the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to study the rates of recidivism for persons convicted of drug enforcement misdemeanors. Directs the commission to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.

The Act tells the State Board of Pharmacy to study pharmacy. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.6). Requires the State Board of Pharmacy to study pharmacy. Directs the board to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health care not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.

This Act blocks US adversaries from getting land, water or mineral rights. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Requires the Attorney General to adopt and maintain a list of foreign adversaries who are ineligible to receive conveyances of certain land, mineral or water interests. Makes unauthorized conveyances void.

The Act tells an agency to allow the use of water from the Columbia River in eastern Oregon. The Act tells agencies to grant easements to help the use occur. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Instructs the Water Resources Commission to allow the appropriation of water from the mainstem of the Columbia River for use in eastern Oregon. Requires state agencies to convey easements to facilitate the appropriation of water from the mainstem of the Columbia River.

The Act tells an agency to create a grant program to eradicate gorse. The Act creates a fund for the grant program. The Act gives money for the grant program. (Flesch Readability Score: 86.7). Directs the State Department of Agriculture to establish a grant program to facilitate the eradication of gorse for wildfire mitigation in southwest Oregon. Establishes the Southwest Oregon Gorse Wildfire Risk Reduction Fund to support the grant program. Appropriates moneys to the department for deposit into the fund. Sunsets the grant program and fund on January 2, 2030. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

The Act creates an agency budget. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.8). Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the State Parks and Recreation Department for certain biennial expenses. Limits certain biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by the department. Limits biennial expenditures by the department from lottery moneys for certain purposes. Limits biennial expenditures by the department from federal funds for certain purposes. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.

The Act directs the LRO to study the taxing of the sale of beer and wine. (Flesch Readability Score: 90.1). Requires the Legislative Revenue Officer to study the taxation of the sale of beer and wine. Directs the officer to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to revenue not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027.

The Act says that a dismantler certificate is good for two years. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.8). [Digest: The Act tells ODOT to give car dealers at least two days' notice before going to see the dealer's records. The Act makes some exceptions. (Flesch Readability Score: 82.4).] [Directs the Department of Transportation to provide two days' notice to vehicle dealers and dismantlers before inspecting records unless the department is responding to a complaint.] Extends a dismantler certificate validity period by one year. Increases the fee for a certificate.

Tells some health insurers to cover a nonopioid drug alternate for an opioid drug with the same rules. Tells the PTC to add to their suggestions a nonopioid drug alternate for an opioid drug with the same rules. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Requires certain health insurance providers to ensure that coverage for a nonopioid prescription drug is available as an alternative for an opioid prescription drug and to use the same utilization review requirements and cost-sharing provisions for opioid and nonopioid drugs when they are prescribed for the same treatment. Requires the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee to include nonopioid prescription drug alternatives to opioid prescription drugs with the same utilization review requirements when making recommendations to the Oregon Health Authority for the preferred drug list and Practitioner-Managed Prescription Drug Plan.

The Act says the OBLPCT has to get rid of information on its website and other public sources about people who get in trouble with the board three or five years later. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.3). Requires the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists to establish a schedule of violations and remove from the board's website and publicly accessible publications, other than from a searchable electronic database designed to enable licensure or registration verification, information related to a licensee's or associate's violations after a specified time.