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24-616: Originally started as part of the Oregon Dental Society (now the Oregon Dental Association ), the company began as a dental insurance plan. In 1995, the Oregon Department of Justice investigated claims of anti-trust issues related to a most favored nation clause in its contracts with dentists, which led to the removal of the clause. The company announced in 1996 it would move to what became

48-441: A quorum . Oregon Ballot Measure 113 was passed in 2022 to disqualify senators with ten unexcused absences from serving in the legislature following their current term, largely in response to a series of walkouts by Republican senators. In the interim between legislative sessions, special study groups made up of state legislators with interests or expertise in the specific study areas investigate issues that will be addressed during

72-399: A constitutional amendment allowing the legislature to call itself into session. In either case, special sessions are permitted only "in the event of an emergency." Voters narrowly defeated a constitutional amendment in 1990 that would have established annual sessions. In 1982 a special session lasted 37 days, and the governor called the assembly into special session five times in 2002, for

96-456: A total of 52 days. The 2006 special session was the shortest in Oregon's history: five pieces of legislation were passed in only six hours. The legislative body may also call itself into special session "in the event of an emergency," although it has never done so. The legislature's regular sessions were every two years until 2009. The legislative session in 2010 that referred Measure 71 to voters

120-636: Is approximately US$ 280 million. The DOJ provides legal counsel to the state anytime Oregon is a party or has an interest in a civil action or other legal proceeding. As ordered by the Oregon State Legislature , the Department of Justice is also tasked with running programs concerning child support payments, charitable activity enforcement, district attorney assistance, crime victim compensation , and protecting consumers . The divisions responsible for these and other programs are

144-664: Is compensated accordingly. Legislators are paid $ 33,852 per year. Presiding officers (the Speaker of the House and Senate President) are compensated double, $ 67,704 per year. While in session, legislators also receive a $ 151 per diem. In the 2022 Regular Session, at the request of the Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO) and Family Forward Oregon, a SB1566 was introduced to increase legislators pay. SB 1566 establishes an annual salary for members of

168-742: Is the state legislature for the U.S. state of Oregon . The Legislative Assembly is bicameral , consisting of an upper and lower house : the Senate , whose 30 members are elected to serve four-year terms; and the House of Representatives , with 60 members elected to two-year terms. There are no term limits for either house in the Legislative Assembly. Each Senate district is composed of exactly two House districts: Senate District 1 contains House Districts 1 and 2, SD 2 contains HD 3 and HD 4, and so on. (Maps of Senate districts can be found in

192-657: The Appropriations Committee that funded the HHS "[slipped] in a sentence" — Section 227 — in the "massive" spending bill that said that no funds in the discretionary spending bill "could be used for risk-corridor payments." This effectively "blocked the administration from obtaining the necessary funds from other programs." Moda, and a number of other insurers, suffered financially. As a result, in January 2016, regulators in Oregon and Alaska temporarily suspended

216-542: The Oregon Attorney General (currently Ellen Rosenblum ), is the main legal branch of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon . The DOJ is part of Oregon's executive branch , and most of its employees work in Oregon's capital, Salem . The Department is equivalent to the State Bureau of Investigation in other states. Employing about 1200 employees statewide, the department's biennial budget

240-490: The Oregon State Senate article.) Senate districts contain about 127,700 people, and are redrawn every ten years. The legislature is termed as a "citizens' assembly" (meaning that most legislators have other jobs). Since 1885, its regular sessions of up to 160 days occurred in odd-numbered years, beginning on the second Monday in January. Effective 2012, the legislature moved into an annual session, with

264-430: The "new and untested" ACA insurance market during the first three years that ACA was implemented (2014-2016). While the program did succeed in attracting insurers, it did not pay for itself and suffered billions of dollars of losses and funds were to be paid from "general government revenues". Congressional Republicans "railed against" the program as a 'bailout' for insurers. and in 2014, then-Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), on

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288-459: The 2011 session. The first 35 regular sessions (i.e. until 1929) lasted 50 days or less. Since 1949 no annual session was shorter than 100 days. The longest session was the 72nd regular session, at 227 days, ending August 27, 2003. More recent sessions ended in June or July. The Governor of Oregon was the only person who could call the assembly into special sessions until 1976, when voters approved

312-514: The Legislative Assembly equal to the annual occupational mean wage estimate for Oregon in the prior year, as determined by the U.S. Department of Labor and the Oregon Employment Department. And it directs the salary to be adjusted to conform to the mean only once every two years. It also authorizes a child care allowance for members who have children or dependents under the age of 13. Sen. Floyd Prozanski (D-Eugene) said at

336-621: The ODS Tower. In July 1999, ODS moved into the new office building, and the next month sold its former headquarters for $ 9.6 million to the retirement trusts for Les Schwab Tires and law firm Stoel Rives . ODS changed its name to Moda Health in May 2013, though it kept the ODS moniker for its dental plans in Oregon. Later that year it announced a sponsorship deal with the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers, in which

360-542: The Senate Rules Committee. In light of this, three veteran House Democrats jointly announced they would not seek reelection because of the apparent failure of SB1566. The three state representatives, Karin Power , Rachel Prusak and Anna Williams , said they could not afford to work full time for part-time pay. “We are a lawyer, nurse practitioner, and social worker,” the three said in a statement. “Seeing

384-532: The Trial Division, Appellate Division, Criminal Justice Division, General Counsel Division, Administrative Services Division, Child Support Division, Civil Enforcement Divisions, and the Crime Victims' Services Division. This Oregon government -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Oregon Legislative Assembly The Oregon Legislative Assembly

408-520: The ability of Moda Health to sell insurance after large financial losses left it with a lack of capital. The restrictions were lifted in February 2016 after the parent company agreed to raise additional funds. Moda Health took the case to court and won a "$ 214-million judgment against the federal government". On February 10, 2017, Judge Thomas C. Wheeler stated, "the Government "made a promise in

432-458: The even-numbered years having a "short session" of 35 days or less, beginning in February. Bills may be introduced in either house, and must flow through a committee before being voted upon. Bills calling for increased revenue must be introduced in the House of Representatives. How ideas become law . A legislative resolution referred to voters in the November 2010 general election amended

456-631: The former Rose Garden Arena would be renamed as the Moda Center. The company is also the shirt sponsor of National Women's Soccer League side Seattle Reign . As of 2013, the company had nearly 1,400 employees and $ 1.7 billion in annual revenues. The risk corridors program under the PPACA section 1342, was a temporary risk management device, modeled on similar successful risk corridors in Medicare Part D , to encourage reluctant insurers into

480-521: The hearing that the low pay deters Oregonians from serving in the Legislature and urged the new salary be approved. He said the current pay serves to encourage only those with personal wealth or with multiple jobs to run for the legislature. Because of the high time commitment legislative positions require, the current salary also makes it financially difficult for some to stay in office once they’ve been elected. Ultimately, SB1566 did not make it out of

504-532: The next legislative session. In addition, the state's legislative Emergency Board , which is jointly chaired by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, can take action to provide additional funds to state agencies for activities required by law or that arise unexpectedly during the legislative interim. The job of a member of the Legislative Assembly is considered a "part-time" job in Oregon, and

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528-619: The risk corridors program that it has yet to fulfill. Today, the court directs the Government to fulfill that promise. After all, 'to say to [Moda], 'The joke is on you. You shouldn't have trusted us,' is hardly worthy of our great government." On June 14, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Court overturned the lower court ruling, reversing the $ 214 million judgment. The Supreme Court later ruled in favor of Moda Health. Oregon Department of Justice The Oregon Department of Justice ( DOJ ), headed by

552-495: The state's constitution and changed the schedule of regular sessions from bi-annual to annual. Senate Joint Resolution 41 was voted on as state Ballot Measure 71 , which passed statewide by a margin of more than 2 to 1. With limited exceptions, the constitutional changes enacted through Measure 71 limit the length of legislative sessions beginning in odd-numbered years to 160 calendar days, and sessions beginning in even-numbered years to 35 calendar days. The changes took effect with

576-487: Was a special session approved during the 2009 session by a majority of legislators, who were hoping to eventually win approval of a change to regular annual sessions. The push for annual sessions dates back to at least 1981, when a poll of legislators found that two-thirds favored a shift to annual sessions. The Constitution of Oregon requires 3/5s vote in both houses in order to pass new taxes or increase existing ones. In addition, two-thirds of senators are required to form

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