AMENDED. Increases the indirect cost rate for grants and contracts with nonprofits from 10% to the higher of the de minimis rate established under the OMB Uniform Guidance or 15%; re-enacts Maryland Efficient Grant Application (MEGA) Council, and directs it to study and make recommendations to the Department of Budget and Management on regulations adopting the OMB Uniform Guidance for application to state grants, with appropriate modifications; provides that this is an emergency measure that takes effect upon enactment. Companion to HB 300.

Requires review every five years of state contracts and personal service agreements with nonprofit human services providers to determine whether the rates paid adequately compensate the providers; requires a report to the legislature; requires cost of living adjustments of the rates.

Requires all state and local government grants and contracts to establish a de minimis cost rate of 15% of the modified total direct costs to nonprofits; prohibits governments from limiting reimbursements of indirect, administrative, or overhead costs; requires a database for nonprofit documentation for all government agencies to use for grants and contracts; requires governments to review and adopt the cost principles and grant reforms under the OMB Uniform Guidance; authorizes a list of common terminology; requires awards to be adjusted annually for inflation; requires automatic extension for 3 months if the extension or renewal process is not completed within 10 days of expiration; prohibits unilateral changes by an agency; requires procedures to reduce redundant monitoring; applies interest penalties if payment is not made by the required payment date.

AMENDED – requires each state agency contracting with a nonprofit human services provider to increase rates for recurring contracts by the consumer price index annually; requires a report every 3 years of needed appropriations to ensure rate increases.

Provides preference to contracting with locally governed community-led nonprofit community partners for enhanced care management benefits; standardizes and streamlines templates for managed care plans; requires rate guidance to be updated annually.

Establishes a program for granting preferences to small businesses in state procurement; applies to small disadvantaged businesses certified by the U.S. Small Business Administration, state-certified emerging small businesses, and others as defined by rule; requires the Oregon Department of Administrative Services (DAS) to identify public contracts that are suitable for small business participation, to create strategies to encourage such participation, to suggest improvements to existing preference programs, and to establish goals and implement a plan for eliminating disparities identified in the 2023 Oregon Disparity Study; allows the state to restrict certain contracts to small businesses only; requires DAS to collect data and report annually to the Governor and Legislature on the magnitude and varieties of small business participation in state procurement. AMENDED - now applies to "Oregon small business enterprises," as defined by the Oregon Business Development Department, which will issue certifications based on eligibility criteria to be determined by rule; requires eligibility criteria to specify the maximum number of employees, maximum revenue, location of operation, and other requirements.

Provides that public bodies may not discriminate against or grant preferential treatment to any person or group based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin, in public employment, public education, or public contracting; does not prohibit consideration of bona fide qualifications or sex when these are reasonably necessary to normal operation of public employment, education, or contracting; provides that the measure will not invalidate any court order or consent decree in force as of the effective date; provides that the measure will not prohibit actions necessary to establish or maintain federal funding.

Provides that state officials and agencies may not discriminate or grant preferential treatment on the basis of gender identity, race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the application, selection, or appointment of individuals to boards and commissions; does not prohibit consideration of bona fide qualifications or sex that are reasonably necessary to normal operations of boards and commissions; provides that the measure will not invalidate any court order or consent decree in force as of the effective date; applies only to appointments made on or after the effective date.

Prohibits preferential treatment by the state on the basis of race or ethnicity in admission, graduation, hiring promotion, certification or contracting decision, higher education institution operations or contracting, or implementing disciplinary policies; provides exclusions.

Requires a review every five years to determine whether the rates of nonprofit human service providers are adequate; requires that private provider organizations receive payments for services pursuant to a purchase service contract no later than 45 days of receipt of claim or service.