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Yes: 80 • No: 1
OregonSB 15322026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
Relating to services for vulnerable persons; and declaring an emergency.
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Bill Overview
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9 provisions identified: 9 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
More choice and fair pay in disability care
The law creates endorsed ‘agency‑with‑choice’ options so people can direct their own care. Endorsed agencies must meet standards, cannot have leaders with recent Medicaid‑fraud convictions, and must report billed workers, service ZIP codes, and training each year. For live‑in direct support workers, DHS uses a special agency payment rate that reflects lower overhead. This rate cannot cut a client’s eligible hours or the worker’s wages.
More oversight of disability service agencies
Agencies serving people with intellectual or developmental disabilities must report more about staffing and finances each year. Reports include executive pay, direct support professional wages, and overhead, and wages and health benefits must reflect any Legislature‑approved rate increases. DHS sets clearer licensing eligibility standards and looks at up to 10 years of agency history. DHS can suspend or revoke a license and deny new applications for at least 12 months for blocking access or tampering with records, and at least 36 months for egregious acts that led to or could lead to death or serious harm. Suspensions and conditions stay in place until DHS confirms the problems are fixed.
Out‑of‑state eating‑disorder care with support
When in‑state treatment cannot meet a child’s eating‑disorder needs, DHS may place the child in an out‑of‑state program that is enrolled with Oregon’s medical assistance program and in good standing, with Medicaid approval. Court approval or quick notice is required. DHS must certify the program in person, ensure weekly case contacts, and send a familiar staff member to visit at least twice a month. DHS also offers travel or lodging help to the family or foster family.
Pay for parents caring for high‑need kids
Parents can be paid to provide attendant care to their minor child who DHS finds has very high medical or behavioral needs. The parent must be a W‑2 employee of an agency, not an owner or independent contractor. The agency must pay overtime at the same rate used for other direct support workers. Payment generally does not cover school hours unless there is a short‑term or authorized medical need.
Stronger safety rules for care facilities
The law strengthens DHS oversight of residential and long‑term care facilities. DHS can place license conditions after a substantiated violation or an immediate‑jeopardy finding, and must explain how to fix problems and when the condition lifts. DHS must give facilities a chance to respond before a preliminary jeopardy finding, give 48 hours’ notice (or notify within 48 hours after an emergency order), and remove a condition if a preliminary finding is not proven in 30 days. When a facility says it is back in substantial compliance, DHS must reinspect in 15 business days, share results within 5 business days, and issue a report in 30 days or the condition is removed unless a short extension is granted. Admissions can be limited only when new residents would face immediate harm, and DHS adopts a standard consent form for in‑room cameras. Agencies and OHA move to full compliance with these rules by January 1, 2027.
Faster court review and limits on group care
For qualified residential treatment placements, DHS must ask the court for approval within 30 days. The court holds a hearing and issues a decision within 60 days, and DHS must move the child within 30 days if the court disapproves. DHS limits congregate care to qualified settings, with defined exceptions, and caps some shelter and care‑home stays at 60 straight days or 90 days in 12 months. The law also treats an unmarried person under 21 in a child‑caring agency as a “child,” extending protections to older youth.
Tougher oversight of out‑of‑state child placements
DHS must license or contract with out‑of‑state agencies using the same standards as in Oregon and cannot delegate this oversight. Contracts must allow full inspections and require immediate reporting, ban conversion therapy and gag‑order NDAs, set staffing and training rules, protect names/pronouns, and control restraints and psychotropic meds. A DHS child‑welfare worker must accompany a child on the first trip out of state and on later moves or secure transports, unless an emergency makes waiting unsafe. In that case, the worker must meet the child at the new facility right away.
Fairer abuse reviews for staff restraints
An expired restraint certification cannot, by itself, be used to prove a restraint‑related abuse allegation against a worker. Other evidence can still support a finding.
Easier kin and tribal out‑of‑state placements
DHS may place a child out of state with relatives or an approved pre‑adoptive family without using a congregate care setting, following the Interstate Compact rules. For children who are or may be Indian children, DHS may place out of state without Oregon licensure or QRTP status when following tribal placement preferences. DHS must give the court and parties at least 10 days’ notice, or if delay risks serious harm or losing the spot, notice as soon as possible and no later than one business day after the child leaves.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/2/2026
Third reading. Carried by McIntire. Passed.
Yes: 43 • No: 0
House vote • 2/26/2026
Early Childhood and Human Services: Heard and Reported Out
Yes: 6 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/19/2026
Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed.
Yes: 26 • No: 1
Senate vote • 2/12/2026
Human Services: Heard and Reported Out with Amendments
Yes: 5 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Effective date, March 10, 2026.
3/17/2026SenateChapter 28, 2026 Laws.
3/17/2026SenateGovernor signed.
3/10/2026SenateSpeaker signed.
3/5/2026HousePresident signed.
3/5/2026SenateThird reading. Carried by McIntire. Passed.
3/2/2026HouseSecond reading.
2/27/2026HouseRecommendation: Do pass.
2/26/2026HouseWork Session held.
2/26/2026HousePublic Hearing held.
2/24/2026HouseReferred to Early Childhood and Human Services.
2/20/2026HouseFirst reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
2/19/2026HouseThird reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed.
2/19/2026SenateSecond reading.
2/18/2026SenateRecommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
2/17/2026SenateWork Session held.
2/12/2026SenateWork Session held.
2/10/2026SenatePublic Hearing held.
2/5/2026SenatePublic Hearing held.
2/3/2026SenateReferred to Human Services.
2/2/2026SenateIntroduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
2/2/2026Senate
Bill Text
Enrolled
3/3/2026
A-Engrossed
2/17/2026
Senate Amendments to Introduced
2/17/2026
SHS Amendment -1 (Proposed)
2/12/2026
SHS Amendment -2 (Proposed)
2/12/2026
SHS Amendment -4 (Combined)
2/12/2026
SHS Amendment -5 (Proposed)
2/12/2026
SHS Amendment -7 (Combined)
2/12/2026
SHS Amendment -8 (Adopted)
2/12/2026
SHS Amendment -1 (Proposed)
2/10/2026
SHS Amendment -2 (Proposed)
2/10/2026
SHS Amendment -4 (Proposed)
2/10/2026
SHS Amendment -5 (Proposed)
2/10/2026
SHS Amendment -1 (Proposed)
2/5/2026
SHS Amendment -2 (Proposed)
2/5/2026
SHS Amendment -1 (Proposed)
2/3/2026
SHS Amendment -2 (Proposed)
2/3/2026
Introduced
1/28/2026
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