Relating to community-based services; and declaring an emergency.
Summary
Requires Department of Human Services to allow specified individuals receiving in-home services and supports to receive agency with choice services to perform employment-related functions with respect to direct support professionals employed by individuals to provide in-home services and supports. Specifies criteria for agencies to be certified by department to provide agency with choice services. Includes persons providing agency with choice services as mandatory reporters of abuse. Requires department to adopt rules to ensure fiscal transparency in, and high quality of, services provided to individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities and specifies minimum requirements for rules. Prohibits department and Oregon Health Authority from requiring single-family dwellings used for residential training homes or adult foster homes to have sprinkler systems if dwelling has been operated as residential training home or adult foster home pursuant to license issued prior to July 1, 2024, and operator meets other specified criteria. Sunsets January 2, 2026. Requires department to submit various reports to certain committees of Legislative Assembly regarding options for community-based services, licensing fees and civil penalties. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Mar 2022
Introduced Feb 1, 2022
Signed Mar 24, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 1, 2022 · House Mar 4, 2022
How they voted
23–1
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 29
Mar 1, 2022
D
Democratic17
94% Yea
I
Independent1
0% Nay
R
Republican11
63% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
9
Committee
8
Mar 24, 2022
Signed into law
Governor signed.
upper
Mar 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
Speaker signed.
lower
Mar 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
President signed.
upper
Mar 4, 2022
Lower · Passed
Third reading. Carried by Williams. Passed.
lower
Mar 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass.
lower
Mar 3, 2022
Committee
Referred to Ways and Means.
lower
Mar 3, 2022
Introduced
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
lower
Mar 1, 2022
Upper · Passed
Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed.
upper
Feb 26, 2022
Upper · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.)
upper
Feb 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
Returned to Full Committee.
upper
Feb 18, 2022
Committee
Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services.
upper
Feb 14, 2022
Committee
Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President.
upper
Feb 14, 2022
Upper · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.)
upper
Feb 1, 2022
Committee
Referred to Human Services, Mental Health and Recovery.
upper
Feb 1, 2022
Introduced
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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