Early Childhood and Human Services

[ Digest: The Act makes changes to the Oregon Foster Children's Bill of Rights and the Oregon Foster Children's Sibling Bill of Rights. ] ] Modifies the Oregon Foster Children's Bill of Rights and the Oregon Foster Children's Sibling Bill of Rights. [ Creates an exception to abuse of a child in care provisions when the suspected abuse was committed by the parent of the child in care. ] Requires the Department of Human Services to notify a child's parents or guardians that the department representative is acting on behalf of the department and cannot give the parent or guardian legal advice. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Adds requirements for imposing a condition on the license of a residential care facility or long term care facility in response to a preliminary finding or substantiated finding of immediate jeopardy. Directs the Department of Human Services to adopt a model consent form for the use of a video camera or other electronic monitoring device in a resident's room at a residential care facility. Requires the department and the Oregon Health Authority to achieve full compliance with certain provisions of chapter 619, Oregon Laws 2025, no later than January 1, 2027. Requires the department , in setting agency payment rates, to adopt a differentiated rate model for [ providers of attendant care services ] agencies that employ direct support professionals who reside with their clients. Creates exceptions to certain child placement limitations. Modifies certain provisions regarding the use of restraints on children in care. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Modifies provisions regarding the use of restraint and involuntary seclusion on certain young people. Modifies provisions regarding investigations of abuse of certain young people. Modifies provisions regarding licensing of child-caring agencies. Modifies provisions regarding out-of-state placements of children in care. Modifies provisions regarding older children in care. Prescribes procedures for parental admission of a minor child for inpatient behavioral health treatment. Modifies provisions regarding when minors may consent or withhold consent to treatment. Establishes the Oregon Institute for Youth Health Systems. Directs the System of Care Advisory Council to submit reports to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to human services regarding implementation of provisions in this Act. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

] Creates an exception to abuse of a child in care provisions when the suspected abuse was committed by the parent of the child in care. [ Requires that the Department of Human Services provide parents and guardians with a notice of rights before interviews in child abuse investigations. ] Requires the Department of Human Services to notify a child's parents or guardians that the department representative is not an attorney and cannot give the parent or guardian legal advice. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Modifies the Oregon Foster Children's Bill of Rights and the Oregon Foster Children's Sibling Bill of Rights. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.