OR SB129

Repeals 16 Oregon statutes (ORS 427.215 through 427.306) that authorized courts to involuntarily commit individuals to facilities solely based on having an intellectual disability

Prohibits public bodies from denying mental illness services (including hospital, psychiatric, community-based, and residential services) to individuals on the basis that they also have an intellectual disability

Clarifies that a person with mental illness may also have an intellectual or developmental disability, but an intellectual or developmental disability alone is not a mental disorder for purposes of civil commitment

Requires the Department of Human Services to report to the legislature by December 15, 2025, on progress in planning for elimination of IDD-based civil commitment and recommendations for ensuring continued services for high-needs individuals

Becomes operative January 1, 2026, with an emergency clause making the Act effective upon passage