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OR SB1532

Bill

Status

Passed

3/10/2026

Primary Sponsor

Unknown

Origin

Senate

2026 Legislative Measures

AI Summary

  • DHS must impose license conditions on residential care and long term care facilities upon preliminary or substantiated findings of immediate jeopardy, with automatic removal if preliminary findings are not substantiated within 30 days

  • DHS shall adopt a model consent form for video cameras or electronic monitoring devices in residential care facility rooms, and must achieve full compliance with Chapter 619, Oregon Laws 2025 by January 1, 2027

  • Differentiated rate model required for attendant care providers who reside with their intellectual/developmental disability clients, reflecting reduced agency overhead costs without reducing provider wages or client service hours

  • Out-of-state placement exceptions created for Indian children when tribal placement preferences apply, for relative foster/pre-adoptive placements, and for children with eating disorders requiring residential treatment unavailable in Oregon

  • DHS prohibited from substantiating child abuse allegations against caregivers solely because their restraint certification has lapsed; emergency clause makes act effective upon passage

Legislative Description

Relating to services for vulnerable persons; and declaring an emergency.

Last Action

Governor signed.

3/10/2026

Committee Referrals

Early Childhood and Human Services2/20/2026
Human Services2/2/2026

Full Bill Text

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