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Senator raises concerns about Oregon DHS oversight of memory care, out-of-state placements for children
Summary
Senator Gelser Bluhin told the Senate Human Services Committee heard testimony that the Oregon Department of Human Services has, at times, failed to make timely in-person inspections of memory care and long-term care facilities; she urged caution before resuming out-of-state placements for children.
Senator Gelser Bluhin outlined testimony heard in a Senate Human Services Committee hearing that, she said, revealed prolonged lapses in in-person monitoring of memory care and long-term care facilities by the Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS).
"We heard directly from employees, managers at the Oregon Department of Human Services that for years, they have been insufficiently monitoring memory care and long term…
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