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Bill would allow DHS to disqualify or revoke providers who repeatedly fail IDD service standards
Summary
Senate Bill 136 would give the Department of Human Services clearer criteria and timelines to revoke certificates, endorsements or licenses for providers deemed unqualified, expanding the agency’s prescriptive enforcement tools for community‑based IDD services.
Senate Bill 136 was heard Feb. 11 in the Oregon Senate Committee on Human Services. The measure would permit the Department of Human Services’ Office of Developmental Disability Services (ODDS) to deem a provider “unqualified” under specified criteria and take enforcement actions up to revocation of certificates, endorsements or licenses.
Dana Hittle, interim director of ODDS, told the committee the bill “introduces the term unqualified to describe a provider who meets certain criteria” and directs the department to adopt Oregon Administrative Rules specifying when…
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