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Self-advocates and families back 30:1 staffing ratio for IDD service coordinators and personal agents
Summary
Senate Bill 725 would require a 30-to-1 maximum caseload for service coordinators or personal agents serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities; self-advocates described harms from high caseloads and turnover, while the Office of Developmental Disability Services said the proposal would have significant fiscal implications.
Senate Bill 725, presented Jan. 30 to the Oregon Senate Committee on Human Services, would direct the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) to adopt rules requiring community developmental disability programs and support services brokerages to maintain a maximum 30-to-1 staffing ratio of service coordinators or personal agents to individuals served. The bill would become operative Jan. 1, 2026, and sunset Jan. 2, 2027; ODHS would be allowed to take necessary actions prior to the operative date.
Self-advocates, family members and advocates testified in strong support, giving personal accounts of service gaps caused by high…
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