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Committee advances SB 1532A tightening ODHS authority over care settings and child placements
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Summary
The House Committee on Early Childhood and Human Services gave Senate Bill 1532A a due-pass recommendation, approving an omnibus package that changes Department of Human Services authority for residential long-term care facilities, revises definitions and rates for attendant-care providers, and clarifies out-of-state placements for children under the Oregon Indian Child Welfare Act.
The House Committee on Early Childhood and Human Services advanced Senate Bill 1532A to the floor with a due-pass recommendation after a brief work session and a roll-call vote. The presenter summarized the measure as an omnibus bill that updates Department of Human Services authority affecting residential long-term care, developmental disability services and child welfare.
The presenter said the bill would allow the department to impose license conditions on residential long-term care facilities in response to substantiated findings or preliminary findings of immediate jeopardy and would require a model consent form for using video cameras or electronic recording devices in residents' rooms at residential care facilities. The presenter also said the bill delays the implementation date for certain licensure and enforcement provisions that originated in last year's Senate Bill 739.
On developmental disability services, the presenter described statutory alignment around the definition of a direct care worker (also called a direct support professional) and said the bill directs ODHS to adopt a differentiated rate model for attendant-care providers who live with the clients they serve. In child welfare, the presenter said the measure allows ODHS to place a child in an out-of-state placement that is not licensed as a child-caring agency if the placement is made pursuant to the Oregon Indian Child Welfare Act (for example, in a relative foster or pre-adoptive family placement) or in an eating-disorder treatment program approved by the Oregon Health Authority; it requires ODHS to notify the court and parties and requires director approval for those placements. The presenter also said the bill prohibits ODHS from substantiating an allegation of abuse of a child in care solely because a person has LAP certification for restraint and seclusion training.
"There is a fiscal impact statement posted to OLIS. There's no revenue impact," the presenter said.
After the presentation the committee moved the bill to the floor and the clerk called the roll. Members present recorded affirmative votes (Representative McIntyre; Representative Ruiz; Representative Wise; Representative Juncker; Vice Chair Sharf; Vice Chair Walters). Chair Hartman was recorded as excused. The motion passed. The presiding officer asked who would carry the bill to the floor; a committee participant who identified themself as Simone offered to carry it.
The committee closed the SB 1532A work session and proceeded to the next item on the agenda.
