Human Services

OR - Senator Sara Gelser (D)

Title:

Chair

OR - Senator Dallas Heard (R)

Title:

Vice-chair

OR - Senator Shemia Fagan (D)

Title:

Member

OR - Senator Tim Knopp (R)

Title:

Member

OR - Senator Laurie Monnes Anderson (D)

Title:

Member

OR - SB1 Establishes Statewide System of Care Task Force.

OR - SB15 Authorizes Youth Development Council to inspect and collect data from facilities in which juveniles are detained to ensure compliance with federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act.

OR - SB19 Requires Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules for licensing of each type of adult foster home, including those providing residential care to older adults, persons with physical disabilities, persons with intellectual disabilities and persons with mental illness.

OR - SB20 Consolidates eligibility for services to children and adults with developmental disabilities.

OR - SB21 Requires Department of Human Services to report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to human services any changes needed to statutes governing programs administered by department due to changes to budget.

OR - SB22 Requires Oregon Health Authority to establish standards for identifying behavioral health homes.

OR - SB26 Directs Director of the Oregon Health Authority or director's designee to discharge employee at facility under jurisdiction of authority if it has been substantiated that employee physically or sexually abused patient or client.

OR - SB30 Permits guardian to change abode or placement of adult protected person without 15-day notice under certain circumstances.

OR - SB31 Permits Oregon Public Guardian and Conservator to establish county, regional and statewide high-risk teams to determine options available for addressing safety risks facing highly vulnerable adults.

OR - SB32 Changes conversion facilities from type of "residential facility" for purposes of Residential Facilities Ombudsman Program to type of "long term care facility" for purposes of Long Term Care Ombudsman Program.

OR - SB131 Requires Director of Oregon Health Authority to appoint Children's Health Advocate to investigate complaints and take steps to ensure access to and reimbursement of timely health care for children placed by Department of Human Services in private child-caring agencies.

OR - SB163 Provides that Oregon 529 Savings Board may collect certain fees to defray costs of ABLE program.

OR - SB167 Aligns definitions in mental health services bill of rights with definitions applicable to reporting of abuse of persons with mental illness.

OR - SB168 Directs Department of Human Services to study and make recommendations on provisions of state law relating to child care.

OR - SB169 Directs Department of Human Services to study and make recommendations on provisions of state law relating to child safety.

OR - SB170 Directs Department of Human Services to study and make recommendations on provisions of state law relating to child welfare.

OR - SB171 Directs Department of Human Services to study and make recommendations on provisions of state law relating to children.

OR - SB172 Directs Department of Human Services to study and make recommendations on developmental disabilities programs in Oregon.

OR - SB173 Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Health Authority and Department of Human Services to expand programs serving behavioral health needs of seniors and persons with disabilities.

OR - SB174 Appropriates moneys to Department of Human Services to collaborate with Oregon Health Authority to establish Center of Excellence on Behavioral Health for Older Adults and People with Disabilities.

OR - SB175 Requires Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority to convene stakeholder group to develop recommendations, to be submitted to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to health, for ensuring that clients of department and authority have seamless, uninterrupted access to mental health and substance abuse programs administered by authority and long term care services and supports administered by department.

OR - SB176 Requires certain filling stations, service stations, garages and other dispensaries that dispense Class 1 flammable liquids to provide equal access to persons with disabilities.

OR - SB177 Requires hospice program licensed by Oregon Health Authority to identify patients in need of palliative care, provide information to patients, residents and families of patients about palliative care and facilitate patient access to palliative care.

OR - SB178 Permits health care representative to make election for hospice treatment on behalf of incapacitated principal with terminal condition who does not have valid advance directive.

OR - SB179 Requires Department of Human Services to administer palliative care pilot project to support provision of community-based end of life care.

OR - SB181 Modifies definition of "child-caring agency" to include county programs that provide care or services to children in custody of Department of Human Services or Oregon Youth Authority.

OR - SB182 Modifies definition of "child-caring agency" to include certain residential facilities.

OR - SB183 Directs Early Learning Council to study and make recommendations on provisions of state law relating to regulation of child care providers.

OR - SB195 Prescribes amount of expenses for which tax credit for employment-related dependent care expenses may be claimed by removing limitations based on earned income of individual spouse, in case of joint tax filers.

OR - SB221 Directs Department of Human Services to conduct study about children and youth with specialized needs and to report results to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to human services on or before September 15, 2020.

OR - SB264 Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Youth Development Division to provide grants to certain community-based youth development programs.

OR - SB274 Expands eligibility for support service brokerage services to individuals who are 14 to 17 years of age.

OR - SB278 Extends eligibility for Rent Guarantee Program to individuals between 17 and 20 years of age who were wards within past six years.

OR - SB285 Requires Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority, when recovering assistance paid to needy individuals by taking title to real property, to convey property to nonprofit organization that contracts with department or authority to provide housing to low income seniors and persons with disabilities.

OR - SB415 Adds school district board members and public charter school governing body members to list of mandatory reporters of child abuse.

OR - SB458 Establishes Oregon Homeless Youth Task Force.

OR - SB475 Directs Department of Human Services to conduct monthly, in-person visits with child or ward in substitute care that include updates on academic status and progress.

OR - SB476 Restricts disclosure as public records of certain records maintained by Psychiatric Security Review Board.

OR - SB490 Adds individuals who have operated child care facility in violation of child care facility or Central Background Registry law to list of individuals who are prohibited from providing child care for five years.

OR - SB491 Transfers from Department of Human Services to Oregon Community Foundation responsibility for administering Fairview housing trust.

OR - SB492 Proclaims state policy to provide aids, benefits and services to persons with disabilities who are parents or guardians.

OR - SB493 Establishes Oregon Human Rights Commission to safeguard dignity and basic human rights of individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

OR - SB494 Requires employers who are authorized to pay subminimum wages to individuals with disabilities to pay certain wage rates until June 30, 2023.

OR - SB499 Adds to rights of persons with mental illness committed to Oregon Health Authority, right to reasonable privacy and security in resting, sleeping, dressing, bathing, personal hygiene and toileting.

OR - SB510 Directs Department of Human Services to promulgate rules regarding certain employment and hiring practices.

OR - SB546 Creates crime of unlawful administration of electroconvulsive therapy.

OR - HB2215 Adds to rights of persons with mental illness committed to Oregon Health Authority, right to reasonable privacy and security in resting, sleeping, dressing, bathing, personal hygiene and toileting.

OR - SB653 Prohibits Department of Human Services from disclosing records and reports related to child abuse investigations to certain entities unless court finds report of abuse is founded.

OR - SB669 Modifies requirements for licensing of in-home care agencies.

OR - SB681 Prescribes optional form for supported decision-making agreement.

OR - SB682 Requires court, under certain circumstances, to appoint legal counsel for respondent or protected person in protective proceeding.

OR - SB683 Limits guardian's authority to limit protected person's preferred associations with third parties.

OR - SB707 Establishes Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Advisory Committee.

OR - SB725 Specifies charges or convictions that may not be considered in fitness determinations.

OR - SB727 Requires Department of Human Services to adopt by rule program that provides financial assistance to recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance for purchasing locally grown fruits and vegetables from participating farmers' markets, farm share sites and retail outlets.

OR - SB732 Removes naturopathic physicians from list of medical professionals who conduct certain medical assessments for reported child abuse.

OR - SB735 Requires health outcome and quality measures adopted by Health Plan Quality Metrics Committee to include hospital measures and to be applied to health benefit plans sold in this state, not to only health benefit plans sold through health insurance exchange or covering public employees.

OR - SB737 Extends sunset for property tax exemption for low income rental housing.

OR - SB745 Directs Department of Human Services to conduct annual in-person case planning with ward 14 years of age or older during which department informs ward that ward is eligible for transition services and provides ward with assistance in applying for transition services, if applicable.

OR - SB790 Increases total amount allowed in tax year to all taxpayers as tax credits for donations to fiduciary organizations for distribution to individual development accounts.

OR - SB804 Modifies child abuse reporting requirements to require Department of Human Services to notify law enforcement agency within county where alleged child abuse occurred.

OR - SB809 Requires Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority to prescribe by rule criteria for making fitness determinations.

OR - SB813 Directs Office of Child Care to make reasonable attempt to identify any facility about which it receives complaint if certain information is provided.

OR - SB814 Directs Department of Human Services to provide notice to parents or legal guardians regarding voluntary adoption options, including options for post-adoption contact agreements, prior to termination of parental rights.

OR - SB816 Directs Department of Human Services to conduct study that identifies ways to improve foster care system in Oregon and present report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to human services on or before September 15, 2020.

OR - SB825 Directs Department of Human Services to study and make recommendations on provisions of state law relating to placement of children in child-caring agencies.

OR - SB832 Declares purpose of Critical Incident Review Teams.

OR - SB833 Directs Department of Human Services to require criminal records checks on noninvolved parents prior to releasing child in protective custody to custody of noninvolved parent.