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2014 Regular Session

House Bill 4151

Requires investigations of abuse of persons 65 years of age or older by Department of Human Services to be completed within 120 days from date of report of abuse except when concurrent criminal investigation is ongoing.

Became law as Chapter 104, Oregon Laws 2014, signed April 1, 2014, 57 days after it was filed. In force from April 1, 2014.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Requires investigations of abuse of persons 65 years of age or older by Department of Human Services to be completed within 120 days from date of report of abuse except when concurrent criminal investigation is ongoing. Requires investigation of report of resident abuse to be completed within 120 days of date investigation was commenced. Directs department to adopt policies and guidelines to plan for development and standardization of resources and technology to create database, registry or other electronic record of reports and investigations of abuse, to standardize procedures and protocols for reports and investigations of abuse and to promote and coordinate communication and information sharing with law enforcement agencies. Directs department to [<i>establish</i>]<b> augment department's existing criminal background check system with regularly updated</b> registry of persons working or seeking to work in certain facilities providing care to vulnerable persons and as home care workers. Becomes operative January 1, 2015. Requires department to notify adult foster home if person applying for admission is on probation, parole or post-prison supervision after being convicted of sex crime. Allows adult foster home to refuse admission to person, or to transfer or discharge resident, who is on probation, parole or post-prison supervision after being convicted of sex crime. Renames Oregon Elder Abuse Work Group and expands scope of work group's responsibilities. Requires work group to report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly no later than December 31, 2014. Changes definitions of "neglect" and "sexual abuse" for purposes of reports of abuse of elderly persons and residents of long term care facilities and residential facilities. Becomes operative January 1, 2015. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

Its course

February 3 to April 8, 2014, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action23 actions on 15 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 3 to Mar 429 days

Waiting for a committeeFeb 3 to Feb 30 days

Human Services and HousingFeb 3 to Feb 1310 days

Ways and MeansFeb 13 to Feb 20 · moved on7 days

Human ServicesFeb 20 to Feb 27 · moved on7 days

Ways and MeansFeb 27 to Mar 34 days

In the SenateMar 4 to Mar 62 days

Waiting for a committeeMar 4 to Mar 40 days

Ways and MeansMar 4 to Mar 51 day

With the GovernorMar 6 to Apr 126 days

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the Legislative Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

  • House of Representatives, third reading58–0

    Passed · Mar 4 · 2 present

  • Senate, third reading30–0

    Passed · Mar 6

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 13

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 3

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Feb 3 – Mar 4

  1. Introduced
  2. Sent to Human Services and Housing
  3. Heard in Human Services and Housing
  4. Heard in Human Services and Housing
  5. Human Services and Housing recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
  6. Sent to Ways and Means
  7. Sent to Human Services Subcommittee
  8. Heard in Human Services Subcommittee
  9. Returned to Ways and Means
  10. Heard in Ways and Means
  11. Ways and Means recommended it as amended
  12. Read a second time
  13. Passed the House of Representatives, 58 to 0

In the Senate Mar 4 – Mar 6

  1. Arrived in the Senate
  2. Sent to Ways and Means
  3. Ways and Means recommended it
  4. Read a second time
  5. Passed the Senate, 30 to 0

To the Governor Mar 11 – Apr 8

  1. Signed in the House of Representatives
  2. Signed in the Senate
  3. Signed by the Governor
  4. Became chapter 104 of Oregon Laws 2014, in force from April 1, 2014
All 23 actions, as published