l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 1197

Requires respite care services to be provided through the state medical assistance program to provide relief to children or youth under the age of 26 who have complex behavioral health needs or an intellectual or developmental disability and to the caregivers of such children or youth.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Ways and Means Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

<b>Digest: The Act requires the state Medicaid program to provide respite care. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act tells OHA to create a respite care program for unpaid caregivers of children and youth with complex mental health needs. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.4).</i>] Requires respite care services to be provided through the state medical assistance program to provide relief to [<i>unpaid caregivers of individuals under the age of 26 who have complex mental health or substance use-related needs</i>]<b> children or youth under the age of 26 who have complex behavioral health needs or an intellectual or developmental disability and to the caregivers of such children or youth</b>. <b>Directs the Oregon Health Authority to seek any necessary federal approval. Becomes operative on the date that notice of federal approval is received.</b> Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

Its course

March 20 to June 27, 2025, 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 action6 actions on 4 days

In the SenateMar 20 to Jun 27 · stopped99 days

Waiting for a committeeMar 20 to Mar 200 days

Human ServicesMar 20 to Apr 1829 days

Ways and MeansApr 18 to Jun 27 · stopped70 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Apr 18

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

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

In the Senate Mar 20 – Jun 27

  1. Mar 20Introduced
  2. Sent to Human Services
  3. Apr 9Heard in Human Services
  4. Apr 18Human Services recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
  5. Sent to Ways and Means
  6. Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Mar 20Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  2. Mar 20Referred to Human Services.Senate
  3. Apr 9Public Hearing and Work Session held.Senate
  4. Apr 18Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.)Senate
  5. Apr 18Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President.Senate
  6. Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.Senate