Committees · 2019 Regular Session
Human Services
Members
As the committee stood at the end of the term. Each name leads to the member's page.
Sara Gelser BlouinChair
Democrat · 8th District
Dallas HeardVice-chair
Republican · 1st District
Democrat · 25th District
Democrat · 24th District
Republican · 27th District
Bills
Bills sent to the committee in the 2019 Regular Session.
Bills sent82
6% of the bills the Senate sent to committees
Reported out68%
56 of 82; 26 stopped in committee
Time in committee46 days
most between 24 and 73 days
Amendments offered0
committee amendments
In every session
Each session over its whole term. The 2026 is so far.
20264 bills
reported 75% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 5 members
202571 bills
reported 55% · typically 57 days, most 34–82 · 0 amendments · 5 members
20249 bills
reported 78% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 5 members
202398 bills
reported 49% · typically 64 days, most 50–78 · 0 amendments · 5 members
20204 bills
reported 75% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 5 members
201982 bills
reported 68% · typically 46 days, most 24–73 · 0 amendments · 5 members
20187 bills
reported 100% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 5 members
2017114 bills
reported 59% · typically 42 days, most 25–69 · 0 amendments · 5 members
Bills it was sent
Each time a bill was sent to the committee in the 2019 Regular Session, newest first.
82 bills
House Bill 3394 · Modifies required child care resource and referral entity services.
Sent April 23, 2019 · Reported out after 20 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3270 · Requires Department of Human Services to administer four-year pilot program to allow adult foster homes meeting specified requirements to care for up to seven residents.
Sent April 19, 2019 · Stopped in committee after 72 days
House Bill 2027 · Permits Office of Child Care to consider any information obtained by office when reviewing enrollment in Central Background Registry.
Sent April 17, 2019 · Reported out after 33 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2033 · Modifies minimum degree requirements for individuals who conduct child abuse investigations or make determinations regarding protective custody of children.
Sent April 17, 2019 · Reported out after 29 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2464 · Modifies terminology regarding recipients of grants from Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Program.
Sent April 16, 2019 · Reported out after 27 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2908 · Requires division of Department of Human Services that administers Oregon Project Independence, in collaboration with area agencies, to study statewide expansion of Oregon Project Independence and resource needs of division if Oregon Project Independence is expanded statewide.
Sent April 12, 2019 · Reported out after 32 days · did not pass the Senate
House Bill 2524 · Requires long term care facilities, residential facilities and adult foster homes to provide residents with information developed by Long Term Care Ombudsman describing availability and services of Long Term Care Ombudsman.
Sent April 5, 2019 · Reported out after 24 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2638 · Modifies membership of Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission.
Sent April 4, 2019 · Reported out after 18 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 1035 · Requires Oregon Health Authority and Department of Human Services to design program for providing limited benefit package of services and supports to individual who receives care from family member or other individual who has close relationship with care recipient, as defined by department by rule, who is not compensated for providing care.
Sent March 28, 2019 · Reported out after 19 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 1036 · Establishes Office of Oregon Ombudsmen and Advocates to provide administrative services and support to Office of the Long Term Care Ombudsman, Office of the Residential Facilities Ombudsman, Office of the Foster Parent Ombudsman, Office of the Foster Child Ombudsman and Office of the Oregon Public Guardian and Conservator.
Sent March 28, 2019 · Reported out after 19 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 1039 · Authorizes appointment of health care advocate to make health care decisions for individual with developmental disability receiving services through individualized written service plan if individual does not have guardian or health care representative.
Sent March 28, 2019 · Reported out after 19 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2227 · Modifies list of mandatory reporters of suspected child abuse to include animal control officers.
Sent March 26, 2019 · Reported out after 24 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 921 · Modifies child abuse reporting requirements to add hotelkeepers and innkeepers as mandatory reporters of child abuse.
Sent March 6, 2019 · Reported out after 12 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 924 · Modifies juvenile code to prohibit placement of children and wards taken into protective custody in detention facilities.
Sent March 6, 2019 · Reported out after 19 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 964 · Directs Department of Human Services to establish pilot program to encourage innovative strategies to strengthen families and build resilient neighborhoods.
Sent March 6, 2019 · Reported out after 35 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 994 · Requires person who has taken child into custody to request, prior to releasing child to custody of child's noncustodial parent, Department of Human Services to conduct criminal records check on noncustodial parent and all adults in same home as noncustodial parent.
Sent March 6, 2019 · Reported out after 28 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 996 · Directs Department of Human Services to study and make recommendations on provisions of state law relating to protective proceedings.
Sent March 6, 2019 · Stopped in committee after 116 days
Senate Bill 178 · 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.
Sent March 5, 2019 · Reported out after 6 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 917 · Prohibits long term care facilities, residential facilities, adult foster homes, child care facilities, child-caring agencies, foster homes, youth care centers, youth offender foster homes or other entities that are licensed, certified or registered to provide care to children, youth, individuals with disabilities or older adults from interfering with good faith disclosure of information by employees or volunteers about abuse or mistreatment of individuals cared for by entity, violations of state or federal laws or other practice that threatens health and safety of individuals cared for by entity, to regulatory agencies, law enforcement authorities, persons acting on behalf of individual and other specified individuals.
Sent February 28, 2019 · Reported out after 53 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 918 · Directs local mental health authority to notify local systems having contact with deceased individual 24 years of age or younger of suspected suicide if local mental health authority received notice of death from third party.
Sent February 28, 2019 · Reported out after 18 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
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Senate Bill 813 · Directs Office of Child Care to make reasonable attempt to identify any child care facility, or person or place providing child care, about which it receives complaint if certain information is provided.
Sent February 22, 2019 · Reported out after 40 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 814 · 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.
Sent February 22, 2019 · Stopped in committee after 128 days
Senate Bill 816 · 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.
Sent February 22, 2019 · Stopped in committee after 128 days
Senate Bill 825 · Directs Department of Human Services to study and make recommendations on provisions of state law relating to placement of children in child-caring agencies.
Sent February 22, 2019 · Stopped in committee after 128 days
Senate Bill 832 · Declares purpose of Critical Incident Review Teams.
Sent February 22, 2019 · Reported out after 61 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 833 · 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.
Sent February 22, 2019 · Stopped in committee after 128 days
Senate Bill 804 · Directs Department of Human Services, after receiving report of alleged child abuse, to notify law enforcement agency where alleged abuse occurred, if county is known.
Sent February 20, 2019 · Reported out after 33 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 809 · Requires Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority to prescribe by rule criteria to be considered in making fitness determination findings of abuse.
Sent February 20, 2019 · Reported out after 54 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 790 · Increases total amount allowed in tax year to all taxpayers as tax credits for donations to fiduciary organizations for distribution to individual development accounts.
Sent February 14, 2019 · Reported out after 39 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 195 · 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.
Sent February 11, 2019 · Stopped in committee after 139 days
House Bill 2215 · 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.
Sent February 6, 2019 · Reported out after 40 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 745 · 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 accessing transition services, if applicable.
Sent February 6, 2019 · Reported out after 61 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 727 · Requires Department of Human Services to contract with nonprofit organization to implement and administer program to assist recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance in purchasing locally grown fruits and vegetables from farmers' markets, farm share sites and retail outlets that participate in program.
Sent February 1, 2019 · Reported out after 45 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 732 · Removes naturopathic physicians from list of medical professionals who conduct certain medical assessments for reported child abuse.
Sent February 1, 2019 · Stopped in committee after 149 days
Senate Bill 735 · Renames Health Plan Quality Metrics Committee of Oregon Health Policy Board to Health Quality Metrics Committee and expands membership to include member with expertise in oral health and dental care, member representing rural hospitals and member representing insurers that offer health benefit plans to small employers.
Sent February 1, 2019 · Reported out after 6 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 737 · Extends sunset for property tax exemption for low income rental housing.
Sent February 1, 2019 · Reported out after 27 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 707 · Establishes Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Advisory Committee.
Sent January 30, 2019 · Reported out after 75 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 653 · 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.
Sent January 24, 2019 · Stopped in committee after 157 days
Senate Bill 669 · Requires Oregon Health Authority to adopt training requirements that include minimum number of hours of orientation and assessment of competency for individual who is not licensed health care provider to complete before providing in-home care services as employee of in-home care agency, home health agency or hospital.
Sent January 24, 2019 · Reported out after 78 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 177 · Permits licensed hospice program to provide palliative care without obtaining in-home care agency license.
Sent January 17, 2019 · Reported out after 60 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 178 · 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.
Sent January 17, 2019 · Reported out after 46 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 179 · Requires Oregon Health Authority to administer program to provide palliative care services and support provision of home- and community-based end of life care.
Sent January 17, 2019 · Reported out after 42 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 285 · 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.
Sent January 17, 2019 · Stopped in committee after 164 days
Senate Bill 415 · Adds Department of Education employees, school district board members and public charter school governing body members to list of mandatory reporters of child abuse.
Sent January 16, 2019 · Reported out after 49 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 458 · Establishes Oregon Homeless Youth Task Force.
Sent January 16, 2019 · Stopped in committee after 165 days
Senate Bill 475 · Permits school district to provide abbreviated school day program to foster youth student only if student's foster parent is provided opportunity to participate in decision and school district provides certain written information to foster parent.
Sent January 16, 2019 · Reported out after 90 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 476 · Restricts disclosure as public records of certain records maintained by Psychiatric Security Review Board.
Sent January 16, 2019 · Stopped in committee after 165 days
Senate Bill 490 · Modifies definition of "exempt prohibited individual." Prohibits permanently from providing child care individuals who have been subject of substantiated report of child abuse in which victim suffered serious harm or death and individuals who are required to report as sex offenders.
Sent January 16, 2019 · Reported out after 98 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 491 · Transfers from Department of Human Services to Oregon Community Foundation responsibility for administering Fairview housing trust.
Sent January 16, 2019 · Reported out after 76 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 492 · Proclaims state policy to provide aids, benefits and services to persons with disabilities who are parents or guardians.
Sent January 16, 2019 · Reported out after 49 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 493 · Establishes Oregon Human Rights Commission to safeguard dignity and basic human rights of individuals who have intellectual or developmental disabilities.
Sent January 16, 2019 · Reported out after 90 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 499 · 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.
Sent January 16, 2019 · Stopped in committee after 165 days
Senate Bill 510 · Directs Department of Human Services to promulgate rules regarding certain employment and hiring practices.
Sent January 16, 2019 · Stopped in committee after 165 days
Senate Bill 546 · Creates crime of unlawful administration of electroconvulsive therapy.
Sent January 16, 2019 · Stopped in committee after 165 days
Senate Bill 1 · Establishes System of Care Advisory Council to provide forum for statewide system of care policy development and planning.
Sent January 15, 2019 · Reported out after 85 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 15 · Authorizes Youth Development Division to inspect and collect data from facilities in which juveniles are detained to ensure compliance with federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act.
Sent January 15, 2019 · Reported out after 62 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 19 · 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.
Sent January 15, 2019 · Reported out after 78 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 20 · Consolidates eligibility for services to children and adults with developmental disabilities.
Sent January 15, 2019 · Reported out after 94 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 21 · 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.
Sent January 15, 2019 · Reported out after 83 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 22 · Requires Oregon Health Authority to establish standards for identifying behavioral health homes.
Sent January 15, 2019 · Reported out after 73 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 26 · 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.
Sent January 15, 2019 · Reported out after 21 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 30 · Permits guardian to change abode or placement of adult protected person without 15-day notice under certain circumstances.
Sent January 15, 2019 · Stopped in committee after 166 days
Senate Bill 31 · Permits Oregon Public Guardian and Conservator to establish county, regional and statewide high-risk teams to identify options available for addressing safety risks facing highly vulnerable adults.
Sent January 15, 2019 · Reported out after 50 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 32 · 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.
Sent January 15, 2019 · Stopped in committee after 166 days
Senate Bill 163 · Provides that Oregon 529 Savings Board may collect certain fees to defray costs of ABLE program.
Sent January 15, 2019 · Reported out after 50 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 167 · Aligns definitions in mental health services bill of rights with definitions applicable to reporting of abuse of persons with mental illness.
Sent January 15, 2019 · Reported out after 20 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 168 · Directs Department of Human Services to study and make recommendations on provisions of state law relating to child care.
Sent January 15, 2019 · Stopped in committee after 166 days
Senate Bill 169 · Directs Department of Human Services to study and make recommendations on provisions of state law relating to child safety.
Sent January 15, 2019 · Stopped in committee after 166 days
Senate Bill 170 · Directs Department of Human Services to study and make recommendations on provisions of state law relating to child welfare.
Sent January 15, 2019 · Stopped in committee after 166 days
Senate Bill 171 · Authorizes Department of Human Services to remit payments for qualified residential treatment program services for certain children.
Sent January 15, 2019 · Reported out after 93 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 172 · Directs Department of Human Services to study and make recommendations on developmental disabilities programs in Oregon.
Sent January 15, 2019 · Stopped in committee after 166 days
Senate Bill 173 · 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.
Sent January 15, 2019 · Stopped in committee after 166 days
Senate Bill 174 · 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.
Sent January 15, 2019 · Stopped in committee after 166 days
Senate Bill 175 · 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.
Sent January 15, 2019 · Stopped in committee after 166 days
Senate Bill 176 · Requires certain filling stations, service stations, garages and other dispensaries that dispense Class 1 flammable liquids to provide equal access to persons with disabilities.
Sent January 15, 2019 · Reported out after 50 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 181 · 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.
Sent January 15, 2019 · Reported out after 50 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 182 · Modifies definition of "child-caring agency" to include certain residential facilities.
Sent January 15, 2019 · Stopped in committee after 166 days
Senate Bill 183 · Directs Early Learning Council to study and make recommendations on provisions of state law relating to regulation of child care providers.
Sent January 15, 2019 · Stopped in committee after 166 days
Senate Bill 221 · Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Health Authority for biennial expenses related to intensive in-home services for children with behavioral health needs.
Sent January 15, 2019 · Reported out after 86 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 264 · Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Youth Development Division to provide grants to certain community-based youth development programs.
Sent January 15, 2019 · Reported out after 86 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 274 · Expands eligibility for support service brokerage services to individuals who are 14 to 17 years of age.
Sent January 15, 2019 · Reported out after 73 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 278 · Extends eligibility for Rent Guarantee Program to individuals between 16 and 26 years of age who were wards within past 10 years.
Sent January 15, 2019 · Reported out after 50 days · then passed the Senate, and became law