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Read. Follow. Verify.Oregon strengthens oversight of care facilities, regulates placement of children, and expands DHS monitoring rules
Last action · March 17, 2026: Effective date, March 10, 2026.
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What This Bill Does
Oregon has enacted Senate Bill 1532, updating regulations for long-term care facilities, developmental disability services, child welfare placements, and adult foster care. The measure mandates license conditions for findings, establishes electronic monitoring consent forms, requires fiscal disclosures from disability agencies, and sets stricter criteria for out-of-state child placements.
Residential care facilities, long-term care providers, and agencies serving individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities face mandatory license conditions upon findings and new annual financial transparency disclosures, while child welfare agencies must follow stricter protocols when placing children out-of-state.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Residential care facilities
Subject to mandatory license conditions upon immediate jeopardy findings, new electronic monitoring consent rules, and increased regulatory oversight.
Direct support professionals
Subject to wage reporting disclosures, training verifications, and differentiated rate models when residing with clients.
Children in care
Subject to updated out-of-state placement exceptions, eating disorder treatment access rules, and mandatory accompanying staff during secure transport.
Department of Human Services
Required to adopt rules, establish model consent forms, review out-of-state placements, and enforce mandatory license conditions.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Are residential care facilities required to allow electronic monitoring devices in rooms?
What financial disclosures are required from developmental disability service agencies?
Can parents be paid to provide care for their medically fragile children?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
21 actions- Mar 17, 2026SenateEffective date, March 10, 2026.
- Mar 17, 2026SenateChapter 28, 2026 Laws.
- Mar 10, 2026SenateGovernor signed.
- Mar 5, 2026HouseSpeaker signed.
- Mar 5, 2026SenatePresident signed.
- Mar 2, 2026HouseThird reading. Carried by McIntire. Passed.
Show 15 earlier actions
- Feb 27, 2026HouseSecond reading.
- Feb 26, 2026HouseRecommendation: Do pass.
- Feb 26, 2026HouseWork Session held.
- Feb 24, 2026HousePublic Hearing held.
- Feb 20, 2026HouseReferred to Early Childhood and Human Services.
- Feb 19, 2026HouseFirst reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
- Feb 19, 2026SenateThird reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed.
- Feb 18, 2026SenateSecond reading.
- Feb 17, 2026SenateRecommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
- Feb 12, 2026SenateWork Session held.
- Feb 10, 2026SenateWork Session held.
- Feb 5, 2026SenatePublic Hearing held.
- Feb 3, 2026SenatePublic Hearing held.
- Feb 2, 2026SenateReferred to Human Services.
- Feb 2, 2026SenateIntroduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
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Discoveries
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Mandatory Immediate Jeopardy License Conditions
The legislation shifts departmental authority from discretionary to mandatory imposition of license conditions when preliminary or substantiated findings of immediate jeopardy occur in care facilities.
Differentiated Rate Model for Live-In Support Professionals
Establishes a statutory requirement for a differentiated rate model reflecting reduced agency overhead when direct support professionals reside with clients, while protecting worker wages and service hours.
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- Controversy35Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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