SB 669 Oregon Senate · 2019 Regular Session

Relating to assistance with activities of daily living provided to individuals in their own homes.

Summary
Modifies requirements for licensing of in-home care agencies. Prohibits retaliation against in-home caregiver for making complaint or reporting violation to Oregon Health Authority. Creates private right of action for retaliation against in-home caregiver who makes complaint or reports violation. ] Requires all private agency caregivers that provide personal care services to complete specified training. ] 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. Allows authority to deny, suspend or revoke license of in-home care agency or impose civil penalty if agency demonstrates five-year pattern of significant and substantiated violations of employment laws, wage laws or training requirements. Allows authority to deny, suspend or revoke license of in-home care agency for failure to comply with requirements related to criminal records checks. Requires Department of Human Services to adopt training standards that include minimum number of hours of orientation and assessment of competency before home care worker or personal support worker may provide home care services. Requires department to make recommendations to Legislative Assembly, no later than February 1, 2021, on methods for assessing and monitoring home care services provided by home care workers.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Jun 2019
Senate Passage
Jul 2019
House Passage
Jul 2019
Signed into Law
Aug 2019
Introduced Jan 22, 2019 Signed Aug 9, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jun 29, 2019 · House Jun 30, 2019

How they voted

261
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 30
Jun 29, 2019
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
I Independent1
1
0% Nay
R Republican11
8 Yea 1 Nay 2
72% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
27
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Aug 9, 2019
Signed into law
Governor signed.
upper
Jul 3, 2019
Lower · Passed
Speaker signed.
lower
Jul 3, 2019
Upper · Passed
President signed.
upper
Jun 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
Third reading. Carried by Salinas. Passed.
lower
Jun 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass.
lower
Jun 29, 2019
Introduced
Vote explanation filed by Monnes Anderson.
upper
Jun 29, 2019
Committee
Referred to Ways and Means.
lower
Jun 29, 2019
Introduced
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
lower
Jun 29, 2019
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Monnes Anderson. Passed.
upper
Jun 21, 2019
Upper · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
upper
Jun 17, 2019
Upper · Passed
Returned to Full Committee.
upper
Jun 14, 2019
Committee
Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction.
upper
Apr 12, 2019
Committee
Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President.
upper
Apr 12, 2019
Committee
Recommendation: Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Ways and Means.
upper
Jan 24, 2019
Committee
Referred to Human Services.
upper
Jan 22, 2019
Introduced
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
upper
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors

Sponsors