2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 12 - Public Health
Chapter 443 - Residential Care; Adult Foster Homes; Hospice Programs
Section 443.439 - Increases in compensation of direct support professionals; legislative intent.
It is the intent of the Legislative Assembly that, when the Legislative Assembly approves increases in funding of services provided by residential training facilities or residential training homes, wages and health benefits paid to direct support professionals in the residential training facilities or residential training homes be increased at a comparable rate. [2017 c.707 §2]
Note: Sections 3 and 4, chapter 655, Oregon Laws 2021, provide:
Sec. 3. (1) The Department of Human Services shall conduct a study of licensed residential care facilities, which includes licensed assisted living facilities and residential care facilities with memory care endorsements, to evaluate:
(a) The total cost to provide care to residents by categories prescribed by the department such as by geographic region, age of the facility or the mix of patients within a facility;
(b) The sufficiency of the reimbursement paid to facilities to meet the total cost of care for medical assistance recipients in the facilities, for each type and category of facility; and
(c) The average compensation paid to direct care workers by the facilities in each geographic area designated by ORS 653.025 (1), (2) and (3).
(2) The department may contract with a third party vendor to conduct the study.
(3) The department or a third party vendor may not make overly burdensome requests to facilities for information needed to conduct the study.
(4) The department shall publicly report the aggregate, deidentified data from the study.
(5) No later than January 1, 2023, the department shall report to the Legislative Assembly, in the manner provided in ORS 192.245, on the results of the study. [2021 c.655 §3]
Sec. 4. Section 3 of this 2021 Act is repealed on January 2, 2023. [2021 c.655 §4]
