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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
A-Engrossed
Senate Bill 34
Ordered by the Senate April 18
Including Senate Amendments dated April 18
Sponsored by Senators PATTERSON, MANNING JR (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards.
Digest: The Act makes changes to laws about the persons that own and operate long
term care facilities. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1).
[Digest: The Act tells ODHS to study long term care. (Flesch Readability Score: 100.0). ]
Requires the Department of Human Services to study [ long term care ] the information that a
long term care facility must disclose about its owners and operators and the feasibility of
implementing an online portal to collect and share information about long term care facili-
ties with the public . Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the
Legislative Assembly related to health not later than [ September 15, 2026 ] December 31, 2025 .
Sunsets the study requirements on January 2, 2027.
Requires a long term care facility, before the facility may change its owner or operator,
to apply to the department for approval and provide notice to residents.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to long term care; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
(1) As used in this section, “long term care facility” has the meaning given
that term in ORS 442.015.
(2) The Department of Human Services shall study:
(a) The information that a long term care facility is required under state or federal law
to disclose about the owners and operators of the facility; and
(b) How to integrate the information and share the information with the public.
(3) To the extent practicable, the department shall update the department’s website to
integrate and publish, in plain language, information about the ownership and operation of
long term care facilities, including information about licenses, owners, operators, third par-
ties, financial reports, violations and quality metrics.
(4) No later than December 31, 2025, the department shall report to the interim com-
mittees of the Legislative Assembly related to health, in the manner provided in ORS 192.245,
about the department’s progress in updating the department’s website. The department shall
include in the report recommendations about additional resources or authority that may be
needed to share integrated, plain-language information with the public about the ownership
and operation of long term care facilities.
SECTION 2.
(1) As used in this section, “long term care facility” has the meaning given
that term in ORS 442.015.
(2) The Department of Human Services shall study the feasibility of developing and im-
NOTE: Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [ italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 750
A-Eng. SB 34
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plementing an online portal to collect information, including licensure materials and other
reports, directly from long term care facilities and share the information directly with the
public while maintaining compliance with state and federal privacy laws.
(3) No later than December 31, 2025, the department shall report the findings and rec-
ommendations from the study conducted under this section to the interim committees of the
Legislative Assembly related to health, in the manner provided in ORS 192.245. The depart-
ment shall include in the report recommendations about the costs and authority needed to
develop and implement the online portal described in this section.
SECTION 3.
(1) As used in this section, “long term care facility” has the meaning given
that term in ORS 442.015.
(2) Before a long term care facility may change its owner or operator, the long term care
facility shall:
(a) Submit an application to the Department of Human Services for approval; and
(b) Provide notice of the proposed change of owner or operator to each resident of the
long term care facility or the legal representative of each resident at least 30 days before the
effective date of the change.
SECTION 4.
Sections 1 and 2 of this 2025 Act are repealed on January 2, 2027.
SECTION 5. This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect
on its passage.
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