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SB595 • 2025

Requires multiyear contracts entered into between the Department of Human Services and private entities for the provision of health or social services to include annual cost of living adjustments.

Requires multiyear contracts entered into between the Department of Human Services and private entities for the provision of health or social services to include annual cost of living adjustments.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Senator Campos, Representative Nelson,, Nosse,
Last action
2025-06-27
Official status
In Senate Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Requires multiyear contracts entered into between the Department of Human Services and private entities for the provision of health or social services to include annual cost of living adjustments.

Digest: The Act requires DHS to adjust contracts each year to reflect cost of living increases.

What This Bill Does

  • Digest: The Act requires DHS to adjust contracts each year to reflect cost of living increases.
  • (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5).
  • Requires multiyear contracts entered into between the Department of Human Services and private entities for the provision of health or social services to include annual cost of living adjustments.
  • Relating to: Relating to Department of Human Services contracts.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-27 Senate

    In committee upon adjournment.

  2. 2025-01-17 Senate

    Referred to Human Services, then Ways and Means.

  3. 2025-01-13 Senate

    Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act requires DHS to adjust contracts each year to reflect cost of living increases. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5).
Requires multiyear contracts entered into between the Department of Human Services and private entities for the provision of health or social services to include annual cost of living adjustments.
Relating to: Relating to Department of Human Services contracts.
Current location: In Senate Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 595
Sponsored by Senator CAMPOS; Representatives NELSON, NOSSE (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 as introduced. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act requires DHS to adjust contracts each year to reflect cost of living increases.
(Flesch Readability Score: 67.5).
Requires multiyear contracts entered into between the Department of Human Services and pri-
vate entities for the provision of health or social services to include annual cost of living adjust-
ments.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to Department of Human Services contracts.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
(1) As used in this section, “contractor” means a private entity that enters
into a multiyear contract with the Department of Human Services to provide health or social
services to children, youth, adults or families in this state.
(2) A contract entered into between the department and a contractor must include an-
nual adjustments to the payments under the contract that are no less than the percentage
increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, West Region (All Items),
as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor for
each prior year.
SECTION 2. Section 1 of this 2025 Act applies to contracts entered into or renewed on
or after the effective date of this 2025 Act.
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.
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