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SB 1505
This proposal did not become law. Would have created a state board to set minimum compensation, benefits, and training standards for home and community-based services workers; would have required legislative appropriation and federal Medicaid approval before any standard would have taken effect, with BOLI enforcement authority and worker retaliation protections.
Generated explanation · Introduced · Analyzed 8/19/2026 · Open official Introduced text
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Would have created a state board to set minimum compensation, benefits, and training standards for home and community-based services workers; would have required legislative appropriation and federal Medicaid approval before any standard would have taken effect, with BOLI enforcement authority and worker retaliation protections.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
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Potential effect if enacted: Gain mandated minimum pay, health/paid benefits, and training standards; gain retaliation protections and direct enforcement access via BOLI or circuit court after a 90-day grace period.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
Potential effect if enacted: Benefit from potential workforce stability and continuity of care; face risk of service delays or access restrictions if legislative funding or CMS approval is not secured.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
Face new compliance obligations for pay, benefits, training, and notice posting; subject to BOLI investigations and up to $1,000 per violation civil penalties; would have had to submit to mandatory fiscal impact analysis.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
DCBS hosts the board; DHS would have updated public registry; OHA/BOLI conduct fiscal impact analyses and pursue CMS approval; Legislature holds appropriation power that directly controls rule effectiveness.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
Board would have had to gather labor market data, industry profitability metrics, and stakeholder testimony before setting standards.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
Rules cannot would have taken effect without legislative appropriation and CMS approval (if applicable), creating a multi-layered implementation gate.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
Employers would have had to provide written notice of worker rights at hire, in the workplace, and via email.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
Potential effect if enacted: A 90-day grace period delays enforcement actions, allowing providers time to adjust before liability attaches.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
Potential effect if enacted: BOLI gains subpoena and investigation authority aligned with existing wage enforcement statutes to ensure compliance.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
HCBS workers and consumers
Potential effect if enacted: Board successfully aligns minimum compensation with Medicaid reimbursement rates, drastically reducing turnover and ensuring consumers receive consistent, highly trained care without service interruptions or waitlist growth.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
HCBS providers and consumers
Potential effect if enacted: Proposed standards trigger a fiscal impact requiring appropriations that the Legislature refuses to fund, while CMS denies federal waiver approval; the board's rules are permanently stalled, leaving providers unable to comply, workers without new protections, and consumer access severely restricted.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
Potential effect if enacted: bill_text
Sources · Introduced
Potential effect if enacted: The measure trades potential service access delays and increased provider compliance costs for a legally structured pathway to stabilize HCBS wages, benefits, and training through mandatory legislative funding and federal approval.
Potential effect if enacted: Structured stakeholder input (workers, consumers, employers) ensures standards reflect labor market conditions and consumer needs.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
Potential effect if enacted: Mandatory fiscal impact analysis prevents unfunded mandates from taking effect.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
Potential effect if enacted: Retaliation protections and enforcement mechanisms empower workers to report violations without fear of job loss.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
Potential effect if enacted: Virtual hearing requirements improve public access and transparency during standard-setting.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
Multi-layered approval process (legislative appropriation + CMS approval) would have created high risk of implementation paralysis.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
Mandatory data collection on provider profitability and reimbursement distribution might have burdened small agencies.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
Potential effect if enacted: 90-day grace period delays accountability for noncompliant employers.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
Fixed penalty cap ($1,000/violation) might have been insufficient deterrent for large-scale noncompliance.
Basis: Bill text · Source: Introduced
Model self-rating: high. Analysis is strictly derived from the single introduced bill-text version provided. No external data or legislative history was used. This is the model’s assessment of its own analysis, not independent verification or human review.
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Introduced bill text posted
Posted Jan 28, 2026, 3:25 PM PST
Not a qualifying replacement
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AI assessment dated 2026-09-29. This classification is separate from enactment and legal effect.
Evidence snapshot: 2026-09-29. Later legislative records are not automatically reassessed.
Policy purpose: broadly retained.
Reviewer: /root/review_recent_a · 2026-09-29
Not a qualifying replacement
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Policy purpose: broadly retained.
“SECTION 1. Definitions. As used in sections 1 to 13 of this 2026 Act: 19 (1) “Attendant care services” has the meaning given that term in ORS 427.191. 20 (2) “Developmental disability child foster home” has the meaning given that term in ORS 21 443.830. 22 (3)(a) “Direct care staff” means employees of a residential car”
Introduced
“SECTION 1. Definitions. As used in sections 1 to 13 of this 2026 Act: 19 (1) “Attendant care services” has the meaning given that term in ORS 427.191. 20 (2) “Developmental disability child foster home” has the meaning given that term in ORS 21 443.830. 22 (3)(a) “Direct care staff” means employees of a residential car”
Introduced
Reviewer: /root/review_recent_b · 2026-09-29
Not a qualifying replacement
No replacement transition is documented.
Policy purpose: broadly retained.
“SECTION 1. Definitions. As used in sections 1 to 13 of this 2026 Act: 19 (1) “Attendant care services” has the meaning given that term in ORS 427.191. 20 (2) “Developmental disability child foster home” has the meaning g”
Introduced
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Presession filing record
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part of the President.
LC 38 draft
Date printed on LC draft: December 23, 2025
LC 38 became SB 1505
Mapping document posted: January 12, 2026 at 1:19 AM PST
LC0038_DRAFT_2026_Regular_Session
Senate Interim Committee on Rules and Executive Appointments introduction work session
Committee meeting: January 13, 2026 at 11:30 AM PST
HR C
Committee introduction motion
Committee meeting: January 13, 2026 at 11:30 AM PST
A motion was made to adopt the listed legislative concepts as committee bills.
Official vote: 5-0-0
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In committee upon adjournment.
Public Hearing held.
Public Hearing
Heard · Agenda item 5 · Room HR C · Establishes the Home and Community-Based Services Workforce Standards Board.
Referred to Rules.
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
“Establishes the Home and Community-Based Services Workforce Standards Board.”
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