Oregon House Bill 3176

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-17 - Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
Pending: House Behavioral Health and Health Care Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

The Act requires certain home health care entities to adopt staffing plans. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7). Requires home health agencies and home hospice programs to establish home health and home hospice staffing committees to develop staffing plans. Imposes penalties for certain violations. Requires the Oregon Health Authority to post the staffing plans to the authority's website and establish an online portal for filing complaints regarding violations. Prescribes a complaint process. Adds enforcement tools for the authority to enforce the home health and home hospice staffing requirements. Permits employees or exclusive representatives of employees of home health agencies and home hospice programs to seek enforcement by the Bureau of Labor and Industries of rules adopted by the bureau regarding meal periods and rest periods. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Relating to staffing plans for home health care entities; prescribing an effective date.

Rep. Robert Nosse [D]	Rep. Mark Gamba [D]	Rep. Dacia Grayber [D]	Sen. Deb Patterson [D]
Sen. Khanh Pham [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-17	House	Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
2025-01-13	House	First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3176
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3176/Introduced
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/84145