HB 3176
Requires home health agencies and home hospice programs to establish home health and home hospice staffing committees to develop staffing plans.
Jurisdiction
Oregon
Session
2025 Regular Session
Committee
Behavioral Health and Health Care
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- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Bill overview
This bill requires home health agencies and home hospice programs in Oregon to establish staffing committees to develop and implement staffing plans. These committees must include representatives from both agency management and staff, and they are responsible for ensuring adequate staffing levels to meet patient needs. The Oregon Health Authority will post these plans online and establish a complaint process for violations.
Key provisions
- Home health agencies and home hospice programs must establish staffing committees.
- Staffing committees must develop written staffing plans that meet specific requirements.
- The Oregon Health Authority must post staffing plans online and create a complaint portal.
- The Oregon Health Authority will investigate complaints and may impose civil penalties for violations.
- Employees or exclusive representatives of home health care staff can file complaints.
- The authority will provide a list of on-call and per diem staff to ensure coverage.
- Home health agencies must release staff from other duties to attend committee meetings.
- In case of an epidemic, the requirements for staffing plans can be temporarily suspended.
Who is affected
- Home health agencies
- Home hospice programs
- Home health care staff
- Oregon Health Authority
- Patients receiving home health or hospice services
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