Bill > HB4042

This bill modifies regulations concerning child-caring agencies (CCAs) and introduces exceptions to certain limits on child placements. It expands the types of disciplinary actions the Department of Human Services (DHS) can take against CCAs, alters rules regarding the use of restraints on children in care, and creates new exceptions to existing placement limitations. Specifically, the bill allows for more flexibility in placing children in congregate care residential settings under certain conditions, such as when a child is at risk of sex trafficking or requires medically necessary treatment, and it clarifies the definition of mechanical restraint to exclude vehicle safety restraints used during transport. Additionally, it adjusts training requirements for staff involved in crisis intervention and restraint procedures, emphasizing de-escalation and trauma-informed practices, and allows for extensions to the duration of placements in certain residential care facilities and shelter-care homes under specific circumstances.

Education, Health and Social Services

https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/HB4042