SB 538 — Requires the Department of Human Services to pay parents to provide attendant care services for children with developmental disabilities who have very high behavioral health or medical needs.
Congress · introduced 2024-12-31
Digest: The Act requires ODHS to pay parents to provide in-home care for minor children with disabilities. The Act requires ODHS to seek out all means to get federal matching funds from CMS to pay for the care. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.4). Requires the Department of Human Services to pay parents to provide attendant care services for children with developmental disabilities who have very high behavioral health or medical needs. Directs the department to seek any federal funding available for attendant care services no later than January 1, 2026. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Latest action: — In Senate Committee
Sponsors
- Patterson, Deb (D, OR-10) — sponsor
- Nosse, Rob (D, OR-42) — sponsor
- Hayden, Cedric (R, OR-6) — sponsor
- Frederick, Lew (D, OR-22) — cosponsor
- Weber, Suzanne (R, OR-16) — cosponsor
- Grayber, Dacia (D, OR-28) — cosponsor
- McLain, Susan (D, OR-29) — cosponsor
- Nelson, Travis (D, OR-44) — cosponsor
- Pham, Hai (D, OR-36) — cosponsor
- Nash, Todd (R, OR-29) — cosponsor
- Bonham, Daniel (R, OR-26) — cosponsor
Action timeline
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (11)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-31 | Grayber, Dacia | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | McLain, Susan | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Nelson, Travis | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Nosse, Rob | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Pham, Hai | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Bonham, Daniel | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Frederick, Lew | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Hayden, Cedric | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Nash, Todd | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Patterson, Deb | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Weber, Suzanne | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hayden, Cedric (R, state_upper OR-6) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Nosse, Rob (D, state_lower OR-42) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 3 | Patterson, Deb (D, state_upper OR-10) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 4 | Bonham, Daniel (R, state_upper OR-26) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Frederick, Lew (D, state_upper OR-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Grayber, Dacia (D, state_lower OR-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | McLain, Susan (D, state_lower OR-29) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Nash, Todd (R, state_upper OR-29) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Nelson, Travis (D, state_lower OR-44) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Pham, Hai (D, state_lower OR-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Weber, Suzanne (R, state_upper OR-16) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Nosse, Rob (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by McLain, Susan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Pham, Hai (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Grayber, Dacia (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Bonham, Daniel (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Weber, Suzanne (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Patterson, Deb (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Frederick, Lew (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Nash, Todd (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Hayden, Cedric (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Nelson, Travis (cosponsor) · sponsorship