{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-410.855","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 410.855","heading":"Agencies that provide direct support services.","body":"(1) As used in this section:\n      (a) “Assessed hours” means the number of hours of direct support services that the Department of Human Services determines is needed by an individual in a month.\n      (b) “Client” means an individual who enrolls with an agency that provides direct support services to the individual.\n      (2) An agency that employs staff to provide direct support services may not:\n      (a) Offer bonus prizes or other forms of consideration to a potential client in exchange for the client enrolling with the agency;\n      (b) Offer bonus payments, prizes, wage enhancements or other forms of consideration to direct support staff in exchange for the direct support staff agreeing to work for the agency;\n      (c) Require a client to commit the majority of the client’s assessed hours to the agency as a condition of enrollment;\n      (d) Limit services only to individuals who agree to bring the individual’s direct support staff to the agency;\n      (e) Require direct support staff, as a condition of employment with the agency, to bring to the agency the individuals to whom the direct support staff provide services;\n      (f) Enroll only clients who receive direct support services exclusively from family members or close associates of the client; or\n      (g) Facilitate financial exploitation by engaging in targeted communications that encourage a health care provider to steer a client to the agency.\n      (3) It is solely the choice of an individual to select an agency to provide direct support services. [2024 c.92 §5]\nPENALTIES","path":["11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services","34. Human Services; Juvenile Code; Corrections","Chapter 410 — Senior and Disability Services"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors410.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:14Z","sha256":"7cb9957ffd01819baf2f41ec2ae6bcc550c4008790c9e8f0d93357387d677dbc","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-410.851","next":"us-or/ors-410.890"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}