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The 2023 Oregon Legislative Session is underway. This full session will span no more than 160 days, and will see the creation of many new laws and legislative actions, as well as a state budget for the 2023-2025 biennium. With so much on the to-do list, it comes as no surprise that hearings are scheduled and new committee agendas are being published by the minute. To get in the swing of things, we’ll walk through some basics of legislative session, and how it all connects to Brokerages and Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) services.
The 2021 full Oregon Legislative Session came to an end right on schedule this past weekend, after a session full of twists, turns, and historic investments in the IDD system. As you may recall, this legislative session was the first in Oregon's history to be conducted remotely, with no public access to the Capitol Building in Salem. Remote legislative work will continue beyond pandemic restrictions, due to Capitol Building construction currently underway. This is part of a long-term project to realize a collective vision of a revamped Capitol, known as the Oregon State Capitol Master Plan.
A lot of work is underway at the Oregon Office of Developmental Disabilities Services (ODDS). Either you have heard about it, or you are going to start hearing about it soon. Changes are coming to processes, forms, service rates, case management, ISPs, and so much more. In order to understand all of this change, we need to revisit some recent history and follow the path to where we currently stand.