Oregon paid parent caregiver bill draws 'most compelling' testimony as advocates await its fate

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Brecken Ross (center) gives testimony on why the Oregon Senate Health Care Committee ought to pass SB 1565. Ross is flanked on the left by Tobi Rates, executive director of the Autism Society of Oregon, and on the right by Mike Millard, a retired pharmacy professor and my father-in-law. My son, Malachi, is in the foreground. Photo by: Lisa Ledson

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