Bill Text: OR HB2474 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

Oregon House Bill 2474 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to a task force on human services; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Unknown

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2474 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB2474-Introduced.html



     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

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LC 1293

                         House Bill 2474

Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on
  Consumer Protection and Government Accountability for
  Government Efficiency Task Force)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Requires Director of Human Services to convene task force to
recommend to Legislative Assembly improvements to delivery of
highest priority human services.
  Sunsets task force on date of convening of 2013 legislative
session.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to a task force on human services; and declaring an
  emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The Director of Human Services shall
convene a task force to identify the highest priority human
services administered by this state and to recommend improvements
to achieve the most effective and efficient delivery of the
services while maximizing resources.
  (2) The task force shall report to the Legislative Assembly in
the manner provided by ORS 192.245 no later than October 1, 2012,
on the following:
  (a) The human services identified by the task force as the
highest priorities.
  (b) Recommendations from an entrepreneurial perspective for the
redesign of the delivery of the services, how they are regulated
and how to reduce the administrative burden while ensuring
quality and compliance.
  (c) Recommendations about where each component of service
oversight and delivery will reside, be it with state government,
local government or nongovernmental organizations, with the goal
of maximizing the use of existing resources.
  (d) Recommendations about how performance will be measured,
outcomes assured and accountability monitored through effective
and efficient planning, reporting and auditing.
  (3) A majority of the voting members of the task force
constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
  (4) Official action by the task force requires the approval of
a majority of the voting members of the task force.
  (5) The task force shall elect one of its members to serve as
chairperson.
  (6) If there is a vacancy for any cause, the director shall
make an appointment to become immediately effective.
  (7) The task force shall meet at times and places specified by
the call of the chairperson or of a majority of the voting
members of the task force.
  (8) The task force may adopt rules necessary for the operation
of the task force.
  (9) The Department of Human Services shall provide staff
support to the task force and shall contract with a private
entity capable of assisting with baselining and benchmarking.
  (10) Members of the task force are not entitled to
compensation, but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary
travel and other expenses incurred by them in the performance of
their official duties in the manner and amounts provided for in
ORS 292.495. Claims for expenses shall be paid out of funds
appropriated to the department for purposes of the task force.
  (11) All agencies of state government, as defined in ORS
174.111, are directed to assist the task force in the performance
of its duties and, to the extent permitted by laws relating to
confidentiality, to furnish such information and advice as the
members of the task force consider necessary to perform their
duties. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Section 1 of this 2011 Act is repealed on the
date of the convening of the 2013 legislative session. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2011 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2011 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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