Bill Text: OR HB2878 | 2011 | Regular Session | Enrolled

Oregon House Bill 2878 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to adoption services.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Passed) 2011-05-19 - Chapter 120, (2011 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2012. [HB2878 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB2878-Enrolled.html



     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

                            Enrolled

                         House Bill 2878

Sponsored by Representative LINDSAY (at the request of Jim Hill)
  (Presession filed.)

                     CHAPTER ................

                             AN ACT

Relating to adoption services.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The Department of Human Services shall
accept and may approve an application for a home study as defined
in ORS 109.304 that is submitted by an Oregon resident seeking to
adopt a child in the custody of:
  (a) The department;
  (b) A public child welfare agency in another state, following
receipt of a request from the agency in the other state under the
Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children; or
  (c) A public child welfare agency in another country, following
receipt of an appropriate request from the agency in the other
country.
  (2) The department shall also accept and may approve an
application for a home study under this section that is submitted
by an Oregon resident who is currently or has previously been
under study or consideration by another public or private agency
for placement of a child for adoption.
  (3) An application submitted under this section may be approved
if the application meets the requirements of the department as
established by rule. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Section 1 of this 2011 Act applies to requests
for adoption services made to the Department of Human Services on
or after the effective date of this 2011 Act. + }
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Enrolled House Bill 2878 (HB 2878-A)                       Page 1

Passed by House March 22, 2011

    .............................................................
                         Ramona Kenady Line, Chief Clerk of House

    .............................................................
                                    Bruce Hanna, Speaker of House

    .............................................................
                                   Arnie Roblan, Speaker of House

Passed by Senate May 10, 2011

    .............................................................
                              Peter Courtney, President of Senate

Enrolled House Bill 2878 (HB 2878-A)                       Page 2

Received by Governor:

......M.,............., 2011

Approved:

......M.,............., 2011

    .............................................................
                                         John Kitzhaber, Governor

Filed in Office of Secretary of State:

......M.,............., 2011

    .............................................................
                                   Kate Brown, Secretary of State

Enrolled House Bill 2878 (HB 2878-A)                       Page 3