Bill Text: OR HB3086 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to children; appropriating money; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB3086 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB3086-Introduced.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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                         House Bill 3086

Sponsored by Representative KOTEK

                             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 preparation of minority racial and ethnic impact
statement by Department of Human Services when legislation may
affect minority racial and ethnic population receiving child
welfare services.
  Directs department to report, by percentage, race or ethnicity
of children in foster care system compared to race or ethnicity
of children in general population.
  Requires contractor or entity receiving funds from department
to use percentage of funds that equals percentage of racial or
ethnic population served out of total population served for child
welfare services provided to persons in that racial or ethnic
population.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to children; creating new provisions; and amending ORS
  418.036.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) To the extent the Department of Human
Services provides child welfare services under ORS 418.005 to
children and families, the department shall prepare a minority
racial and ethnic impact statement for any legislation that may,
if enacted, affect the minority racial and ethnic population
receiving such services.
  (2) A minority racial and ethnic impact statement prepared
under this section must include:
  (a) An estimate of how the legislation would affect the
minority racial and ethnic population receiving services,
including but not limited to any disproportionate or unique
impact upon the population;
  (b) An estimate of how the legislation would affect the need
for, and availability and delivery of, services to minority
racial and ethnic populations receiving those services;
  (c) An estimate of the additional resources required by the
legislation to maintain the availability and delivery of services
to minority racial and ethnic populations; and
  (d) Identification of representatives of minority racial and
ethnic populations who were consulted in the preparation of the
statement.
  (3) The department shall develop a standardized protocol for
the preparation of minority racial and ethnic impact statements.

  (4) Before or at a legislative committee hearing on legislation
that may, if enacted, affect the minority racial and ethnic
population receiving services, the department shall submit to the
committee a minority racial and ethnic impact statement.
  (5) The department shall define, by rule, the minority racial
and ethnic populations to be included in any minority racial and
ethnic impact statement prepared under this section. + }
  SECTION 2. ORS 418.036 is amended to read:
  418.036.  { + (1) + } On or before November 1 of each
even-numbered year, the Department of Human Services shall
develop and submit a report to the appropriate legislative
interim committees dealing with child welfare matters. The report
shall cover the prior 24-month period and shall include, but need
not be limited to:
    { - (1) - }  { +  (a) + } The number of children in foster
care;
    { - (2) - }  { +  (b) + } The number of children
 { - that - }   { + who + } have had more than one foster care
placement;
    { - (3) - }  { +  (c) + } The number of placements for each
child described in   { - subsection (2) of this section - }  { +
paragraph (b) of this subsection + };
    { - (4) - }  { +  (d) + } The percentage of foster children
placed apart from siblings;
    { - (5) - }  { +  (e) + } The number of placement changes
experienced by foster children;
    { - (6) - }  { +  (f) + } The number and percentage of
children placed with relatives; and
    { - (7) - }   { + (g)  + }The department's Status of Children
in Oregon's Child Protection System annual report.
   { +  (2) In the report required under this section, the
department shall provide data about the race or ethnicity of the
children receiving child welfare services under ORS 418.005. To
the extent the data are available, the report must include a
comparison, by percentage, of the race or ethnicity of the
children served to the race or ethnicity of children in the
general population in this state. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + An independent contractor as defined in ORS
670.600, or a public or private entity, that receives funds under
a contract with the Department of Human Services to provide child
welfare services under ORS 418.005, shall use that percentage of
the total funds received by the contractor or entity that equals
the percentage of the racial or ethnic population served by the
contractor or entity out of the total population served by the
contractor or entity for the delivery of services to persons in
that racial or ethnic population served by the contractor or
entity. + }
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