Bill Text: OR HB3260 | 2011 | Regular Session | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to support services for youth; appropriating money; and declaring an emergency.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Passed) 2011-08-02 - Chapter 678, (2011 Laws): Effective date August 2, 2011. [HB3260 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB3260-Enrolled.html


     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

                            Enrolled

                         House Bill 3260

Sponsored by Representative BARKER; Representative BOONE (at the
  request of Oregon Alliance of Children's Programs)

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

                             AN ACT

Relating to support services for youth; creating new provisions;
  amending ORS 417.799 and 417.800; repealing ORS 417.801;
  appropriating money; limiting expenditures; and declaring an
  emergency.

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

  SECTION 1.  { + ORS 417.801 is repealed. + }
  SECTION 2. ORS 417.799 is amended to read:
  417.799. (1) The   { - State Commission on Children and
Families - }  { +  Department of Human Services + } is
responsible for coordinating statewide planning for delivery of
services to runaway and homeless youth and their families.
   { +  (2) The department shall recommend policies that
integrate a system of services and support for runaway and
homeless youth into the state's continuum of care for children
who are 0 through 18 years of age. + }
    { - (2) - }  { +  (3) + } The   { - State Commission on
Children and Families shall lead a process that will allow the
state commission, - }  { +  department may work with + } the
Juvenile Crime Prevention Advisory Committee, the Employment
Department,   { - the Department of Human Services, - }  the
Housing and Community Services Department, the Department of
Community Colleges and Workforce Development, the Department of
Education and the Oregon Youth Authority to develop a
comprehensive and coordinated approach for services and support
for runaway and homeless youth and their families.   { - The
approach shall include an assessment of service needs, the
integration of existing services and the identification and
tracking of a statewide high-level outcome related to runaway and
homeless youth and their families. - }
    { - (3) Through the process, the agencies and other persons
and entities involved in the process shall: - }
    { - (a) Recommend funding mechanisms, financial resources and
policy changes that will support a continuum of services and that
will ensure integration of services among state agencies that
provide services to runaway and homeless youth and their
families; - }
    { - (b) Identify means of service delivery that are
culturally competent, gender specific and evidence based and that
reflect differences in approaches for urban and rural runaway and
homeless youth and their families; - }

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    { - (c) Develop urban and rural demonstration sites to test
effective service delivery models for the urban and rural
populations; - }
    { - (d) Recommend policies and services that specifically
address the needs and responsibilities of parents of runaway and
homeless youth; - }
    { - (e) Review existing state laws regarding parental
accountability to determine recommended enforcement levels and
examine new strategies to encourage parents to be accountable for
positive development of their children; and - }
    { - (f) Recommend policies that integrate a system of
services for runaway and homeless youth into the state's
continuum of care for children who are 0 through 18 years of
age. - }
  (4) In addition to the state agencies listed in subsection
  { - (2) - }   { + (3) + } of this section, the   { - state
commission - }  { +  department + } shall include representatives
of youth, nonprofit organizations and statewide coalitions
related to runaway and homeless youth services and supports in
the joint process described in subsection
  { - (2) - }   { + (3) + } of this section.
   { +  (5) The department may enter into and renew contracts
with providers for the provision of services to runaway and
homeless youth and their families. + }
  SECTION 3. ORS 417.800 is amended to read:
  417.800. The   { - State Commission on Children and
Families - }  { +  Department of Human Services + } shall
coordinate the collection of data, provision of technical
assistance to communities for assessing the needs of runaway and
homeless youth, and identification and promotion of the best
practices for service delivery, and shall recommend long term
goals to identify and address the underlying causes of
homelessness of youth.

                               { +
TRANSFER + }

  SECTION 4.  { + All the duties, functions and powers of the
State Commission on Children and Families relating to the
coordination and delivery of services to runaway and homeless
youth and their families are imposed upon, transferred to and
vested in the Department of Human Services. + }

                               { +
RECORDS AND PROPERTY + }

  SECTION 5.  { + The staff director of the State Commission on
Children and Families shall deliver to the Department of Human
Services all records and property within the jurisdiction of the
staff director that relate to the duties, functions and powers of
the State Commission on Children and Families with respect to the
coordination and delivery of services to runaway and homeless
youth and their families, and the Department of Human Services
shall take possession of the records and property delivered under
this section. + }

                               { +
UNEXPENDED REVENUES + }

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  SECTION 6.  { + (1) The unexpended balances of amounts
authorized to be expended by the State Commission on Children and
Families for the biennium beginning July 1, 2011, from revenues
dedicated, continuously appropriated, appropriated or otherwise
made available for the purpose of administering and enforcing the
duties, functions and powers transferred by section 4 of this
2011 Act are transferred to and are available for expenditure by
the Department of Human Services for the biennium beginning July
1, 2011, for the purpose of administering and enforcing the
duties, functions and powers transferred by section 4 of this
2011 Act.
  (2) The expenditure classifications, if any, established by
Acts authorizing or limiting expenditures by the State Commission
on Children and Families remain applicable to expenditures by the
department under this section. + }

                               { +
ACTION, PROCEEDING, PROSECUTION + }

  SECTION 7.  { + The transfer of duties, functions and powers to
the Department of Human Services by section 4 of this 2011 Act
does not affect any action, proceeding or prosecution involving
or with respect to the duties, functions and powers begun before
and pending at the time of the transfer, except that the
department is substituted for the State Commission on Children
and Families in the action, proceeding or prosecution. + }

                               { +
LIABILITY, DUTY, OBLIGATION + }

  SECTION 8.  { + (1) Nothing in sections 4 to 10 of this 2011
Act relieves a person of a liability, duty or obligation accruing
under or with respect to the duties, functions and powers
transferred by section 4 of this 2011 Act. The Department of
Human Services may undertake the collection or enforcement of any
such liability, duty or obligation.
  (2) The rights and obligations of the State Commission on
Children and Families legally incurred under contracts, leases
and business transactions executed, entered into or begun before
the effective date of section 4 of this 2011 Act are transferred
to the department. For the purpose of succession to these rights
and obligations, the department is a continuation of the State
Commission on Children and Families and not a new authority. + }

                               { +
RULES + }

  SECTION 9.  { + Notwithstanding the transfer of duties,
functions and powers by section 4 of this 2011 Act, the rules of
the State Commission on Children and Families that pertain to the
coordination and delivery of services to runaway and homeless
youth and their families in effect on the effective date of
section 4 of this 2011 Act continue in effect until superseded or
repealed by rules of the Department of Human Services. References
in rules of the State Commission on Children and Families to the
State Commission on Children and Families, or to an officer or
employee of the State Commission on Children and Families, that
pertain to the coordination and delivery of services to runaway
and homeless youth and their families are considered to be

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references to the department or to an officer or employee of the
department. + }
  SECTION 10.  { + Whenever, in any uncodified law or resolution
of the Legislative Assembly or in any rule, document, record or
proceeding authorized by the Legislative Assembly pertaining to
the duties, functions and powers transferred by section 4 of this
2011 Act, reference is made to the State Commission on Children
and Families, or to an officer or employee of the State
Commission on Children and Families, the reference is considered
to be a reference to the Department of Human Services or to an
officer or employee of the department. + }

                               { +
FINANCE + }

  SECTION 11.  { + (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the General Fund appropriation made to the State Commission
on Children and Families by section 1, chapter ___, Oregon Laws
2011 (Enrolled Senate Bill 5550), for the biennium beginning July
1, 2011, is decreased by $159,913.
  (2) Notwithstanding any other law limiting expenditures, the
limitation on expenditures established by section 2, chapter ___
, Oregon Laws 2011 (Enrolled Senate Bill 5550), for the biennium
beginning July 1, 2011, as the maximum limit for payment of
expenses from fees, moneys or other revenues, including
Miscellaneous Receipts, and including federal funds received from
the Department of Human Services for family preservation and
support and other services supporting children and families, but
excluding lottery funds and federal funds not described in
section 2, chapter ___, Oregon Laws 2011 (Enrolled Senate Bill
5550), collected or received by the State Commission on Children
and Families, is decreased by $600,000. + }
  SECTION 12.  { + (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the General Fund appropriation made to the Department of
Human Services by section 1 (2), chapter ___, Oregon Laws 2011
(Enrolled House Bill 5030), for the biennium beginning July 1,
2011, is increased by $159,913 for children, adults and families.
  (2) Notwithstanding any other law limiting expenditures, the
limitation on expenditures established by section 2 (4),
chapter ___, Oregon Laws 2011 (Enrolled House Bill 5030), for the
biennium beginning July 1, 2011, as the maximum limit for payment
of expenses from fees, moneys or other revenues, including
Miscellaneous Receipts, Medicare receipts and federal funds for
indirect cost recovery, Social Security Supplemental Security
Income recoveries and the Child Care and Development Fund, but
excluding lottery funds and federal funds not described in
section 2 (4), chapter ___, Oregon Laws 2011 (Enrolled House Bill
5030), collected or received by the Department of Human Services,
is increased by $25,000 for shared services.
  (3) Notwithstanding any other law limiting expenditures, the
limitation on expenditures established by section 3 (2),
chapter ___, Oregon Laws 2011 (Enrolled House Bill 5030), for the
biennium beginning July 1, 2011, as the maximum limits for
payment of expenses from federal funds, excluding federal funds
described in section 2, chapter ___, Oregon Laws 2011 (Enrolled
House Bill 5030), collected or received by the Department of
Human Services, is increased by $801,661 for children, adults and
families. + }

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                               { +
UNIT CAPTIONS + }

  SECTION 13.  { + The unit captions used in this 2011 Act are
provided only for the convenience of the reader and do not become
part of the statutory law of this state or express any
legislative intent in the enactment of this 2011 Act. + }

                               { +
EMERGENCY CLAUSE + }

  SECTION 14.  { + 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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Passed by House June 27, 2011

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

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

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

Passed by Senate June 29, 2011

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

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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

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