Bill Text: OR HB3309 | 2011 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to prisoner reentry; and declaring an emergency.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-08-02 - Chapter 680, (2011 Laws): Effective date August 2, 2011. [HB3309 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2011-HB3309-Enrolled.html
76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session
Enrolled
House Bill 3309
Sponsored by Representative CAMERON; Senators HASS, PROZANSKI
CHAPTER ................
AN ACT
Relating to prisoner reentry; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + (1) As used in this section:
(a) 'Employer' means a public or private employer.
(b) 'Ex-offender' means an individual released from a
Department of Corrections institution as defined in ORS 421.005
or under the supervision of a county community corrections
program.
(2) The Department of Corrections may establish an on-the-job
training program for ex-offenders as a pilot program.
(3) The intent of the on-the-job training program is to provide
training opportunities for ex-offenders who need training to
secure employment and for employed ex-offenders who are assessed
as needing additional training to advance in their jobs or to
prevent job loss.
(4) The department shall provide grants to and enter into
agreements with counties that will be responsible for carrying
out on-the-job training for ex-offenders.
(5) The department or a county may enter into agreements with
employers who agree to provide on-the-job training to
ex-offenders who are or will be engaged in productive work with
the employer in a job that:
(a) Provides knowledge or skills essential to the full and
adequate performance of the job; and
(b) Is limited in duration as appropriate to the occupation for
which the ex-offender is being trained, taking into account the
content of the training and the prior work experience of the
ex-offender.
(6)(a) Each employer that enters into an agreement with a
county or the department has responsibility for hiring,
compensating and training ex-offenders covered by agreements
entered into with a county or the department.
(b) The department or a county shall reimburse an employer for
the extraordinary costs of providing the training and additional
supervision related to the training:
(A) In an amount that is based on the wage rate of the
ex-offender; or
(B) With a stipend payable in an amount and on a schedule
determined at the discretion of the department or county.
(c) A county may designate a nonprofit organization, staffing
agency, community college or other qualified entity to manage the
on-the-job training for ex-offenders for the county.
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(7) The department shall apply the following policies in
implementing the on-the-job training program:
(a) There must be an assessment of each ex-offender enrolled in
the program to determine whether the ex-offender has the
necessary work experience or occupational training to meet a
potential employer's minimum employment requirements or has
special needs that may be a barrier to obtaining or retaining
employment.
(b) The on-the-job training must be reasonably expected to last
at least six weeks and provide at least 20 hours of work per
week.
(8) Trainee retention for each employer shall be reviewed at
least annually to determine whether the employer's performance
meets the requirements of 20 C.F.R. 663.700(b).
(9)(a) The department shall adopt rules necessary to implement
and administer the on-the-job training program.
(b) The rules shall be consistent with the applicable
requirements of the federal Workforce Investment Act.
(10) The department may seek funding through grants and other
means to carry out the on-the-job training program for
ex-offenders established under this section.
(11) Not later than April 1, 2013, the department shall report
to the Seventy-seventh Legislative Assembly in the manner
provided in ORS 192.245 on the performance results of the
on-the-job training program. + }
SECTION 2. { + (1) Section 1 of this 2011 Act becomes
operative on the effective date of the rule described in
subsection (2)(b) of this section.
(2) The Department of Corrections:
(a) May adopt rules or take any other action before section 1
of this 2011 Act becomes operative that is necessary to enable
the department to exercise, on or after the date that section 1
of this 2011 Act becomes operative, all the duties, functions and
powers conferred on the department by section 1 of this 2011 Act.
(b) Shall adopt a rule indicating that the department has
received federal funding, a grant or a legislative appropriation
that is sufficient to enable the department to carry out the
provisions of section 1 of this 2011 Act.
(c) Shall notify Legislative Counsel when the rule described in
paragraph (b) of this subsection is adopted. + }
SECTION 3. { + Section 1 of this 2011 Act is repealed on
January 2, 2014. + }
SECTION 4. { + 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 22, 2011
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Ramona Kenady Line, Chief Clerk of House
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Bruce Hanna, Speaker of House
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Arnie Roblan, Speaker of House
Passed by Senate June 24, 2011
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Peter Courtney, President of Senate
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Received by Governor:
......M.,............., 2011
Approved:
......M.,............., 2011
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John Kitzhaber, Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
......M.,............., 2011
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Kate Brown, Secretary of State
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