71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
 
                            Enrolled
 
                         House Bill 2491
 
Sponsored by Representative CARLSON
 
 
                     CHAPTER ................
 
 
                             AN ACT
 
 
Relating to community-based foster care demonstration projects;
  amending ORS 417.747; and declaring an emergency.
 
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
 
  SECTION 1. ORS 417.747 is amended to read:
  417.747.  { + (1) + } Notwithstanding ORS 409.190,
 { - beginning on August 18, 1993, the department and the state
commission - }  { +  the State Office for Services to Children
and Families, in consultation with local commissions on children
and families, + } may
  { - agree to establish pilot programs in counties that are
capable of handling the program to administer foster care
programs under the department's jurisdiction. The pilot program
must be accepted by the board of county commissioners in the
local coordinated comprehensive plan. - }  { +  establish
community-based foster care demonstration projects. The purposes
of the demonstration projects are to:
  (a) Promote strategies that keep abused and neglected children
in their familiar surroundings and neighborhood schools;
  (b) Recruit community volunteers to serve as foster parents for
abused and neglected children who live in the community;
  (c) Identify barriers to recruiting community foster parents
and recommend strategies to address those identified barriers;
and
  (d) Create a community-based system of support for foster
children and community foster parents.
  (2) + }   { - The pilot program - }   { + A demonstration
project + } shall be subject to federal requirements and the
restrictions agreed upon between the   { - department - }  { +
office + } and the county where the   { - pilot program - }  { +
demonstration project + } is located.
  SECTION 2.  { + This 2001 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2001 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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Passed by House March 6, 2001
 
 
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                                             Chief Clerk of House
 
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                                                 Speaker of House
 
Passed by Senate April 30, 2001
 
 
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                                              President of Senate
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Received by Governor:
 
......M.,............., 2001
 
Approved:
 
......M.,............., 2001
 
 
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                                                         Governor
 
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
 
......M.,............., 2001
 
 
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                                               Secretary of State
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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