71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
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amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 2052
 
                         House Bill 3037
 
Sponsored by Representative CARLSON; Representatives BOWMAN,
  JENSON, V WALKER, WILSON, WINTERS, Senators BROWN, CARTER,
  CASTILLO, CORCORAN, GEORGE
 
 
                             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.
 
  Creates planning and advisory committee to make recommendations
on how to increase family bonding for children who have
incarcerated parents.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to children who have incarcerated parents; and declaring
  an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) For the 2001-2003 biennium, there is
created a planning and advisory committee to make recommendations
on how to increase family bonding for children who have
incarcerated parents.
  (2) The planning and advisory committee shall have one
representative from each of the following:
  (a) The Department of Corrections, appointed by the Director of
the Department of Corrections;
  (b) The Oregon Youth Authority, appointed by the Director of
the Oregon Youth Authority;
  (c) The State Court Administrator, appointed by the
administrator;
  (d) The State Commission on Children and Families, appointed by
the staff director of the State Commission on Children and
Families;
  (e) The Department of Education, appointed by the
Superintendent of Public Instruction; and
  (f) The Department of Human Services, appointed by the Director
of Human Services.
  (3) In addition to the representatives listed in subsection (2)
of this section, the State Court Administrator and the staff
director of the State Commission on Children and Families shall
appoint to the planning and advisory committee representatives
from:
  (a) Local public safety coordinating councils;
  (b) Local family law advisory committees;
  (c) Local commissions on children and families;
  (d) Local public health agencies; and
  (e) Research and advocacy groups that are deemed appropriate by
the administrator and the staff director.
  (4) In making the appointments under subsection (3) of this
section, the administrator and the staff director shall ensure
that the planning and advisory committee reflects the diversity
of communities throughout the state.
  (5) The planning and advisory committee members shall jointly
designate facilitators for the committee.
  (6)(a) The planning and advisory committee shall develop
recommendations on how to increase family bonding for children
who have parents incarcerated in the state or community
corrections systems for the purposes of reducing antisocial
behavior and attachment disorder and reducing the
intergenerational cycle of criminality.
  (b) No later than October 1, 2002, the planning and advisory
committee shall submit its recommendations to the appropriate
legislative interim committees and to the agencies listed in
subsection (2) of this section.
  (7) The planning and advisory committee may organize county
implementation teams to implement the recommendations of the
planning and advisory committee for family bonding strategies for
children who have parents incarcerated in the state or community
corrections systems. The teams may include representatives from
local public safety coordinating councils, local family law
advisory committees, local commissions on children and families,
local public health agencies, community corrections systems and
the Department of Human Services.
  (8) A member of the planning and advisory committee shall be
entitled to compensation and expenses as provided in ORS 292.495.
Claims for expenses incurred in performing functions of the
planning and advisory committee shall be paid by the agencies
listed in subsection (2) of this section.
  (9) The Department of Corrections shall provide staff support
for the planning and advisory committee. The agencies listed in
subsection (2) of this section shall provide funds to cover other
administrative costs of the planning and advisory committee. + }
  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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