72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
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LC 1078
A-Engrossed
House Bill 2124
Ordered by the House March 31
Including House Amendments dated March 31
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
Presession filed (at the request of Joint Interim Committee on
Health and Human Resources)
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.
Directs state agencies that provide services to children and
their families to develop statewide plan based on local
coordinated comprehensive plans. Directs state agencies to
jointly submit budget and legislative recommendations based on
local plans. Directs state agencies to enter into agreements for
coordination of services to children and their families. { +
Directs state agencies to involve certain local agencies'
representatives in budget process for programs that impact
children and families.
Applies to budgets developed for 2005-2007 biennium. + }
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to coordination of services to children.
Whereas Senate Bill 555 (1999) (chapter 1053, Oregon Laws 1999)
created a new method of comprehensive planning for services
provided to Oregon's children and their families; and
Whereas implementing Senate Bill 555 (1999) required
significant changes in the way state and local government
agencies and other entities work together to identify, plan for
and provide needed services, supports and initiatives to children
and families; and
Whereas Senate Bill 555 (1999) identified the Department of
Human Services, the Criminal Justice Commission, the State
Commission on Children and Families, the Oregon Youth Authority,
the Department of Education and the Oregon Progress Board as the
principal state agencies to deliver services to children and
their families; and
Whereas the planning process in Senate Bill 555 (1999) affects
other state agencies, including the Department of Community
Colleges and Workforce Development, the Housing and Community
Services Department, the Economic and Community Development
Department and the Employment Department; and
Whereas state and local agencies have made significant progress
in implementing the planning required by Senate Bill 555 (1999)
but additional actions are necessary to continue that progress;
now, therefore,
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + Section 2 of this 2003 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS 417.705 to 417.797. + }
SECTION 2. { + (1) As used in this section:
(a) 'Affected state agencies' means the Department of Community
Colleges and Workforce Development, the Housing and Community
Services Department, the Economic and Community Development
Department and the Employment Department; and
(b) 'Principal state agencies' means the Department of Human
Services, the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, the State
Commission on Children and Families, the Oregon Youth Authority,
the Department of Education and the Oregon Progress Board.
(2) The principal state agencies, to the greatest extent
possible and within the assigned mission of each agency, shall
jointly submit budget and legislative recommendations to the
Oregon Department of Administrative Services for consideration by
the Governor in the budget report required by ORS 291.202. The
recommendations shall include:
(a) Legislative recommendations that identify which planning
processes of the principal state agencies should be based on the
local coordinated comprehensive plans;
(b) Legislative recommendations that identify which resources
of the principal state agencies are required based on the local
plans; and
(c) Budget estimates and requests that are based on information
from the local plans.
(3) The principal state agencies and the affected state
agencies shall develop a statewide plan for children and families
based on the local plans. The statewide plan shall be based on
the needs, priorities and strategies for providing services for
children and families identified in the local plans and shall
include recommendations for state agency actions. The principal
state agencies shall identify and involve the affected state
agencies necessary to address issues identified in the local
plans.
(4) The principal state agencies shall develop formal
agreements to improve coordination among the principal state
agencies and shall develop agreements among the principal state
agencies and the affected state agencies as necessary. The
agreements shall:
(a) Identify which resources are affected by the local plans;
(b) Identify individual planning processes of the principal
state agencies and the affected state agencies;
(c) Identify within each principal state agency how
coordination will occur among the principal state agencies and
programs within those agencies, including reviewing local plans
and using information from the local plans in the state planning
process;
(d) Identify means for systematic communication among the staff
of principal state agencies at all levels;
(e) Recognize the shared responsibility among principal state
agencies and affected state agencies to achieve positive outcomes
for children and families;
(f) Identify data to be provided to counties for planning
purposes, how the data will be made available and how it will be
updated;
(g) Identify data counties must collect and report to the state
and how to minimize reporting requirements to counties;
(h) Identify joint outcome measures and accountability
processes that the principal state agencies will use;
(i) Establish a process and structure for the principal state
agencies to develop the statewide plan required by subsection (3)
of this section;
(j) Identify how decisions affecting implementation of the
statewide early childhood system established under ORS 417.728
will be made within and among the principal state agencies; and
(k) Identify how to provide coordinated training and technical
assistance to local providers of services to children and
families.
(5) All principal state agencies and affected state agencies
shall review the contents of the local plans and, to the greatest
extent possible within the assigned mission of each agency,
incorporate needs, priorities and strategies from the local plans
into the budget and policy development for each agency.
(6) The principal state agencies shall involve local agencies
as active participants when the principal state agencies develop
their budgets for programs that impact children and families and
pass funds to the local level. The principal state agencies shall
consult with the local agencies in selecting representatives to
participate in the budget process. The representatives shall be
involved from the initial stages of budget development to the
final budget decisions and shall include representatives of:
(a) Local commissions on children and families;
(b) Local public health authorities;
(c) County juvenile departments; and
(d) Local agencies that deliver public health and mental health
services at the county level.
(7) The principal state agencies shall report to the Governor
annually prior to December 1 on the status of compliance with the
provisions of this section. + }
SECTION 3. { + Section 2 of this 2003 Act first applies to
budgets developed for the 2005-2007 biennium. + }
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