74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
SA to A-Eng. SB 282
 
LC 1076/SB 282-A5
 
                      SENATE AMENDMENTS TO
                   A-ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 282
 
              By JOINT COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
 
                             June 23
 
  In line 3 of the printed A-engrossed bill, after 'ORS ' insert
'418.495 and'.
  After line 4, insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 1. + } ORS 418.495 is amended to read:
  ' 418.495. { +  (1) + } Within the limits of funds available
therefor, the Department of Human Services may enter into
agreements with licensed child-caring agencies and other
appropriate facilities, including youth care centers, for the
purchase of care for children who require and are eligible for
such care, regardless of whether the children are wards of the
state or whether the department is their guardian or has their
custody or whether the children are surrendered to a child-caring
agency or committed thereto by order of a court under ORS chapter
419B or 419C. The agreement shall prescribe the procedures for
payment, the rate of payment and may contain such other
conditions as the department and the agency or facility may
agree.
  '  { +  (2) The department shall by rule adopt payment
standards for foster care. In establishing standards, the
department may take into account the income, resources and
maintenance available to and the necessary expenditures of a
foster parent who is a relative, as defined by rule, of the child
placed in care. + } ' .
  In line 5, delete '1' and insert '2'.
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