74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 1203
 
                         Senate Bill 412
 
Sponsored by Senators BROWN, KRUSE, Representatives KRIEGER,
  SCHAUFLER
 
 
                             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.
 
  Requires notification of child's attorney and child's court
appointed special advocate when report of child abuse involves
child in foster care.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to reports of child abuse; amending ORS 419B.015.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 419B.015 is amended to read:
  419B.015. (1)(a) A person making a report of child abuse,
  { - whether voluntarily or pursuant to - }   { + whether the
report is made voluntarily or is required by  + }ORS 419B.010,
shall make an oral report by telephone or otherwise to the local
office of the Department of Human Services, to the designee of
the department or to a law enforcement agency within the county
where the person making the report is located at the time of the
contact. The report shall contain, if known, the names and
addresses of the child and the parents of the child or other
persons responsible for care of the child, the child's age, the
nature and extent of the abuse, including any evidence of
previous abuse, the explanation given for the abuse and any other
information that the person making the report believes might be
helpful in establishing the cause of the abuse and the identity
of the perpetrator.
  (b) When a report of child abuse is received by the department,
the department shall notify a law enforcement agency within the
county where the report was made. When a report of child abuse is
received by a designee of the department, the designee shall
notify, according to the contract, either the department or a law
enforcement agency within the county where the report was made.
When a report of child abuse is received by a law enforcement
agency, the agency shall notify the local office of the
department within the county where the report was made.
  (2) When a report of child abuse is received under subsection
(1)(a) of this section, the entity receiving the report shall
make the notification required by subsection (1)(b) of this
section according to rules adopted by the department under ORS
419B.017.
   { +  (3) When a child who is in foster care is the subject of
a report of abuse under subsection (1)(a) of this section, the
department shall notify the attorney for the child and the court
appointed special advocate for the child of the report of
abuse. + }
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