75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
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LC 986
 
                         House Bill 2123
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of Governor Theodore R.
  Kulongoski for Department of Human Services)
 
 
                             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 Department of Human Services to report to Legislative
Assembly on staff workload and staffing needs.  Requires
department to work with advisory groups to identify and implement
workload efficiencies.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to workload capacity in human services agencies.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + The Department of Human Services shall report
to the Legislative Assembly at each regular session with respect
to department employees in the classified service who directly
provide child welfare services under ORS 418.005, temporary
assistance for needy families under ORS 412.006, nutritional
assistance under ORS 411.816 and vocational rehabilitation
services under ORS 344.530. The report shall address each of the
following:
  (1) Workload increases or decreases over the current biennium.
  (2) Workload efficiencies achieved during the current biennium.
  (3) Notwithstanding ORS 291.371 (5), additional staffing needs
or decreases in staffing needs that exist for the current
biennium or that are projected for the next biennium. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + The Department of Human Services shall
collaborate with its existing advisory groups to identify and
implement workload efficiencies in the state agencies that
administer programs providing child welfare services under ORS
418.005, temporary assistance to needy families under ORS
412.006, nutritional assistance under ORS 411.816 and vocational
rehabilitation services under ORS 344.530. The advisory groups
include, but are not limited to, the following:
  (1) The advisory committee established under ORS 418.005 (2).
  (2) The Family Services Review Commission established under ORS
411.125.
  (3) The State Independent Living Council established by
Executive Order EO-94-12.
  (4) The advisory committee established under ORS 344.735. + }
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