75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
HA to HB 2275
 
LC 936/HB 2275-1
 
                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                         HOUSE BILL 2275
 
                    By COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
 
                           February 17
 
  On page 1 of the printed bill, line 2, after '107.135 ' insert
', 412.024'.
  On page 10, after line 23, insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 7. + } ORS 412.024 is amended to read:
  ' 412.024. (1) Aid, as defined in ORS 412.001, may not be
granted to, or on behalf of, any applicant or recipient and for
as long as the applicant or recipient refuses to assign to the
state any rights to support from any other person such applicant
may have personally or in behalf of any other family member for
whom the applicant is applying for or receiving aid  { - , and
that have accrued at any time such assignment is executed - } .
If aid is paid and received for the support of a child, the
rights to child support that any person may have for the child
are deemed to have been assigned by operation of law to the
state. Notice of the assignment by operation of law shall be
given to the applicant at the time of application for public
assistance, and shall be given to any obligee who may hold some
interest in such support rights by depositing a notice in the
United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the last-known
address of such person. Assignment of support rights to the state
shall be as set forth in rules adopted by the Department of Human
Services and the Department of Justice.
  ' (2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, an
applicant or recipient who receives aid as defined in ORS 412.001
shall cooperate with the Department of Human Services and the
Department of Justice in establishing the paternity of the
applicant's or recipient's child born out of wedlock and in
obtaining support or other payments or property due the applicant
or child. An applicant or recipient is not required to cooperate
if there is good cause or some other exception to the cooperation
requirement that takes into account the best interest of the
child. The Department of Human Services shall adopt rules
defining good cause, other exceptions to cooperation and
noncooperation by an applicant or recipient, and setting the
sanction for noncooperation. The sanction may include total
ineligibility of the family for aid, but in no situation may the
sanction be less than a 25 percent reduction of the monthly grant
amount. At the time an applicant applies for aid, the Department
of Human Services shall inform the applicant, in writing, of the
requirement of and exceptions to cooperation and the sanctions
for noncooperation, and shall inform recipients, in writing,
whenever eligibility for aid is redetermined.
  ' (3) This section shall apply to recipients of aid under ORS
412.001 to 412.069, 412.124 and 418.647 only as long as the aid
is funded in whole or in part with federal grants under Title
IV-A of the Social Security Act.'.
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