Policy on prohibited disqualifications of child welfare services providers.

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(a) For the sole reason that the individual received child welfare services as a child or youth;

(b) For the sole reason that the individual is a person with a disability; or

(c) On the basis of race, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender expression or disability.

(2) Subsection (1) of this section applies to any person providing child welfare services to a child or ward, including but not limited to foster parents, proctor foster parents, adoptive parents, relative caregivers, safety providers and direct service providers. [2021 c.387 §8]

Note: 418.039 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 418 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Note: Sections 6 and 7, chapter 387, Oregon Laws 2021, provides:

Sec. 6. (1) The Department of Human Services shall submit reports to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to human services no later than November 1, 2021, and November 1, 2022, regarding children or wards placed in temporary lodgings by the department in the preceding 12-month period who were required to leave their placement at a residential care facility or shelter-care home solely due to the expiration of the limits on the duration of placements described in ORS 419B.354 (4)(a) [renumbered 418.322 (4)(a)].

(2) For each child or ward accounted for in a report under this section, the department shall include the month the temporary lodging occurred, the number of nights the child or ward remained in the temporary lodging, the type of placement the child or ward was placed in at the end of the temporary lodging and the number of times the child or ward was placed in temporary lodging due to the expiration of the placement time limits during the reporting period. [2021 c.387 §6]

Sec. 7. Section 6 of this 2021 Act is repealed on January 1, 2023. [2021 c.387 §7]


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