(1) Consult and collaborate with the Oregon Health Authority to align practices for voluntary evacuations and emergency sheltering operations.
(2) Coordinate with the authority in setting priorities for awarding grants described in ORS 431A.410.
(3) Provide support to local agencies that take lead roles in operating and planning clean air shelters in the local agencies’ jurisdictions. [2021 c.592 §14a]
Note: Section 14b, chapter 592, Oregon Laws 2021, provides:
Sec. 14b. No later than June 30, 2023, in consultation with the Oregon Health Authority, the Department of Human Services shall report to an appropriate committee or interim committee of the Legislative Assembly, in the manner described in ORS 192.245, to the State Wildfire Programs Director and to the Wildfire Programs Advisory Council on:
(1) The grants administered pursuant to section 14 of this 2021 Act [431A.410], including information about which local governments received grants.
(2) Any barriers to administering the grants.
(3) Areas for improving the grant program described in section 14 of this 2021 Act.
(4) Public health impacts from wildfire smoke events. [2021 c.592 §14b]