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Committee hears bill requiring race- and geography-disaggregated child-welfare data from DHS
Summary
House Bill 3,003 would expand the Department of Human Services’ biennial child-welfare report to include disaggregated data by race and county; sponsor said the change will help identify disparities and that DHS confirmed the data would not be personally identifiable.
The Senate Committee on Human Services held a public hearing April 15 on House Bill 3,003, which would direct the Oregon Department of Human Services to include additional disaggregated data, including by race and geography, in its biennial child-welfare report.
Representative Travis Nelson, R-House District 44, told the committee the measure is the product of work following House Bill 4052 (2022) and is intended to provide the…
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