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Amended SB 741 directs DHS to report on foster‑parent compensation rather than immediately increase payments
Summary
Senate Bill 741, originally intended to raise foster‑parent compensation, was amended on the House floor to require the Department of Human Services to report every even year on compensation rates, caseloads and payment methodology after sponsors cited large fiscal shortfalls.
The House passed an amended Senate Bill 741 on third reading. Representative Sharf, floor sponsor, said the bill originally would have increased payments to resource (foster) parents based on a percentage of the USDA estimate of the cost to raise a child, but was amended because of significant projected fiscal shortfalls.
Representative Sharf said Oregon’s current…
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