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Witnesses, survivors and sponsors urge clear ban on using trash bags for foster children's belongings
Summary
Senate Bill 1016 would prohibit ODHS from using trash bags to transport a foster child's personal effects and require an "appropriate carrier"; sponsors said the measure clarifies prior law and restores dignity to youth who had items carried in garbage bags.
Sen. Janine Solomon and Rep. Anna Sharp, sponsors and several witnesses told the House Early Childhood and Human Services Committee on April 24 that Senate Bill 1016 would explicitly bar the Department of Human Services from using trash bags to transport a foster child's personal effects and require an "appropriate carrier" such as a tote or duffel.
Solomon described years of advocacy by Project Never Again and survivors and said prior statute (Senate Bill 548, 2023) required ODHS to inventory appropriate carriers and report when a trash bag was used, but did not stop the practice. "No child should be handed a trash bag to put their items…
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