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Senate committee hears bill to require parents be told rights before CPS interviews
Summary
A Senate Human Services hearing on March 6 examined Senate Bill 736, which would require the Department of Human Services to provide written and verbal notice to parents and guardians before face-to-face child-protective-services interviews and clarify when the ‘child in care’ abuse standard applies.
The Senate Committee on Human Services opened a public hearing March 6 on Senate Bill 736, a measure that would require the Oregon Department of Human Services to give parents and guardians written notice — and verbally review that notice — before a face-to-face child abuse investigation interview, and would narrow the definition of abuse “in care” so it does not apply when a child is at home with a parent on a trial home visit.
Supporters told the committee the bill does not create new rights but ensures families know the rights they already possess during CPS contact. Matt, committee staff, told the committee that SB 736 “creates an exception for abuse of a child in care if the suspected abuse was committed by a child's…
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