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Senate hearing backs ban on using trash bags for foster children's belongings
Summary
Senator Janine Salman and former foster youth advocates urged the committee to bar the Department of Human Services from handing children trash bags when they are moved; Senate Bill 1016 would clarify and strengthen a 2023 law and require annual legislative reporting.
The Senate Committee on Human Services on Feb. 20 heard public testimony in support of Senate Bill 1016, which would prohibit the Oregon Department of Human Services from using trash bags to transport a foster child’s personal effects and would modify the department’s reporting requirements on the practice.
Senator Janine Salman (District 15), the bill’s sponsor, told the committee the measure is the culmination of several years of advocacy led by a constituent and nonprofit organizers who distribute duffel bags to foster children. Salman described efforts to accomplish the…
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