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Bill would notify child‑support administrators when incarcerated or hospitalized individuals earn compensation; panel seeks implementation details
Summary
Senate Bill 879 would require state agencies to report when adults in custody or state‑hospital patients begin receiving compensation; it would also change the process for rebutting a presumption of inability to pay child support. Committee members asked for technical input from corrections and DOJ on garnishment and earnings treatment.
Senate Bill 879, introduced by Senator David Brock Smith, would require the Oregon Health Authority and the Department of Corrections to identify each month patients at the state hospital and adults in custody who receive compensation for work performed at the state hospital or through DOC programs or Oregon Corrections Enterprises and provide that information to the appropriate child‑support administrator. The measure would also modify the process for rebutting…
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