ORS 418.196: Transportation of foster child’s personal effects.

(1) The Department of Human Services shall procure, distribute and maintain an inventory of appropriate carriers for child welfare case workers to use when transporting the personal effects of a foster child, including when the foster child is entering into or transitioning or exiting from foster care. (2) The department may not use trash bags to transport a foster child’s personal effects. [2025 c.143 §1] (Temporary provisions relating to transportation of personal effects of foster children) Sec. 1. The Department of Human Services shall submit a report regarding the department’s transportation of the personal effects of foster children in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, and may include recommendations for legislation, to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to human services no later than September 15 of each year. The report must describe: (1) The department’s supply of appropriate carriers for the transportation of a foster child’s personal effects; (2) The department’s inventory management practices for supplies of appropriate carriers for the transportation of a foster child’s personal effects; and (3) If in the preceding reporting period trash bags were used to transport a foster child’s personal effects, the number of instances in the preceding reporting period that trash bags were used to transport a foster child’s personal effects and the reasons for using the trash bags. [2023 c.210 §1; 2025 c.143 §2] Sec. 3. Section 1 of this 2023 Act is repealed on January 2, 2029. [2023 c.210 §3]