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2025 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services
Chapter 418 - Child Welfare Services
Section 418.196 - Transportation of foster child’s personal effects.

Universal Citation:
OR Rev Stat § 418.196 (2025)
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(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]

Note: 418.196 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 418 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Note: Sections 1 and 3, chapter 210, Oregon Laws 2023, provide:

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 Section 1 of this 2023 Act is repealed on January 2, 2029.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]

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