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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
A-Engrossed
Senate Bill 741
Ordered by the Senate April 18
Including Senate Amendments dated April 18
Sponsored by Senator GELSER BLOUIN; Senators CAMPOS, WEBER, Representatives RUIZ, SCHARF (Presession
filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards.
Digest: The Act tells DHS to make a report about payment to people who run foster
homes. (Flesch Readability Score: 79.5).
[Digest: The Act tells DHS to adopt a compensation rate structure for foster parents. (Flesch
Readability Score: 63.4).]
[Directs the Department of Human Services to adopt a rate structure for foster parent compen-
sation.]
Directs the Department of Human Services to report each even-numbered year to the
relevant interim committees of the Legislative Assembly and the Joint Interim Committee
on Ways and Means about compensation to individuals who maintain a foster home or to
child caring agencies that authorize proctor foster homes.
[Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.]
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to foster parent compensation.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. (1) As used in this section, “cost to raise a child” means the amount a family
will spend per child as estimated in the most recent United States Department of Agriculture
report on Expenditures on Children by Families, adjusted for inflation.
(2) Not later than July 1 of each even-numbered year, the Department of Human Services
shall report to the relevant interim committees of the Legislative Assembly and the Joint
Interim Committee on Ways and Means about compensation to individuals who maintain a
foster home or to child caring agencies that authorize proctor foster homes. The report must
include, at a minimum, information about each of the following as measured on April 1 of
the reporting year:
(a) The total number of certified foster homes serving children.
(b) The total number of child-specific foster homes serving children.
(c) The total number of general foster homes serving children.
(d) The total number of proctor foster homes serving children.
(e) The total number of foster homes and the total number of foster homes approved to
serve children but without any current placement.
(f) The total number of children served in proctor or certified foster homes.
(g) The current payment methodology for services provided by proctor foster parents and
by certified foster parents, including but not limited to:
(A) The base payment rate.
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
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(B) Any enhanced rates.
(C) Any reimbursements for mileage, childcare or respite.
(h) The date and percentage of the last certified foster care or proctor foster care rate
increase.
(i) An explanation of what percentage of the cost to raise a child is represented by the
current base rate for certified foster care and proctor foster care, disaggregated by age
group.
(j) An estimate of the General Fund cost to raise the base rate for certified and proctor
foster care to 90 percent and 100 percent of the cost to raise a child, disaggregated by age
group.
(k) The current base rate for certified and proctor foster care in Washington, Idaho,
California, Nevada and Utah.
SECTION 2. The Department of Human Services shall submit the first report under
section 1 of this 2025 Act no later than July 1, 2026.
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