ORS § 147.485

Current through 2024 Regular Session legislation effective June 6, 2024

Section 147.485 - [Operative 1/1/2025] Training for state agencies and county juvenile departments

(1) As used in this section:

(a) "Adjudicated youth" has the meaning given that term in ORS 419A.004.

(b) "State agency" means any state officer, board, commission, bureau or department, or division thereof, in the executive branch of state government.

(c) "Youth" has the meaning given that term in ORS 419A.004.

(2)

(a) The Department of Justice, in consultation with the advisory committee appointed by the department under ORS 147.480, shall develop a one-hour virtual training on sex trafficking.

(b) The department shall make the training developed under this subsection available at no cost to state agencies and county juvenile departments that work with youths and adjudicated youths.

(3) A state agency shall ensure that all staff of the state agency who work with youths and adjudicated youths complete the training developed under subsection (2) of this section at least once every two years.

(4) A county juvenile department shall ensure that all staff of the county juvenile department who work with youths and adjudicated youths complete the training developed under subsection (2) of this section at least once every two years.

ORS 147.485

Added by 2023 Ch. 187, § 3

147.485 becomes operative January 1, 2025. See section 7, chapter 187, Oregon Laws 2023.

147.485 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 147 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Sections 4, 5 and 6, chapter 187, Oregon Laws 2023, provide:

Sec. 4. No later than December 31, 2025, the advisory committee appointed by the Department of Justice under ORS 147.480 shall submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to human services, in the manner described in ORS 192.245, describing:

(1) How many screenings under section 2 of this 2023 Act [419C. 030] were conducted between January 1, 2024, and December 1, 2025;

(2) The number of victims of sex trafficking who were identified as a result of the screenings described in subsection (1) of this section;

(3) The types of resources to which the victims described in subsection (2) of this section were referred; and

(4) Any gaps in resources available to victims of sex trafficking that were identified by the advisory committee. [2023 c. 187, § 4]

Sec. 5. (1) No later than January 1, 2024, the Department of Justice shall make the referral resource list, screening tool and training described in section 2 of this 2023 Act [419C. 030] available to county juvenile departments.

(2) No later than July 1, 2024, a county juvenile department shall ensure that all staff of the county juvenile department who work directly with youths and adjudicated youths have completed the screening tool training developed by the Department of Justice under section 2 of this 2023 Act.

(3) No later than January 1, 2025, the Department of Justice shall develop and begin providing the training described in section 3 of this 2023 Act [147.485].

(4) No later than January 1, 2026, and every two years thereafter, state agencies and county juvenile departments shall ensure that employees described in section 3 (3) and (4) of this 2023 Act have completed the training developed by the Department of Justice under section 3 of this 2023 Act. [2023 c. 187, § 5]

Sec. 6. Sections 4 and 5 of this 2023 Act are repealed on January 2, 2026. [2023 c. 187, § 6]