(1) A person providing a foster home to an American Indian child shall be eligible for payments under ORS 418.625 to 418.645 regardless of the relationship by blood or marriage that the person has to the child where the child’s placement in the foster home is pursuant to the Indian Child Welfare Act (25 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.).
(2) Certification of a foster home described in subsection (1) of this section shall be pursuant to standards set out in an agreement between the Department of Human Services and the tribe of which the child is a member or, if there is no such agreement, certification shall be pursuant to standards adopted by a federally recognized Indian tribe.
(3) If subsection (1) or (2) of this section is found to be unconstitutional for any reason, then the entire section shall be null and void.