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Section 418.005 - Powers of department in connection with child welfare services; rules; advisory committee. - (a) Make all necessary rules and regulations for administering child...
Section 418.015 - Custody and care of needy children by department. - (2) The department shall accept any child placed in its...
Section 418.016 - Criminal records checks required for caregivers of children and for other persons in household; rules. - (a) All persons who seek to be foster parents, adoptive...
Section 418.017 - Parent allowed to anonymously leave child at authorized facility; facility immunity; notification to department. - (a) Is 30 days of age or younger as determined...
Section 418.018 - Department required to inform public about ORS 418.017 and affirmative defense; funding. - (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of...
Section 418.025 - Prevention, reduction or control of juvenile delinquency by county programs and activities. - (a) Conduct programs and carry on and coordinate activities for...
Section 418.027 - Agreements for custody, care or treatment; rules. - (2) The agreement shall provide for such services as the...
Section 418.032 - Department subrogated to right of support for certain children in department custody; child support agreements for children with disabilities. - (2) The department shall attempt to enter into agreements with...
Section 418.034 - Department responsible for costs of medical care of certain children in detention or lockup facilities; recovery of costs; obtaining additional funds. - (2) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section prevents the...
Section 418.036 - Child welfare report. - (1) The number of children in foster care; (2) The...
Section 418.039 - Policy on prohibited disqualifications of child welfare services providers. - (a) For the sole reason that the individual received child...
Section 418.041 - Governor’s Child Foster Care Advisory Commission; terms; compensation. - (2)(a) The commission consists of 13 members appointed by the...
Section 418.043 - Membership of commission; meetings. - (a) Current or former foster parents and current or former...
Section 418.044 - Functions and duties of commission; rules. - (a) Legal and policy issues pertaining to the foster care...
Section 418.046 - Advisory or technical committees; Child Welfare Equity Advisory Committee. - (2) Except as otherwise specifically provided, members of a committee...
Section 418.194 - Scheduling visitation around school attendance; records. - (a) "Foster care" has the meaning given that term in...
Section 418.200 - Definitions. - Note: 418.200 to 418.202 were enacted into law by the...
Section 418.201 - Legislative intent. - (1) To have the ability to make oral and written...
Section 418.202 - Oregon Foster Children’s Bill of Rights; rules. - (2) The department shall periodically review the rules establishing the...
Section 418.203 - Prohibitions on discipline or retaliation for speaking about services received. - Note: 418.203 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly...
Section 418.205 - Definitions for ORS 418.205 to 418.327, 418.330, 418.470, 418.475, 418.950 to 418.970 and 418.992 to 418.998. - (1) "Child" means an unmarried person under 21 years of...
Section 418.210 - Application of ORS 418.205 to 418.327. - (1) Homes established and maintained by fraternal organizations wherein only...
Section 418.215 - Child-caring agency to be licensed, certified or authorized. - (2) A child-caring agency that provides care or services to...
Section 418.240 - Licensing, certification and authorization criteria; duration; fees; rules. - (a) Be set forth in rules adopted by the department;...
Section 418.246 - Bond for outdoor youth program licensure. - (2) The bond required under subsection (1) of this section...
Section 418.248 - Certification of proctor foster homes; rules. - (2)(a) Prior to certification as a proctor foster home, an...
Section 418.255 - Inspection and supervision; training; rules. - (2) Inspections of the premises of a child-caring agency shall...
Section 418.256 - Interference with disclosure of information; rules. - (a) The Department of Human Services, a law enforcement agency...
Section 418.257 - Definitions for ORS 418.257 to 418.259. - (1) "Abuse" means one or more of the following: (a)...
Section 418.258 - Report of suspected abuse; notifications; investigation. - (a) Notify appropriate personnel within the department, including but not...
Section 418.259 - Investigation of suspected abuse; findings; notifications; reports. - (a) That the report is substantiated. A report is substantiated...
Section 418.260 - Investigation of abuses, deficiencies, violations or failures to comply in child-caring agencies. - (2) If the department finds, after investigation by the department...
Section 418.262 - Minimum staffing required for licensing, inspection and investigation; rules. - (2) The department shall adopt rules to develop workload models...
Section 418.265 - Reports; audit. - (2) Information submitted in reports under this section is a...
Section 418.270 - Surrender of child to child-caring agency; consent to adoption; time for adoption proceedings; effect of release and surrender. - (2) Severance of family ties with children by adoption or...
Section 418.275 - Child-caring agency as guardian of child; power of agency. - (2) The child-caring agency may retain a child released, surrendered...
Section 418.280 - Placement of children. - (2) In placing a child with a proctor foster home...
Section 418.295 - Certain attorneys not to represent prospective adoptive parents; employees not to recommend any attorney to prospective adoptive parents. - (2) No employee of the Department of Human Services shall...
Section 418.305 - Access to child receiving care or services. - (2) The child-caring agency shall permit immediate access to a...
Section 418.307 - Medical or dental treatment of children without consent; conditions; immunity of treating personnel. - (a) Because of the general state of the child’s health...
Section 418.312 - When transfer of custody not required; voluntary placement agreement; review of children placed in certain institutions. - (2) If a child is placed pursuant to a voluntary...
Section 418.318 - Authority to pay for qualified residential treatment programs. - Note: 418.318 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly...
Section 418.319 - Goal regarding placed children receiving federal assistance. - Note: 418.319 was added to and made a part of...
Section 418.321 - Out-of-state child-caring agency; contract requirements; licensing; transport of child; placement of juvenile offenders; rules. - (a) The out-of-state child-caring agency is licensed to provide or...
Section 418.322 - Placement in congregate care residential setting; limitations. - (a) "Congregate care residential setting" means any setting that cares...
Section 418.323 - Qualified residential treatment program; rules. - (1) Provides residential care and treatment to a child who,...
Section 418.324 - Independent assessment. - (2) The assessment described in this section may occur prior...
Section 418.325 - Medical examinations required; frequency; child’s health record; other health care; explanation to adoptive parents. - (a) Three examinations during the first year of the child’s...
Section 418.327 - Licensing of private residential boarding schools; fees. - (2) The department may not charge a fee for inspections...
Section 418.330 - Payments to adoptive parents or guardians; conditions; limitations. - (a) "Child" means: (A) A person under 18 years of...
Section 418.335 - Determination of eligibility for payments; review; hearing. - (2) The department shall set the amount of payments under...
Section 418.345 - Adoption Applicable Child Savings Fund. - (2) Moneys in the Adoption Applicable Child Savings Fund consist...
Section 418.351 - Definitions for 418.351 to 418.357. - (1) "Client" means a parent or guardian or other person...
Section 418.353 - Residential care referrals; disclosures; limitations; compensation; penalties. - (a) A description of the residential care referral to be...
Section 418.357 - Residential care referral agents; registration; rules; penalties. - (2) The department shall issue a registration to provide residential...
Section 418.359 - Referrals to secure transportation services providers; disclosure. - (2) The referral disclosure under this section must state: ______________________________________________________________________________...
Section 418.470 - Authority to pay for shelter-care homes. - (2) The services, pursuant to specific prior authorization of the...
Section 418.475 - Independent residence facilities; extent and nature of agreement between person and department. - (a) Are at least 16 years of age and not...
Section 418.495 - Authority to purchase care; agreement content; payment standards for foster care; rules. - (2) The department shall by rule adopt payment standards for...
Section 418.517 - Procedures for use of psychotropic medications for children in foster care; rules; hearing. - (a) "Medically accepted indication" means any use for a covered...
Section 418.519 - Definitions for ORS 418.519 to 418.532. - (1) "Certified foster home" means a foster home subject to...
Section 418.521 - Prohibitions on restraint and involuntary seclusion of children in care. - (2) Except as provided in ORS 418.523 (4), the use...
Section 418.523 - Permissible use of restraint or involuntary seclusion of child in care. - (2) A certified foster home may not place a child...
Section 418.526 - Program procedures; record keeping; notices following use of restraint or involuntary seclusion; reports. - (2) A program shall maintain a record of each incident...
Section 418.528 - Quarterly reports; public access to reports; notices. - (a) The total number of incidents involving restraint. (b) The...
Section 418.529 - Training standards and certification; instructor qualifications; continuing education; rules. - (b) The department shall designate two or three nationally recognized...
Section 418.532 - Notices to children in care. - (a) Explains the provisions of ORS 418.519 to 418.532; (b)...
Section 418.575 - Definitions for ORS 418.575 to 418.598. - (1) "Child" means a child who qualifies for child welfare...
Section 418.578 - Legislative findings. - (1) There is growing empirical evidence that severe trauma may...
Section 418.580 - Strengthening, Preserving and Reunifying Families programs; implementation; contracts; services provided; rules; training; funding; annual report. - (2)(a) The Director of Human Services or the director’s designee,...
Section 418.585 - Strengthening, Preserving and Reunifying Families Program Fund. - (a) Moneys received by the Department of Human Services under...
Section 418.590 - Waiver of federal requirements; plan for reinvesting savings and combining resources. - (2) The department shall: (a) Create a plan for reinvesting...
Section 418.595 - Placement and referral to program to be considered in reasonable or active efforts determination; written explanation. - (2) If the department or juvenile court determines that placement...
Section 418.598 - Rules. - (2) Rules adopted by the department under subsection (1) of...
Section 418.606 - Definitions. - (1) "Foster child" means a child who is in the...
Section 418.607 - Legislative intent. - (1) To obtain substitute care placements together whenever safe and...
Section 418.608 - Oregon Foster Children’s Sibling Bill of Rights; rules. - (2) The department shall periodically review the rules establishing the...
Section 418.609 - Applicability of Indian Child Welfare Act. - Note: See note under 418.606.
Section 418.625 - Definitions for ORS 418.625 to 418.645. - (1) "Certificate" means a written approval to operate a foster...
Section 418.627 - Placement consistent with the Indian Child Welfare Act. - (2) Certification of a foster home described in subsection (1)...
Section 418.640 - Supervision of foster homes; foster and adoptive parent training; rules; law enforcement officer training. - (2)(a) The department shall: (A) Provide training to assist the...
Section 418.642 - Confidentiality of information about person who maintains foster home; exceptions; rules. - (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the Department of...
Section 418.644 - Interference with disclosure of information; rules. - (a) The Department of Human Services, a law enforcement agency...
Section 418.647 - Foster care payments. - (a) Is a needy child meeting the requirements of ORS...
Section 418.648 - Rights of foster parents. - (1) Be treated with dignity, respect and trust as a...
Section 418.650 - Policy; purpose. - (a) It is the policy of the State of Oregon...
Section 418.653 - Oregon Youth Corps; advisory board; appointment; term; duties. - (2) Upon implementation of subsection (1) of this section, there...
Section 418.657 - Duties of program director; participant eligibility; rules; staff. - (a) Establish eligibility criteria for participants. Such criteria shall not...
Section 418.658 - Oregon Community Stewardship Corps; projects; tuition vouchers for program participants; sponsors; criteria; rules. - (2) In addition to projects submitted under ORS 418.660 (1),...
Section 418.660 - Projects; consistency with public land law. - (a) Rangeland conservation, rehabilitation and improvement; (b) Endangered species and...
Section 418.663 - Employment goals. - (a) Result in an increase in employment opportunities for disadvantaged...
Section 418.691 - Definitions for ORS 418.691 to 418.701. - (1) "Subject individual" means any person who is or will...
Section 418.696 - Youth sports providers encouraged to perform certain activities related to qualifications of coaches or supervisors. - (1) Create and adopt a list of crimes that disqualify...
Section 418.699 - Additional duties or liabilities not imposed on youth sports providers. - Note: See note under 418.691.
Section 418.701 - Youth sports providers authorized to request criminal background checks from Department of State Police. - (2)(a) Subsequent to furnishing the information required under subsection (1)...
Section 418.702 - Training and continuing education for mandatory reporters; notice to persons required to report child abuse. - (a) Assessment of risk to the child; (b) Dynamics of...
Section 418.706 - State Technical Assistance Team for child fatalities; duties. - (1) Designing, implementing and maintaining an information management system for...
Section 418.708 - Child’s savings account; establishment; capacity to contract; parental consent; liability of financial institution; monitoring of account. - (a) Access to such accounts prepares a child to become...
Section 418.712 - Definitions for ORS 418.714 and 418.718. - (1) The deceased was the victim of a homicide committed...
Section 418.714 - Domestic violence fatality review teams. - (2) The purpose of a fatality review team is to...
Section 418.718 - Statewide team. - (2) The statewide interdisciplinary team may recommend specific cases to...
Section 418.726 - Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Advisory Committee. - (2) The director shall ensure that advisory committee membership reflects...
Section 418.731 - Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Coordinator; duties. - (a) "Youth" means a person 5 through 24 years of...
Section 418.733 - Updates to Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Plan; content. - (1) An assessment of current access to mental health intervention,...
Section 418.735 - Plan for communication among local mental health authorities regarding certain suicides; Oregon Health Authority notification; authority as resource; notice of death suspected to be suicide. - (a) "Cause of death" has the meaning given that term...
Section 418.746 - Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Account; uses; eligibility determination; plans; rules. - (2) The Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Program, with the advice...
Section 418.747 - County teams for investigation; duties; training; method of investigation; designated medical professional. - (2) The teams shall develop a written protocol for immediate...
Section 418.748 - Statewide team on child abuse and suicide. - (2) The statewide interdisciplinary team may recommend specific cases to...
Section 418.751 - Training and education for persons investigating child abuse. - (2)(a) The Department of Human Services shall provide trauma-informed training...
Section 418.780 - Purpose. - (a) Protection of the child is of primary importance. (b)...
Section 418.782 - Definitions for ORS 418.746 to 418.796. - (1) "Child abuse" means "abuse" as defined by ORS 419B.005....
Section 418.783 - Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Program. - (a) Establish and maintain a coordinated multidisciplinary community-based system for...
Section 418.784 - Advisory Council on Child Abuse Assessment; membership; officers; meetings; quorum. - (2) Of the members appointed to the council: (a) One...
Section 418.785 - Child fatality review teams. - (a) Identifying local and state issues related to preventable child...
Section 418.786 - Grant program. - Note: See note under 418.746.
Section 418.788 - Grant application; criteria for awarding grants; rules. - (2)(a) A public or private agency may apply to the...
Section 418.790 - Application contents for regional centers; rules. - Note: See note under 418.746.
Section 418.792 - Application contents for children’s advocacy center. - (1) Evidence indicating that the applicant has at least one...
Section 418.793 - Report to Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Intervention Program; rules. - Note: See note under 418.746.
Section 418.794 - Confidentiality of video recordings. - Note: See note under 418.746.
Section 418.795 - Confidentiality of information and records. - (2) A member agency of a county child abuse multidisciplinary...
Section 418.796 - Authority of council to solicit and accept contributions. - Note: See note under 418.746.
Section 418.800 - Review of certain cases by county child abuse multidisciplinary team. - (2) A parent, guardian or caregiver who consents to leave...
Section 418.804 - Short title. - Note: 418.804 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly...
Section 418.806 - Policy. - (a) Rapidly drawing lessons from a particular critical incident for...
Section 418.808 - Critical incident. - (1) The child was in the custody of the department...
Section 418.811 - Team assignment and membership; rules. - (2) The department shall assign the team required under subsection...
Section 418.813 - Report. - (2)(a) Prior to publishing a final report under this section,...
Section 418.816 - Critical Incident Review Team website. - (a) The date of the critical incident and the age...
Section 418.927 - When refugee child may be removed from home; placement. - (2) Whenever the department removes a refugee child from the...
Section 418.933 - Judicial determination on removal required. - (a) Preventative or remedial services provided by the Department of...
Section 418.937 - Placement decision; order of preference for placement. - (1) Natural parents. (2) Extended family members. (3) Members of...
Section 418.939 - Record for refugee child; content. - (1) The name, age, former residence, legal status, health records,...
Section 418.941 - Refugee Child Welfare Advisory Committee; duties; access to juvenile records. - (2) The committee shall: (a) Assist in the review of...
Section 418.950 - Definitions for ORS 418.950 to 418.970. - (1) "Agency" means any person or organization providing substitute residential...
Section 418.955 - Policy. - (1) It is the policy of this state to encourage...
Section 418.960 - City and county siting of child-caring facilities; applications; denial procedure; proof of facility qualifications. - (2) If a city or county denies an application for...
Section 418.965 - Approval or denial of applications. - (2) A city or county may not deny an application...
Section 418.976 - Definitions for ORS 418.976 to 418.981. - (1) "Agency of state government" has the meaning given that...
Section 418.978 - System of Care Advisory Council. - (2) The council consists of 25 members appointed as follows:...
Section 418.979 - Purpose; duties; rules. - (2) The primary duty of the council is to develop...
Section 418.981 - Children’s System Data Dashboard; rules. - (a) The number of children under 21 years of age,...
Section 418.983 - System of Care Account. - (2) The authority may not expend moneys that are appropriated...
Section 418.984 - Interdisciplinary assessment teams. - (2) An interdisciplinary assessment team shall: (a) Provide evaluation of...
Section 418.990 - Criminal penalties. - (2) A person who violates ORS 418.630 commits a Class...
Section 418.991 - Penalty for interference with disclosure of information. - Note: 418.991 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly...
Section 418.992 - Civil penalty; rules. - (a) Violation of any of the terms or conditions of...
Section 418.993 - Procedure. - (2) Notwithstanding ORS 183.745, the child-caring agency to whom the...
Section 418.995 - Factors considered in imposing penalty. - (1) The past history of the child-caring agency incurring a...
Section 418.998 - Disposition of penalties. - (2) All penalties recovered under ORS 418.992 to 418.998 for...