Title 34, Human Services; Juvenile Code; Corrections

The Director of Human Services shall establish the Oregon Lifespan Respite Care Program to develop and encourage statewide coordination of respite care and to work with community-based private nonprofit, for-profit or public agencies and interested citizen groups in the establish…

(1) The Department of Human Services through the Oregon Lifespan Respite Care Program shall coordinate the establishment of community lifespan respite care programs. The program shall accept proposals to operate community lifespan respite care programs, submitted in the form and …

Each community lifespan respite care program established pursuant to ORS 409.458 shall: (1) Involve key local individuals and agencies in the community lifespan respite care program planning process. (2) Create an advisory committee to advise the community lifespan respite care p…

Respite care services made available through the Oregon Lifespan Respite Care Program shall: (1) Include a flexible array of respite care options responsive to family and caregiver needs and available before families and caregivers are in a crisis situation; (2) Be sensitive to t…

The Department of Human Services shall adopt all rules necessary for the operation and administration of the Oregon Lifespan Respite Care Program, including but not limited to: (1) Establishing criteria, procedures and timelines for designation of the community-based private nonp…

The Oregon Lifespan Respite Care Program may use the funds appropriated to the program for the following purposes: (1) The purposes established in ORS 409.458 and 409.462; (2) Costs related to ongoing provider recruitment and training, information and referral, outreach and other…

It is the goal of the Legislative Assembly to provide programs to make child care services more affordable, to improve the quality of services offered and to increase the number of child care providers. Programs should be tailored to the needs of local communities and should incl…

(1) The Department of Human Services shall adopt by rule a grant program to provide funding for the purposes described in subsections (2) and (3) of this section to culturally specific and responsive organizations, tribal governments and under-resourced rural community service or…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Adult foster home” has the meaning given that term in ORS 443.705 (1). (b) “Health care facility” has the meaning given that term in ORS 442.015. (c) “Residential facility” has the meaning given that term in ORS 443.400. (2) Every adult foster ho…

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Human Services shall disclose to the general public the name and the dates of birth and death of a person whose cremated or reduced remains are in the possession of the department for the purpose of: (a) Giving a f…

Notwithstanding ORS 411.760, liquidated and delinquent debts owed to the Department of Human Services may be set off against amounts owed by the department to the debtors. [2007 c.446 §1; 2009 c.595 §260]

The State of Oregon desires to assist and enable the poor to achieve maximum feasible economic self-sufficiency. It shall be a state goal to eliminate or alleviate the causes and conditions of poverty in Oregon. The state shall assist service providers, including community-based …

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Resilience Hub” means a physical facility that is operated, managed or supported by one or more local residents, local governments, tribal governments, public schools, community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, nonprofit organizati…

As used in ORS 409.800 to 409.816 and 409.900: (1) “Assessment rate” means the rate established by the Director of Human Services under ORS 409.802. (2) “Assessment year” means a 12-month period, beginning July 1 and ending the following June 30, for which the assessment rate bei…

(1) A long term care facility assessment is imposed on each long term care facility in this state. (2) The amount of the assessment equals the assessment rate times the number of patient days, including Medicaid patient days, at the long term care facility for a calendar quarter.…

(1) On or before June 15 of each year, the Director of Human Services shall establish an assessment rate for long term care facilities that are not exempt for the assessment year from the assessment imposed under ORS 409.801. The assessment rate shall apply prospectively to the a…

The Oregon Veterans’ Home is exempt from the assessment imposed under ORS 409.801. [2003 c.736 §18; 2003 c.736 §34; 2005 c.757 §7; 2007 c.780 §10; 2013 c.608 §18] Note: 409.803 is repealed January 2, 2034, and applies to long term care facility assessments imposed before June 30,…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an assessment under ORS 409.800 to 409.816 and 409.900 may be imposed only in a calendar quarter for which the long term care facility reimbursement rate that is part of the Oregon Medicaid reimbursement system was calculated according …

(1) Each long term care facility subject to assessment under ORS 409.801 shall maintain records sufficient to determine the amount of the assessment under ORS 409.801. (2) Unless otherwise exempt, a long term care facility shall report the payment of the assessment as an allowabl…

(1) A long term care facility that has paid an amount that is not required under ORS 409.800 to 409.816 and 409.900 may file a claim for refund with the Department of Human Services. (2) Any long term care facility aggrieved by an action of the Department of Human Services or by …

(1) The Long Term Care Facility Quality Assurance Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Long Term Care Facility Quality Assurance Fund shall be credited to the fund. (2) Amounts in the Long Term Care Facilit…

Amounts collected by the Department of Human Services from the assessment under ORS 409.801 shall be deposited in the Long Term Care Facility Quality Assurance Fund established under ORS 409.815. [2003 c.736 §22; 2005 c.757 §10] Note: 409.816 is repealed January 2, 2034, and appl…

(1) A long term care facility that fails to file a report or pay an assessment under ORS 409.801 by the date the report or payment is due shall be subject to a penalty of $500 per day of delinquency. (2) Penalties imposed under this section shall be collected by the Department of…