369 sections in this chapter.
ORS 418.365 [Formerly 419.156; 1971 c.401 §30; repealed by 1989 c.41 §2]
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ORS 418.370 [Formerly 419.158; repealed by 1989 c.41 §2]
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ORS 418.373 [1973 c.610 §2; 1985 c.753 §6; repealed by 1993 c.344 §49]
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ORS 418.375 [1973 c.610 §1; repealed by 1993 c.344 §49]
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ORS 418.379 [1973 c.610 §3; 1977 c.554 §1; 1979 c.524 §7; repealed by 1985 c.753 §7]
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ORS 418.380 [1971 c.533 §1; renumbered 418.400]
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ORS 418.381 [1973 c.610 §4; 1977 c. 554 §2; repealed by 1985 c.753 §7]
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ORS 418.383 [1973 c.610 §§5,7; repealed by 1985 c.753 §7]
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ORS 418.385 [1971 c.533 §2; renumbered 418.401]
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ORS 418.386 [1973 c.610 §8; repealed by 1985 c.753 §7]
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ORS 418.388 [1973 c.610 §§9,10; repealed by 1993 c.344 §49]
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ORS 418.390 [1971 c.533 §3; renumbered 418.402]
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ORS 418.391 [1973 c.610 §11; repealed by 1993 c.344 §49]
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ORS 418.393 [1973 c.610 §12; 1979 c.524 §8; repealed by 1993 c.344 §49]
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ORS 418.395 [1973 c.610 §14; repealed by 1993 c.344 §49]
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ORS 418.397 [1973 c.610 §13; repealed by 1993 c.344 §49]
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ORS 418.399 [1973 c.610 §6; repealed by 1993 c.344 §49]
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ORS 418.400 [Formerly 418.380; repealed by 1993 c.344 §49]
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ORS 418.401 [Formerly 418.385; repealed by 1993 c.344 §49]
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ORS 418.402 [Formerly 418.390; repealed by 1993 c.344 §49]
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ORS 418.405 [Formerly 419.202; 1963 c.451 §1; 1971 c.401 §31; repealed by 1989 c.41 §2]
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ORS 418.410 [Formerly 419.204; 1967 c.89 §1; repealed by 1989 c.41 §2]
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ORS 418.415 [Formerly 419.206; 1971 c.401 §32; repealed by 1989 c.41 §2]
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ORS 418.420 [Formerly 419.208; 1969 c.440 §1; 1971 c.401 §33; repealed by 1989 c.41 §2]
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ORS 418.425 [Formerly 419.210; 1971 c.401 §34; repealed by 1989 c.41 §2]
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ORS 418.430 [Formerly 419.212; 1967 c.454 §50; 1971 c.401 §35; repealed by 1989 c.41 §2]
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ORS 418.435 [Formerly 419.214; 1963 c.450 §1; repealed by 1989 c.41 §2]
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ORS 418.440 [Formerly 419.216; repealed by 1989 c.41 §2]
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ORS 418.445 [Formerly 419.218; 1967 c.534 §18; repealed by 1989 c.41 §2]
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ORS 418.450 [Formerly 419.220; repealed by 1967 c.534 §34]
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ORS 418.455 [Formerly 419.222; repealed by 1989 c.41 §2]
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ORS 418.460 [Formerly 419.566 and then 419.224; repealed by 1989 c.41 §2]
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ORS 418.465 [1963 c.150 §2; repealed by 1989 c.41 §2]
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SHELTER-CARE HOMES
ORS 418.470 Authority to pay for shelter-care homes. (1) The Department of Human Services may engage and make reasonable payment for services of persons to make available, maintain and operate shelter-care homes for the safekeeping of children taken into temporary custody pending investigation and disposition
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(2) The services, pursuant to specific prior authorization of the department, shall be deemed actually rendered if the shelter-care home is made available, maintained and operated to receive such children. (3) As used in this section and ORS 418.472, “shelter-care home” means a c…
ORS 418.472 Siting of shelter-care home. The governing body of a county or its designee in a county with a population of less than 400,000 may allow the operation of a shelter-care home, as defined in ORS 418.470, upon a lot or parcel in any zone, including an exclusive farm use or forest use zone, if the shelter-care home is an existing use on that lot or parcel on September 20, 1985. [1985 c.791 §2]
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INDEPENDENT RESIDENCE FACILITIES
ORS 418.475 Independent residence facilities; extent and nature of agreement between person and department. (1) Within the limit of moneys appropriated therefor, the Department of Human Services may establish, license, certify or authorize independent residence facilities for unmarried persons who
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(a)(A) Are at least 16 years of age and not older than 20 years of age; (B) Have been placed in at least one substitute care resource; (C) Have been determined by the department to possess the skills and level of responsibility required for the transition to adulthood; (D) Have r…
ORS 418.480 “Purchase of care” defined. As used in ORS 418.480 to 418.500, “purchase of care” includes the purchase of institutional and foster family care and services, adoptive services, services provided by Strengthening, Preserving and Reunifying Families programs under ORS 418.575 to 418.598, services to an unmarried parent who gave birth to a child and the child and such other care and services as the Department of Human Services shall determine to be necessary to carry out the policy stated in ORS 418.485. [1971 c.457 §1; 2001 c.900 §119; 2011 c.568 §9; 2025 c.592 §141]
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ORS 418.485 Policy; annual report. It is the policy of the State of Oregon to strengthen family life and to ensure the protection of all children either in their own homes or in other appropriate care outside their homes. In affording such protection, the Director of Human Services shall, in cooperation with child-caring agencies and with Strengthening, Preserving and Reunifying Families programs under ORS 418.575 to 418.598, develop a set of short-range and long-range priorities for the development of needed child care and services, such priorities to be periodically reviewed and revised as necessary. Such priorities are to be set out in a form enumerating the number of children in each category of need, the type of child care and services needed, the areas of the state where such care and services are needed, and the projected costs. The State of Oregon hereby commits itself to the purchase of care and services for children who need care and to encourage child-caring agencies and Strengthening, Preserving and Reunifying Families programs under ORS 418.575 to 418.598 to develop programs required to meet the needs of the children of this state, and moneys may be appropriated therefor. In developing programs necessary to meet the needs of the children of this state, the Director of Human Services shall make every attempt feasible to develop local, community and county-based organizations. The Department of Human Services shall document and present an annual report to the committees of the Legislative Assembly that address efforts taken under this section. [1971 c.457 §2; 1975 c.795 §3; 2011 c.568 §10; 2016 c.106 §45]
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ORS 418.490 Coordination of state activities. In carrying out the policies of this state as stated in ORS 418.485, it shall be the responsibility of the Director of Human Services to coordinate the activities of all state agencies that have responsibilities for care of children to insure the best care possible and to avoid duplication of effort or conflict in policy. [1971 c.457 §3]
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ORS 418.495 Authority to purchase care; agreement content; payment standards for foster care; rules. (1) Within the limits of funds available therefor, the Department of Human Services may enter into agreements and contracts with child-caring agencies, Strengthening, Preserving and Reunifying Families programs under ORS 418.575 to 418.598, other appropriate providers of care or services to children and facilities, including youth care centers, for the purchase of care for children who require and are eligible for such care, regardless of whether the child is a ward of the state, whether the department is the child’s guardian or has custody of the child, or whether the child has been released or surrendered to a child-caring agency pursuant to ORS 418.270 or to a Strengthening, Preserving and Reunifying Families program under ORS 418.575 to 418.598 or committed thereto by order of a court under ORS chapter 419B or 419C. The agreement shall prescribe the procedures for payment and the rate of payment and may contain such other conditions as the department and the agency, facility or program may agree. Payment must be made by electronic funds transfer from the department to the payee and may not be made by check
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(2) The department shall by rule adopt payment standards for foster care that is provided under ORS 418.625 to 418.645. In establishing standards, the department may take into account the income, resources and maintenance available to and the necessary expenditures of a foster pa…
ORS 418.500 Out-of-state care for children. Subject to ORS 418.322, if the Department of Human Services determines that need exists for care and treatment of a child who is eligible for such care and treatment that is not available through any public or private agency or facility in this state, it may enter into an agreement with a public or private agency outside this state for the purchase of care for the child. Such agreements shall contain the matter described in ORS 418.321 and 418.495 and shall apply to children described therein. [1971 c.457 §5; 2020 s.s.1 c.19 §§10a,10b]
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ORS 418.503 Biennial reports regarding foster child care compensation. (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
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(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 …
ORS 418.505 [Formerly 419.252; 1963 c.451 §2; 1967 c.89 §2; 1967 c.454 §51; repealed by 1989 c.41 §2]
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ORS 418.510 [Formerly 419.254; 1967 c.454 §52; 1971 c.401 §37; repealed by 1989 c.41 §2]
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ORS 418.515 [Formerly 419.256; 1963 c.451 §3; 1969 c.440 §2; 1971 c.401 §38; repealed by 1989 c.41 §2]
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USE OF PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATIONS
ORS 418.517 Procedures for use of psychotropic medications for children in foster care; rules; hearing. (1) As used in this section
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(a) “Medically accepted indication” means any use for a covered outpatient drug that is approved under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, or recommended by the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee created by ORS 414.353, or the use of which is supported by one or more citati…
ORS 418.519 Definitions for ORS 418.519 to 418.532. As used in ORS 418.519 to 418.532
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(1) “Certified foster home” means a foster home subject to ORS 418.625 to 418.645. (2) “Chemical restraint” means a drug or medication that is administered to a child in care to control behavior or restrict freedom of movement. (3) “Child-caring agency” has the meaning given that…
ORS 418.520 [Formerly 419.258; 1971 c.401 §39; repealed by 1989 c.41 §2]
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ORS 418.521 Prohibitions on restraint and involuntary seclusion of child in care. (1) A child-caring agency, proctor foster home, certified foster home or developmental disabilities residential facility may not place a child in care in a restraint or involuntary seclusion as a form of discipline, punishment or retaliation or for the convenience of staff, contractors or volunteers of the child-caring agency, proctor foster home, certified foster home or developmental disabilities residential facility
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(2) Except as provided in ORS 418.523 (4), the use of the following types of restraint of a child in care are prohibited: (a) Chemical restraint. (b) Mechanical restraint. (c) Prone restraint. (d) Supine restraint. (e) Any restraint that includes the intentional and nonincidental…
ORS 418.523 Permissible use of restraint or involuntary seclusion of child in care. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a child-caring agency, proctor foster home or developmental disabilities residential facility may only place a child in care in a restraint or involuntary seclusion if the child in care’s behavior poses a reasonable risk of imminent serious bodily injury to the child in care or others and less restrictive interventions would not effectively reduce that risk
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(2) A certified foster home may not place a child in care in a restraint or involuntary seclusion. (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) or (2) of this section, a child-caring agency, proctor foster home, certified foster home or developmental disabilities residential facility may u…