Oregon Statutes - Chapter 161 - General Provisions - Section 161.390 - Rules for assignment of persons to state mental hospitals or secure intensive community inpatient facilities; release plan prepared by Department of Human Services.

(1) The Department of Human Services shall promulgate rules for the assignment of persons to state mental hospitals or secure intensive community inpatient facilities under ORS 161.341, 161.365 and 161.370 and for establishing standards for evaluation and treatment of persons committed to a state hospital or a secure intensive community inpatient facility, designated by the department, or ordered to a community mental health and developmental disabilities program under ORS 161.315 to 161.351 and 428.210.

(2) Whenever the Psychiatric Security Review Board requires the preparation of a predischarge or preconditional release plan before a hearing or as a condition of granting discharge or conditional release for a person committed under ORS 161.327 or 161.341 to a state hospital or a secure intensive community inpatient facility for custody, care and treatment, the Department of Human Services is responsible for and shall prepare the plan.

(3) In carrying out a conditional release plan prepared under subsection (2) of this section, the Department of Human Services may contract with a community mental health and developmental disabilities program, other public agency or private corporation or an individual to provide supervision and treatment for the conditionally released person. [1975 c.380 §7; 1977 c.380 §18; 1981 c.711 §14; 1993 c.680 §18; 2005 c.22 §109; 2005 c.685 §8]

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