Oregon Statutes - Chapter 409 - Department of Human Services

409.010 Department of Human Services; duties; personnel.
(1) The Department of Human Services is created. (2) The department is responsible for the delivery and administration of programs and services relating to: (a)...
409.015 [1993 c.674 §11; repealed by 1997 c.753 §20]
409.020 [Formerly 184.785; 1993 c.798 §48; repealed by 1997 c.704 §10a (409.021 enacted in lieu of 409.020)]
409.021 [1997 c.704 §10b (enacted in lieu of 409.020); 1999 c.1095 §2; repealed by 2003 c.73 §60]
409.025 Definitions for 409.025 and 409.027.
As used in this section and ORS 409.027: (1) �Abuse and neglect report� means a report retained by the Department of Human Services in accordance...
409.027 Abuse and neglect reports; rules.
(1) The Department of Human Services may use abuse and neglect reports maintained by the department for the purpose of providing protective services or screening...
409.030 [1991 c.697 §2; repealed by 1993 c.344 §49]
409.040 Federal law supersedes state law.
(1) To the extent that there is any conflict between chapter 319, Oregon Laws 1971, and any federal law referred to or to be administered...
409.050 Rules.
(1) Pursuant to ORS chapter 183, the Director of Human Services may adopt such administrative rules as the director considers necessary to carry out the...
409.055 Copies of rules to be available in local offices; availability for inspection.
The Department of Human Services shall maintain in each of its local offices copies of its rules and regulations that the department is required to...
409.060 Department of Human Services Account.
(1) There is established in the General Fund of the State Treasury an account to be known as the Department of Human Services Account. All...
409.070 Department of Human Services Special Checking Account; petty cash fund.
(1) There is established a Department of Human Services Special Checking Account in the State Treasury. Upon the written request of the Director of Human...
409.075 Volunteer Emergency Services Fund.
(1) There is established a Volunteer Emergency Services Fund in the State Treasury. The amount of the fund shall not exceed the aggregate sum of...
409.080 Combination or elimination of accounts.
Notwithstanding any other law, the Department of Human Services may, with the approval of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services and the State Treasurer, combine...
409.093 Policy on incorporation of family support policies.
It shall be the policy of the Department of Human Services to incorporate the family support policies under ORS 417.340 to 417.348 into staff training...
409.096 Plan for incorporating family support consultants; development of protocol and training.
(1) The Department of Human Services shall develop a plan for incorporating family support consultants into a percentage of cases managed within the department. The...
409.100 Director; appointment; confirmation; salary and expenses.
(1) The Department of Human Services shall be under the supervision and control of the Director of Human Services, who is responsible for providing for...
409.110 Authority of director; grants.
(1) The Director of Human Services, consistent with any federal requirements and with the prior consent of the Governor: (a) May cause the organizational units...
409.120 Delegation of authority of director.
(1) The Director of Human Services may delegate to any of the officers and employees of the department the exercise or discharge in the director�s...
409.130 Deputy director; assistant directors.
(1) The Director of Human Services may appoint a deputy director, whose appointment is subject to approval by the Governor and who shall serve at...
409.140 Assistant director as appointing authority; assignment of employees by director.
(1) For purposes of the State Personnel Relations Law, each assistant director appointed under ORS 409.130, and any other officer specifically designated by law, is...
409.150 Deputy director and assistant directors in unclassified service; other employees; expenses.
The deputy director and any assistant directors appointed under ORS 409.130 shall be in the unclassified service of the state. With the approval of the...
409.160 Information from personnel within department.
(1) The Director of Human Services shall require from the personnel within the department such information, reports and documentation, as the director, in the discretion...
409.180 Consolidation of internal audit units.
The Director of Human Services may consolidate the internal audits units within the Department of Human Services into an office of audits within the director�s...
409.185 Standards and procedures for child protective services.
(1) The Director of Human Services shall oversee the development of standards and procedures for assessment, investigation and enforcement of child protective services. (2)(a) The...
409.190 [1993 c.676 §28(1); 1997 c.130 §5; repealed by 2001 c.900 §261]
409.192 Policy on internal review of department decisions.
It is the policy of the State of Oregon to ensure the integrity of the child welfare system. To this end it is necessary to...
409.194 Establishment of review process; sensitive review committee; rules.
(1) The Department of Human Services shall adopt rules establishing a review process to carry out the policy expressed in ORS 409.192. (2) If the...
409.210 [Formerly 184.805; repealed by 1993 c.676 §53]
409.220 Services relating to prevention, control and treatment of incest and sexual abuse; fees; rules.
(1) The Department of Human Services may provide services related to the prevention, control and treatment of incest and sexual abuse. Those services include, but...
409.225 Confidentiality of child welfare records, files, papers and communications; when disclosure required.
(1) In the interest of family privacy and for the protection of children, families and other recipients of services, the Department of Human Services shall...
409.230 Disclosure of information in department reports and other materials; immunities.
(1) Information contained in Department of Human Services reports and other materials relating to a child�s history and prognosis that, in the professional judgment of...
409.240 Payment of expenses; rules.
Warrants shall be drawn by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services in favor of the Department of Human Services for the aggregate amounts of the...
409.250 Revolving fund.
(1) On written request of the Department of Human Services, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall draw warrants on amounts appropriated to the Department...
409.260 Services to Children and Families Account.
(1) There is established in the General Fund of the State Treasury an account to be known as the Services to Children and Families Account....
409.270 Definitions for ORS 409.273 to 409.285.
As used in ORS 409.273 to 409.285: (1) �Crisis line� means an emergency telephone service staffed by persons who are trained to provide emergency peer...
409.273 Funding of sexual assault crisis centers and crisis lines; rulemaking.
(1) The Director of Human Services may make grants to and enter into contracts with private nonprofit organizations that provide intervention and support services to...
409.276 Standards for sexual assault crisis centers.
The Director of Human Services shall establish minimum standards for sexual assault crisis centers receiving grants or other financial assistance under ORS 409.273. [1999 c.943
409.279 Application for grants; notification of final action on application.
(1) A private nonprofit organization operating a sexual assault crisis center or crisis line may apply to the Director of Human Services for a grant...
409.282 Services provided by sexual assault crisis centers and crisis lines.
Services provided by sexual assault crisis centers and crisis lines receiving grants or other financial assistance under ORS 409.273 shall be made accessible and available...
409.285 Sexual Assault Victims Fund.
(1) There is established the Sexual Assault Victims Fund in the Services to Children and Families Account of the General Fund established under ORS 409.260....
409.290 Definitions for ORS 409.290 to 409.300.
As used in ORS 409.290 to 409.300 unless the context requires otherwise: (1) �Crisis line� means an emergency telephone service staffed by persons who are...
409.292 Funding of programs relating to family violence; rulemaking.
(1) The Director of Human Services may make grants to and enter into contracts with nonprofit private organizations or public agencies for programs and projects...
409.294 Standards for shelter homes and safe houses.
The Director of Human Services shall establish minimum standards to insure that shelter homes and safe houses receiving grants under ORS 409.292 provide services meeting...
409.296 Application for grants; notification of final action on application.
(1) A public agency or nonprofit private organization operating a shelter home or safe house may apply to the Director of Human Services for a...
409.298 Services provided by shelter homes, safe houses and crisis lines.
Services provided by shelter homes, safe houses and crisis lines receiving grants or other financial assistance under ORS 409.292 shall be made accessible and available...
409.300 Domestic Violence Fund.
(1) There is established the Domestic Violence Fund in the Services to Children and Families Account of the General Fund established under ORS 409.260. (2)...
409.304 Limitation on administrative expenses.
Grants awarded through funding from the Criminal Fine and Assessment Account for domestic violence programs shall be used to support direct services, with no more...
409.310 Policy regarding health-related professional licensing boards.
It is the intention of the Legislative Assembly to provide for the more effective coordination of the administrative functions of boards charged with responsibility for...
409.320 Functions of director.
The Director of Human Services shall require each licensing board in the Department of Human Services to maintain a register of the names and current...
409.330 Director as ex officio member of certain boards.
The Director of Human Services, or the designee of the director, shall serve as an ex officio member of all health-related licensing boards in the...
409.360 Authorization to establish volunteer program; volunteer as agent of state; rules.
(1) The Director of Human Services is authorized to establish the Department of Human Services Volunteer Program to assist in carrying out the duties of...
409.365 Department of Human Services Volunteer Program Donated Fund Account.
(1) The Department of Human Services Volunteer Program Donated Fund Account is established separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned, if any, shall...
409.410 Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs; duties of director; rules.
(1) The Director of Human Services shall administer all alcohol and drug abuse programs, including but not limited to programs or components of programs described...
409.420 Other duties of director.
In addition to the Director of Human Services� other responsibilities, the director shall place special emphasis on all of the following: (1) Establishing standards for...
409.425 Inhalant abuse; education resources.
(1) For purposes of this section, �inhalant� has the meaning given that term in ORS 167.808. (2) The Director of Human Services shall develop education...
409.430 Gambling addiction programs; advisory committee.
(1) The Department of Human Services, in collaboration with county representatives, prior to January 1, 2000, shall develop a plan for the administration of the...
409.435 Problem Gambling Treatment Fund.
(1) There is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund, the Problem Gambling Treatment Fund. All moneys in the Problem...
409.450 Definitions for ORS 409.450 to 409.478.
As used in ORS 409.450 to 409.478: (1) �Caregiver� means an individual providing ongoing care for an individual with special needs. (2) �Community lifespan respite...
409.454 Legislative findings on respite care.
The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) Supporting the efforts of families and caregivers to care for individuals with special needs at home is efficient, cost...
409.458 Oregon Lifespan Respite Care Program established; duties.
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...
409.462 Community programs; criteria; administrator of program; advisory council.
(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...
409.466 Community program duties; advisory committee.
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...
409.470 Description of respite care services.
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...
409.474 Rules.
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...
409.478 Use of funds appropriated to program.
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...
409.500 Pain Management Commission established; duties; staffing.
(1) The Pain Management Commission is established within the Department of Human Services. The commission shall: (a) Develop pain management recommendations; (b) Develop ways to...
409.510 Additional duties of commission.
The Pain Management Commission shall: (1) Develop a pain management education program curriculum and update it biennially; (2) Provide health professional regulatory boards and other...
409.520 Membership of Pain Management Commission.
(1) The Pain Management Commission shall consist of 19 members as follows: (a) Seventeen members shall be appointed by the Director of Human Services. Prior...
409.530 Selection of chairperson and vice chairperson; requirements for commission meetings.
(1) The Director of Human Services shall select one member of the Pain Management Commission as chairperson and another as vice chairperson, for such terms...
409.540 Pain Management Fund established.
There is established the Pain Management Fund in the Department of Human Services Account established under ORS 409.060. All moneys credited to the Pain Management...
409.550 Acceptance of contributions.
The Pain Management Commission may accept contributions of funds and assistance from the United States Government or its agencies or from any other source, public...
409.560 Pain management education required of certain licensed health care professionals; duties of Oregon Medical Board; rules.
(1) A physician assistant licensed under ORS chapter 677, a nurse licensed under ORS chapter 678, a psychologist licensed under ORS 675.010 to 675.150, a...
409.565 Completion of pain management education program.
A person required to complete one pain management education program established under ORS 409.510 shall complete the program: (1) Within 24 months of January 2,...
409.570 Rules.
In accordance with applicable provisions of ORS chapter 183, the Pain Management Commission may adopt rules necessary to implement ORS 409.500 to 409.570. [2001 c.987...
409.600 Women, Infants and Children Program; rulemaking; civil penalties; rules.
(1) The Women, Infants and Children Program is established in the Department of Human Services. The purpose of the program is to serve as an...
409.610 Legislative goal.
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...
409.615 Definitions for ORS 409.615 to 409.623.
As used in ORS 409.615 to 409.623: (1) �Health care interpreter� means a person who is readily able to communicate with a person with limited...
409.617 Legislative findings and policy on health care interpreters.
(1) The Legislative Assembly finds that persons with limited English proficiency are often unable to interact effectively with health care providers. Because of language differences,...
409.619 Oregon Council on Health Care Interpreters.
(1) The Oregon Council on Health Care Interpreters is created in the Department of Human Services. The council shall consist of 25 members appointed as...
409.620 [1991 c.697 §4; repealed by 1993 c.676 §53]
409.621 Testing, qualification and certification standards for health care interpreters.
The Oregon Council on Health Care Interpreters shall work in cooperation with the Department of Human Services to: (1) Develop testing, qualification and certification standards...
409.623 Rules on procedures for testing, qualification and certification of health care interpreters; fees.
(1) In consultation with the Oregon Council on Health Care Interpreters, the Department of Human Services shall by rule establish procedures for testing, qualification and...
409.625 Moneys received credited to Department of Human Services Account.
All moneys received by the Oregon Council on Health Care Interpreters under ORS 409.615 to 409.625 shall be paid into the General Fund in the...
409.630 [1991 c.697 §6; repealed by 1993 c.676 §53]
409.710 Certain job referrals prohibited; eligibility not conditioned on employment at workplace involved in labor dispute.
(1) The Department of Human Services may not refer any individual on a job referral that would aid in the filling of a job opening...
409.720 Emergency planning; rules.
(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...
409.740 Information provided to retired physicians and health care providers.
The Department of Human Services, in consultation with the appropriate professional and trade associations and licensing boards, shall inform retired physicians and health care providers...
409.742 Disclosure of information pertaining to cremated remains.
(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...
409.745 Physician Visa Waiver Program; rules; fees.
(1) The Physician Visa Waiver Program is established in the Department of Human Services. The purpose of the program is to make recommendations to the...
409.747 Setoff of liquidated debts.
Notwithstanding ORS 411.760 and 414.095, liquidated and delinquent debts owed to the Department of Human Services may be set off against amounts owed by the...
409.750 State goal to eliminate or alleviate poverty.
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...

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