Chapter 463 Oregon Laws 2001
AN ACT
SB 756
Relating to developmental
disability child foster homes; amending ORS 443.830.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
ORS 443.830 is amended to read:
443.830. As used in this section and ORS 443.835:
(1) “Child” means a person [under 18 years of age] for whom developmental disability services
are planned and provided and who is:
(a) Under 18 years of
age; or
(b) At least 18 years of
age but less than 22 years of age and resides in a developmental disability
child foster home and whose needs, as determined by the individual support plan
team, are best met if services are provided in a developmental disability child
foster home.
(2)(a) “Developmental disability child foster home” means
any home maintained by a person who has under the care of the person, in the
home, a child found eligible for developmental disability services for the
purpose of providing the child with supervision, food and lodging. The child
must be unrelated to the person by blood or marriage and be unattended by the
child’s parent or guardian.
(b) “Developmental disability child foster home” does not
include:
(A) A boarding school that is essentially and primarily
engaged in educational work;
(B) A home in which a child is provided with room and board
by a school district board; or
(C) A foster home under the direct supervision of a private
child-caring agency.
(3) “Division” means the Mental Health and Developmental
Disability Services Division.
(4) “Individual
support plan team” means a team composed of the child, the child’s parent or
guardian, the community mental health program representative and
representatives of all current service providers that develops a written plan
of services covering a 12-month period for a child.
Approved by the Governor
June 19, 2001
Filed in the office of
Secretary of State June 19, 2001
Effective date January 1,
2002
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