71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
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amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 1534
 
                         Senate Bill 30
 
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Senator Gary George for
  Edward Peterson)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Exempts from adult foster home license requirements homes that
care for one nonfamily member.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to adult foster homes; amending ORS 443.705.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 443.705 is amended to read:
  443.705. As used in ORS 443.705 to 443.825:
  (1) 'Adult foster home' means any family home or facility in
which residential care is provided in a homelike environment for
 { - five or fewer - }   { + two to five + } adults who are not
related to the provider by blood or marriage.
  (2) 'Department' means, as appropriate, the Senior and Disabled
Services Division or the Mental Health and Developmental
Disability Services Division of the Department of Human Services.
  (3) 'Director' means the Director of Human Services.
  (4) 'Licensed adult foster home' means a home which has been
investigated and approved by the department. This includes an
on-site inspection of the facility.
  (5) 'Provider' means any person operating an adult foster home
and includes a resident manager. 'Provider' does not include the
owner or lessor of the building in which the adult foster home is
located or the owner or lessor of the land on which the adult
foster home is situated unless the owner or lessor is also the
operator of the adult foster home.
  (6) 'Residential care' means the provision of room and board
and services that assist the resident in activities of daily
living, such as assistance with bathing, dressing, grooming,
eating, medication management, money management or recreation.
  (7) 'Substitute caregiver' means any person who provides care
and services in an adult foster home under the jurisdiction of
the Senior and Disabled Services Division in the absence of the
provider or resident manager.
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