Source: https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/182.515
Timestamp: 2019-03-23 09:15:34
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ORS 182.515 - Definitions for ORS 182.515 and 182.525 - 2017 Oregon Revised Statutes
2017 ORS Vol. 5 Chapter 182 Section 182.515
2017 ORS 182.515¹
Definitions for ORS 182.515 and 182.525
As used in this section and ORS 182.525 (Mandatory expenditures for evidence-based programs):
(b) The Oregon Youth Authority;
(c) The Youth Development Division; and
(d) That part of the Oregon Health Authority that deals with mental health and addiction issues.
(2) “Cost-effective” means that benefits realized over a reasonable period of time are greater than costs, as determined utilizing a cost-benefit analytical tool identified by the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission.
(a) Incorporates significant and relevant practices based on scientifically based research; and
(4)(a) “Program” means a treatment or intervention program or service that is intended to:
(A) Reduce the propensity of a person to commit crimes;
(B) Improve the mental health of a person with the result of reducing the likelihood that the person will commit a crime or need emergency mental health services; or
(C) Reduce the propensity of a person who is less than 18 years of age to engage in antisocial behavior with the result of reducing the likelihood that the person will become a juvenile offender.
(b) “Program” does not include:
(A) An educational program or service that an agency is required to provide to meet educational requirements imposed by state law; or
(B) A program that provides basic medical services.
(5) “Scientifically based research” means research that obtains reliable and valid knowledge by:
(a) Employing systematic, empirical methods that draw on observation or experiment;
(b) Involving rigorous data analyses that are adequate to test the stated hypotheses and justify the general conclusions drawn;
(c) Relying on measurements or observational methods that provide reliable and valid data across evaluators and observers, across multiple measurements and observations and across studies by the same or different investigators; and
(d) Utilizing randomized controlled trials when possible and appropriate. [2003 c.669 §3; 2005 c.503 §12; 2009 c.595 §162; 2012 c.37 §37; 2013 c.623 §10; 2013 c.649 §41]
Note: 182.515 (Definitions for ORS 182.515 and 182.525) and 182.525 (Mandatory expenditures for evidence-based programs) were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 182 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.