413-330-1105 Definitions As used in OAR 419-330-1100 to 419-330-1150: (1) "Approval authority" means the authority to approve and execute a contract. OAR 125- 246-0170 gives the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) approval authority for all state agency contracts. DAS has delegated the approval authority to the Oregon Department of Human Services (Department) for client services contracts. (2) "Child" means a person under 18 years of age. (3) "Contract authority" means the authority to select a contractor, negotiate a contract, and sign a contract. (4) “Department” means the Oregon Department of Human Services, the agency established in ORS 409.010, including such divisions, programs, and offices as may be established therein. For purposes of these rules, it refers to the Child Welfare Programs within the Department. (5) "Family member" means any person related to the child or young adult by blood, marriage, or adoption, including, but not limited to the parents, grandparents, stepparents, aunts, uncles, sisters, brothers, cousins, and great-grandparents. "Family member" also includes the registered domestic partner of a person related to the child or young adult, a child 12 years of age or older, and when appropriate, a child younger than 12 years of age. Under the Oregon Indian Child Welfare Act (ORICWA), "family member" has the meaning given by the law or custom of the child or young adult's tribe. (6) “FOCUS Contractor” means an individual or business that has contracted with the Department and is paid with funds allocated by the Department’s Residential Services Budget and managed the Child Welfare Treatment Services FOCUS Program. (7) “FOCUS Short-Form Contract” means a class of personal services contracts funded by the FOCUS Program Budget and developed by the Department to provide expedited service delivery to children, young adults and families as allowed by these rules. (8) "Independent contractor" means an individual at least 18 years of age or a business that is an independent contractor as defined in ORS 670.600. (9) “Individual Service Plan” means the written document created by the contractor in coordination with the child or young adult and their caregivers, caseworker and other team members, which is goal driven and identifies the services that will be provided and how the outcomes will be measured. (10) "Nontraditional contractor" means an individual at least 18 years of age who is not a licensed professional and not currently listed with the Oregon Secretary of State as an official business entity for the contracted service. (11) "Primary caregiver" means a person who is responsible for providing care and supervision of a child or young adult. (12) “Respite Care” means a formally planned or crisis-support arrangement to relieve a primary caregiver’s responsibilities by an individual temporarily assuming responsibility for the care and supervision of the child or young adult. (13) "Traditional contractor" means an individual at least 18 years of age who is professionally licensed to provide the services for which are being contracted or a business currently licensed by the Department or listed as a business entity by the Oregon Secretary of State. (14) “Young Adult” means a person aged 18 through 20 years. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 409.050 & ORS 418.005 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 30.260-30.300, ORS 279A.050-279A.155, ORS 409.010, ORS 670.600 & ORS 806.060 History: CWP 8-2022, adopt filed 06/01/2022, effective 06/01/2022