Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 413 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, CHILD WELFARE PROGRAMS › Division 100 - SUBSTITUTE CARE - FUNDING ELIGIBILITY › Section 413-100-0410 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
As used in OAR
				413-100-0400  to
				413-100-0530:
(1) "Adjudication" means the legal process by
			 which a child or young adult is under a court's jurisdiction as a result of
			 having engaged in delinquent behavior and not having a legal guardian that
			 could be responsible for the child or young adult.
(2) "Adoption assistance" means assistance
			 provided on behalf of an eligible child or young adult to offset the costs
			 associated with adopting and meeting the ongoing needs of the child or young
			 adult. "Adoption assistance" may be in the form of payments, medical coverage,
			 reimbursement of nonrecurring expenses, or special payments.
(3) "Adoption assistance agreement" means a
			 written agreement, binding on the parties to the agreement, between the
			 Department and the pre-adoptive family or adoptive family of an eligible child
			 or young adult, setting forth the assistance the Department is to provide on
			 behalf of the child or young adult, the responsibilities of the pre-adoptive
			 family or adoptive family and the Department, and the manner in which the
			 agreement and amount of assistance may be modified or terminated.
(4) "Child" means a person under 18 years of
			 age.
(5) "Children's Medical Unit"
			 means the unit in Child Welfare Central Office where medical eligibility is
			 completed for children in the ICPC, ICAMA, Non-IV-E Tribal, and Karly's Law
			 programs.
(6) "COBRA" means the
			 Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 which is a federal
			 mandate that requires employers sponsoring group health plans for twenty (20)
			 or more employees to offer continuation of coverage to employees, their
			 spouses, and dependent children who become unemployed.
(7) "Custody" means legal custody described
			 in ORS 419B.373.
(8) "Department"
			 means the Department of Human Services, Child Welfare.
(9) "Foster care" means 24 hour substitute
			 care for children placed away from their parents or guardians and for whom the
			 Department has placement and care responsibility. This includes but is not
			 limited to placements in foster family homes, foster homes of relatives, group
			 homes, emergency shelters, residential facilities, child care institutions, and
			 pre-adoptive homes. A child is in foster care in accordance with this
			 definition regardless of whether the foster care facility is licensed and
			 payments are made by the Department or local agency for the care of the child,
			 whether adoption subsidy payments are being made prior to the finalization of
			 the adoption, or whether there is Federal matching of any payments that are
			 made.
(10) "General Assistance"
			 means services paid using the state General Fund.
(11) "Guardianship assistance" means
			 assistance on behalf of an eligible child or young adult to offset the costs
			 associated with establishing the guardianship and meeting the ongoing needs of
			 the child or young adult. "Guardianship assistance" may be in the form of a
			 payment, medical coverage, or reimbursement of guardianship expenses.
(12) "Guardianship assistance
			 agreement" means a written agreement, binding on the parties to the agreement,
			 between the Department and the potential guardian or guardian setting forth the
			 assistance the Department is to provide on behalf of the child or young adult,
			 the responsibilities of the guardian and the Department, and the manner in
			 which the agreement and amount of assistance may be modified or terminated.
(13) "ICAMA" means the Interstate
			 Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance, which was established in 1986 to
			 safeguard and protect the interstate interests of children covered by an
			 adoption assistance agreement when they move or are adopted across state lines.
(14) "ICPC" means the Interstate
			 Compact for the Placement of Children. It is an agreement among states to
			 coordinate the transfer and placement of children across state lines. (See ORS
			 417.200)
(15) "Independent Living
			 Program" or "ILP" means the services provided by the Department to an eligible
			 foster child or former foster child.
(16) "OCCS Medical" means Title XIX and Title
			 XXI Medical provided through the Office of Client and Community Services under
			 the Oregon Health Authority.
(17)
			 "Pre-adoptive family" means an individual or individuals who:
(a) Has been selected to be a child's
			 adoptive family; and
(b) Is in the
			 process of legalizing the relationship to the child through the judgment of the
			 court.