Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 413 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, CHILD WELFARE PROGRAMS › Division 330 - POLICY › Section 413-330-1105 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
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