OAR 413-010-0500: Purpose, Right to Request Hearing, Applicable Rules, and Computation of Time

(1) The purpose of these rules (OAR 413-010-0500 to 413-010-0535) is to: (a) State the rights of individuals and entities to request a contested case hearing when the Department takes certain actions; and (b) Set forth rules governing some aspects of the contested case hearings process. (2) The individuals and entities described below have the right to request a contested case hearing under ORS Chapter 183. In order to exercise the right to a hearing, the individual or entity must submit and the Department must receive a hearing request which complies with OAR 413-010-0505 within the timeframes described in that rule. (a) A child or young adult placed in substitute care by the Department may request a hearing in the manner set forth in OAR 413-010-0505 when the Department issues a notice and decision that includes a statement of hearing rights that: (A) Reduces or terminates the base rate payment; (B) Determines, denies, reduces or terminates a level of care payment; (C) Determines, denies, reduces or terminates a level of personal care payment; (D) Denies eligibility under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act when such denial impacts a benefit; (E) Denies, reduces or terminates the base rate payment made on behalf of the child's or young adult's minor child when the minor child: (i) Lives with the child or young adult in substitute care; and (ii) Is not in the legal custody of the Department. (F) Denies eligibility for medical assistance under Child Welfare Policy I-E.6.2, "Title XIX and General Assistance Medical Eligibility," (OAR 413-100-0400 through 413-100-0610) when such denial impacts assistance. (G) Denies prior authorization for the BRS Program under Child Welfare Policy I-E.5.1.1.1, "Behavior Rehabilitation Services Program," (OAR 413-090-0075(2)(b)). (b) Unless an adoption assistance agreement automatically expires, a pre-adoptive family or an adoptive family applying for or receiving adoption assistance under Child Welfare Policy I-G.3.1, "Adoption Assistance," (OAR 413-130-0000 to 413-130-0130) may request a hearing in the manner set forth in OAR 413-010-0505 when the Department issues a notice and decision that includes a statement of hearing rights and: (A) Denies Title IV-E adoption assistance benefits; (B) Denies adoption assistance from state funds; (C) Reduces adoption assistance payments or terminates adoption assistance without the concurrence of the adoptive family; (D) Reduces adoption assistance payments or terminates adoption assistance for a reason other than a child turning age 18 or a young adult turning age 21 when an extension has been granted; or (E) Offers the family a specific amount or type of adoption assistance when the Department and the adoptive family or pre-adoptive family are unable to reach agreement through a negotiation or renegotiation under OAR 413-130-0070 or 413-130-0075. (c) Unless a guardianship assistance agreement automatically expires, a potential guardian or a guardian applying for or receiving guardianship assistance payments under Child Welfare Policy I-E.3.6.2, "Guardianship Assistance," (OAR 413-070-0900 to 413-070-0974) in the manner set forth in OAR 413-010-0505 when the Department issues a notice and decision that includes a statement of hearing rights and: (A) Denies Title IV-E guardianship assistance benefits; (B) Terminates, reduces, or otherwise changes guardianship assistance payments without the concurrence of the guardian; (C) Terminates guardianship assistance for a reason other than a child turning age 18 or a young adult turning age 21 when an extension has been granted; or (D) Offers the family a specific amount or type of guardianship assistance when the Department and the guardian or potential guardian are unable to reach agreement through a negotiation or renegotiation under OAR 413-070-0917, 413-070-0939, or 413-070-0969. (d) An applicant for a Certificate of Approval or a certified family may request a hearing in the manner set forth in OAR 413-010-0505 when the Department denies the application or revokes a certificate under Child Welfare Policy II-B.1, "Standards for Certification of Foster Parents, Relative Caregivers, and Approval of Potential Adoptive Resources," (OAR 413-200-0301 to 413-200-0396). (e) An applicant for a license to operate a child-caring agency or a licensee may request a hearing in the manner set forth in OAR 413-215-0121 when the Department denies, suspends, revokes, or places conditions on a license or imposes a civil penalty. (f) An applicant to adopt or an applicant for a Certificate of Approval may request a hearing in the manner set forth in OAR 413-010-0500 when the Department determines that the applicant is unfit based on the criminal offender information or a false statement regarding criminal offender information of the applicant or of another individual in the household of the applicant under Child Welfare Policy I-G.1.4, "Criminal Records Check Requirements for Relative Caregivers, Foster Parents, Adoptive Resources, and Other Persons in the Household," (OAR 413-208-0000 to OAR 413-208-0035). (3) A person may request a hearing in the manner set forth in OAR 413-010-0505 when that person has the right to a contested case hearing under a statute concerning Child Welfare Programs or a rule in Chapter 413. (4) These rules (OAR 413-010-0500 to 413-010-0535), apply to contested cases arising from the properly made hearings requests described in sections (2) and (3) of this rule. The following other rules do or do not apply as noted: (a) OAR 137-003-0501 to 137-003-0700 apply to these contested cases, except to the extent that rules in Chapter 413 are permitted to and provide otherwise. (b) Rules in Chapter 461 do not apply to these contested cases unless a rule in Chapter 413 expressly refers to them.