OAR 413-040-0135: Responsibility for Administrative Reviews

(1) Responsibility for CRB Reviews when more than one Department office, cluster or state is involved with the case. Offices will meet the administrative review requirements for children in placements as follows: (a) For Oregon children in substitute care placements inside and outside of Oregon, the local Department office in the county holding legal jurisdiction is responsible for the administrative review. (A) Information about a child placed out-of state will be requested through Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) from the supervising state; and (B) The Oregon caseworker will compile information for the review on family members residing in Oregon and receiving Department services. (b) For non-finalized adoptive placements on fully free children, the supervising Department office is responsible for the administrative review. (c) For children in the legal custody of the Department whose placement is being co-managed by the Department and mental health or developmental disability case managers: (A) The Department office in the county holding legal jurisdiction is responsible for the administrative review. The mental health or development disability case managers will be invited and encouraged to participate in the review; (B) The Department caseworker will gather information for the review from the Mental Health or Developmental Disabilities case manager; and (C) The Department caseworker will compile information for the review on family members receiving Department services. (2) Review Requirements for Hospitalized Children and Children on Runaway Status. Administrative Reviews must be held for the following children: (a) Children returned to care from SAIP or SCIP. The review must be held within 30 days of the child's return to care if the review would have been due during the child's hospitalization, with the exception of children placed directly from the hospital into a nursing home, without a prior substitute care placement. (b) Children placed in an accredited psychiatric facility or hospital shall continue to have regularly scheduled CRB reviews. (c) Children on the run shall continue to have regularly scheduled CRB reviews.