ORS 409.010: Department of Human Services; duties; personnel.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) The Department of Human Services is created. (2) The department is responsible for the delivery and administration of programs and services relating to: (a) Children and families, including but not limited to child protective services, foster care, residential care for children and adoption services; (b) Elderly persons and persons with disabilities, including but not limited to social, health and protective services and promotion of hiring of otherwise qualified persons who are certifiably disabled; (c) Persons who, as a result of the person’s or the person’s family’s economic, social or health condition, require financial assistance or other social services; (d) Developmental disabilities; (e) Vocational rehabilitation for individuals with disabilities; (f) Licensing and regulation of individuals, facilities, institutions and programs providing health and human services and long term care services delegated to the department by or in accordance with the provisions of state and federal law; (g) Services provided in long term care facilities, home-based and community-based care settings and residential facilities to individuals with physical disabilities or developmental disabilities and to seniors who receive residential facility care; and (h) All other human service programs and functions delegated to the department by or in accordance with the provisions of state and federal law. (3) The department shall be the recipient of all federal funds paid or to be paid to the state to enable the state to provide the programs and services assigned to the department except for Medicaid funds that are granted to the Oregon Health Authority. (4)(a) All personnel of the department, including those engaged in the administration of vocational rehabilitation programs, public assistance programs, medical assistance programs and services to families or children in compliance with the federal Social Security laws, shall be subject to the merit system prescribed in the State Personnel Relations Law. For purposes of the State Personnel Relations Law, the department is the appointing authority of all employees in the department. (b) The Director of Human Services, in conformity with the State Personnel Relations Law, may appoint and employ such personnel as may be necessary for the department, and may appoint and fix the compensation of all assistants and employees of the department. (c) The director may authorize reimbursement of such expenses as are approved by the department and incurred by assistants and employees of the department, and by volunteers or other persons not employed by the department, in carrying out duties assigned or authorized by the department. (5) The director may designate employees to be custodians of records within any of the organizational units of the department, and persons so designated shall have the duties and powers of custodians of public records as prescribed by law. Such designation shall be in writing and notice thereof shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, with the director and in the organizational unit to which the authorization applies. [Formerly 184.750; 1993 c.344 §1; 1999 c.421 §1; 2001 c.900 §5; 2007 c.70 §161; 2009 c.595 §240; 2011 c.720 §79; 2013 c.688 §29]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 407-005-0100: Purpose and Scope — implements
- OAR 407-005-0105: Definitions — implements
- OAR 407-005-0110: Customer Service Complaint Procedure — implements
- OAR 407-005-0120: Client Complaints - Retaliation Prohibited — implements
- OAR 407-007-0340: Record Keeping, Confidentiality — implements
- OAR 407-014-0000: Definitions — implements
- OAR 407-014-0010: Purpose — implements
- OAR 407-014-0015: Information Governed by the HIPAA Privacy Rules — implements
- OAR 407-014-0020: Uses and Disclosures of Client or Participant Protected Information — implements
- OAR 407-014-0030: Client Privacy Rights — implements
- OAR 407-014-0060: Uses and Disclosures of Protected Information for Research Purposes — implements
- OAR 407-014-0070: De-identification of Client Information and Use of Limited Data Sets under Data Use Agreements — implements
- OAR 407-050-0000: Purpose — implements
- OAR 407-050-0005: Definitions — implements
- OAR 407-050-0010: Authorized Decision Makers — implements
- OAR 407-120-1505: Provider and Contractor Audits, Appeals, and Post Payment Recoveries — implements
- OAR 411-001-0500: Contested Case Hearings — implements
- OAR 411-001-0520: Late Contested Case Hearing Requests — implements
- OAR 411-014-0025: Financial Eligibility for OPI-M — implements
- OAR 411-020-0070: APS Consultation — authority
- OAR 411-032-0050: Pilot for Adults with Disabilities — implements
- OAR 411-034-0020: State Plan Personal Care Services — implements
- OAR 411-034-0030: Eligibility for State Plan Personal Care Services — implements
- OAR 411-034-0050: Provider Qualifications — implements
- OAR 411-034-0070: State Plan Personal Care Service Assessment, Authorization, and Monitoring — implements
- OAR 411-048-0150: Purpose — implements
- OAR 411-048-0160: Definitions — implements
- OAR 411-048-0170: Eligibility and Limitations — implements
- OAR 411-048-0180: Long Term Care Community Nursing Services — implements
- OAR 411-048-0210: Qualifications for Enrolled Medicaid Providers — implements
- OAR 411-048-0220: Medicaid Provider Disenrollment / Termination — implements
- OAR 411-300-0120: Eligibility for CIIS — implements
- OAR 411-303-0000: Statement of Purpose — implements
- OAR 411-303-0010: Definitions and Acronyms — implements
- OAR 411-303-0020: Authorized Entity Standards — implements
- OAR 411-303-0030: Curriculum Standards — implements
- OAR 411-303-0040: Behavior Intervention Instructor Standards — implements
- OAR 411-303-0050: Behavior Intervention Certification Standards — implements
- OAR 411-304-0110: Statement of Purpose — implements
- OAR 411-304-0120: Definitions and Acronyms — implements
- OAR 411-304-0130: Eligibility for Professional Behavior Services — implements
- OAR 411-304-0140: Professional Behavior Services and Limitations — implements
- OAR 411-304-0150: Professional Behavior Service Planning — implements
- OAR 411-304-0160: Safeguarding Interventions — implements
- OAR 411-304-0170: Qualifications and Standards for Behavior Professionals — implements
- OAR 411-304-0180: Provider Types and Agency Endorsement — implements
- OAR 411-304-0190: Documentation and Records for Professional Behavior Services — implements
- OAR 411-304-0200: Claim Reimbursement Requirements for Independent and Agency Providers of Professional Behavior Services — implements
- OAR 411-304-0210: Individual Rights, Complaints, Notification of Planned Action, and Hearings — implements
- OAR 411-317-0000: General Definitions for Developmental Disabilities Services — implements
- OAR 411-320-0020: Definitions and Acronyms for Community Developmental Disabilities Programs (CDDPs) — implements
- OAR 411-320-0030: Organization and Program Management for Community Developmental Disabilities Programs (CDDPs) — implements
- OAR 411-320-0040: Program Responsibilities for Community Developmental Disabilities Programs (CDDPs) — implements
- OAR 411-320-0080: Application and Eligibility Determination for Developmental Disabilities Services — implements
- OAR 411-320-0140: Abuse Investigations and Protective Services — implements
- OAR 411-320-0180: Inspections and Investigations — implements
- OAR 411-323-0010: Statement of Purpose for Agency Certification and Endorsement — implements
- OAR 411-323-0020: Definitions and Acronyms for Agency Certification and Endorsement — implements
- OAR 411-323-0024: Application Fees for Certification, Endorsements, and Initial and Renewal Licenses — implements
- OAR 411-323-0029: Medicaid Agency Executive Director Orientation — implements
- OAR 411-323-0030: Application Process and Standards for Agency Certification and Endorsement — implements
- OAR 411-323-0033: Agency Administrative Sanctions — implements
- OAR 411-323-0040: Inspections and Investigations — implements
- OAR 411-323-0050: Agency Management and Personnel Practices — implements
- OAR 411-323-0055: Agency Operating Standards — implements
- OAR 411-323-0060: Agency Policies and Procedures — implements
- OAR 411-323-0063: Abuse and Incident Handling and Reporting — implements
- OAR 411-323-0065: Payment to Agency Providers — implements
- OAR 411-323-0070: Variances — implements
- OAR 411-325-0020: Definitions and Acronyms for 24-Hour Residential Programs and Settings — implements
- OAR 411-325-0025: Program Management for 24-Hour Residential Programs and Settings — implements
- OAR 411-325-0030: Issuance of License for a 24-Hour Residential Setting — implements
- OAR 411-325-0050: License Expiration, Termination of Operations, and License Return for 24-Hour Residential Settings — implements
- OAR 411-325-0070: License Renewal for 24-Hour Residential Settings — implements
- OAR 411-325-0120: Medical Services in 24-Hour Residential Programs and Settings — implements
- OAR 411-325-0150: General Safety in 24-Hour Residential Programs and Settings — implements
- OAR 411-325-0170: Staffing Requirements for 24-Hour Residential Programs and Settings — implements
- OAR 411-325-0230: Emergency Plan and Safety Review — implements
- OAR 411-325-0260: Individual Fire Evacuation Safety Plans for 24-Hour Residential Programs and Settings — implements
- OAR 411-325-0350: Behavior Supports and Physical Restraints for Adults in 24-Hour Residential Programs and Settings — implements
- OAR 411-325-0352: Behavior Supports for Children — implements
- OAR 411-325-0355: Restraint and Involuntary Seclusion of a Child — implements
- OAR 411-325-0360: Psychotropic Medications and Medications for Behavior in 24-Hour Residential Programs and Settings — implements
- OAR 411-325-0390: Entry, Exit, Transfer, and Closure of 24-Hour Residential Programs and Settings — implements
- OAR 411-325-0470: License Denial, Suspension, Revocation, and Refusal to Renew for 24-Hour Residential Programs and Settings — implements
- OAR 411-325-0490: 24-Hour Residential Provider Eligibility for Medicaid Service Payment — implements
- OAR 411-328-0570: Program Management for Supported Living Programs — implements
- OAR 411-328-0625: Supported Living Provider Owned, Controlled, or Operated Residential Settings — implements
- OAR 411-340-0020: Definitions and Acronyms for Support Service Brokerages — implements
- OAR 411-340-0040: Abuse Reporting — implements
- OAR 411-340-0050: Inspections and Investigations — implements
- OAR 411-340-0070: Personnel Policies and Practices for Brokerages — implements
- OAR 411-340-0100: Eligibility for Brokerage and Support Services — implements
- OAR 411-340-0110: Standards for Entry and Exit — implements
- OAR 411-340-0120: Brokerage and Support Services — implements
- OAR 411-345-0020: Definitions and Acronyms for Employment Services — implements
- OAR 411-345-0025: Employment Service Requirements — implements
- OAR 411-345-0027: Eligibility for Employment Services — implements
- OAR 411-345-0030: Employment Provider Qualifications and Training Requirements — implements
- OAR 411-345-0035: Standards for Provider Agencies Delivering Employment Services — implements
- OAR 411-346-0110: Definitions and Acronyms — implements
- OAR 411-346-0150: General Requirements for Certification — implements
- OAR 411-346-0180: Professional Responsibilities of a Foster Provider — implements
- OAR 411-346-0185: Abuse and Incident Handling and Reporting — implements
- OAR 411-346-0190: Standards and Practices for Care and Services — implements
- OAR 411-346-0195: Restraint and Involuntary Seclusion — implements
- OAR 411-346-0200: Environmental Standards — implements
- OAR 411-346-0210: Variances — implements
- OAR 411-346-0240: Standards for Entry, Transfer, Exit, and Closure — implements
- OAR 411-346-0250: Child Foster Provider Eligibility for Medicaid Service Payment — implements
- OAR 411-348-0020: Definitions and Acronyms — implements
- OAR 411-348-0230: Emergency Plan and Safety Review — implements
- OAR 411-348-0350: Behavior Supports — implements
- OAR 411-348-0355: Restraint and Involuntary Seclusion — implements
- OAR 411-348-0390: Entry, Exit, Transfer, and Closure — implements
- OAR 411-348-0490: Host Home Provider Eligibility for Medicaid Service Payment — implements
- OAR 411-360-0040: License Required for Adult Foster Homes for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities (AFH-DD) — implements
- OAR 411-360-0050: License Application and Fees for Adult Foster Homes for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities (AFH-DD) — implements
- OAR 411-360-0070: Classifications for Adult Foster Homes for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities (AFH-DD) — implements
- OAR 411-360-0080: Issuance of a License — implements
- OAR 411-360-0110: Qualifications for Providers, Resident Managers, and Caregivers of Adult Foster Homes for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities (AFH-DD) — implements
- OAR 411-360-0120: Training Requirements for Adult Foster Homes for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities (AFH-DD) — implements
- OAR 411-360-0130: Standards for Adult Foster Homes for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities (AFH-DD) — implements
- OAR 411-360-0140: AFH-DD Standards and Practices for Health Care — implements
- OAR 411-360-0175: AFH-DD Bill of Rights for LGBTQIA2S+ Residents and Residents Living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) — implements
- OAR 411-360-0180: General Practices for Adult Foster Homes for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities (AFH-DD) — implements
- OAR 411-360-0190: Entry, Transfer, Exit, Closure, and Community Living Supports — implements
- OAR 411-360-0200: Adjustment, Suspension, or Termination of Payment for Adult Foster Homes (AFH-DD) — implements
- OAR 411-370-0010: Definitions and Acronyms for Provider Enrollment — implements
- OAR 411-370-0020: Provider Requirements — implements
- OAR 411-375-0020: Qualifications, Exclusions, and Enrollment Responsibilities for Independent Providers — implements
- OAR 411-375-0055: Standards for Common Law Employers for Personal Support Workers — implements
- OAR 411-375-0070: Inactivation and Termination of Independent Providers — implements
- OAR 411-380-0020: Definitions and Acronyms — implements
- OAR 411-380-0030: Eligibility and Limitations for Direct Nursing Services — implements
- OAR 411-380-0040: Complaints, Notifications of Planned Actions, and Hearings — implements
- OAR 411-380-0050: Direct Nursing Service Requirements — implements
- OAR 411-380-0060: Qualifications for Providers of Direct Nursing Services — implements
- OAR 411-380-0065: Standards for Direct Nursing Services Agencies — implements
- OAR 411-380-0070: Provider Disenrollment and Termination — implements
- OAR 411-380-0080: Provider Documentation and Records — implements
- OAR 411-380-0090: Provider Billing and Payment — implements
- OAR 411-415-0020: Definitions and Acronyms for Case Management Services — implements
- OAR 411-415-0030: Eligibility for Case Management Services - Entry, Exit, Transfers — implements
- OAR 411-415-0040: Case Manager Staff Requirements — implements
- OAR 411-415-0055: Abuse and Serious Incident Management for Case Management Entities — implements
- OAR 411-415-0060: Assessment Activities — implements
- OAR 411-415-0070: Service Planning for Developmental Disabilities Services — implements
- OAR 411-415-0080: Accessing Developmental Disabilities Services — implements
- OAR 411-415-0090: Case Management Contact and Monitoring of Services — implements
- OAR 411-415-0110: Case Management Record Requirements — implements
- OAR 411-425-0055: Oregon Needs Assessment (ONA) — implements
- OAR 411-435-0010: Statement of Purpose — implements
- OAR 411-435-0020: Definitions and Acronyms — implements
- OAR 411-435-0030: General Eligibility for Ancillary Services — implements
- OAR 411-435-0040: Conditions of Purchase — implements
- OAR 411-435-0050: Developmental Disabilities - Community First Choice Ancillary Services — implements
- OAR 411-435-0060: Developmental Disabilities - Waiver Ancillary Services — implements
- OAR 411-440-0010: Statement of Purpose for the Children's Extraordinary Needs (CEN) Program — implements
- OAR 411-440-0020: Definitions and Acronyms for the Children's Extraordinary Needs (CEN) Program — implements
- OAR 411-440-0030: General Eligibility and Exits for the Children's Extraordinary Needs (CEN) Program — implements
- OAR 411-440-0040: Qualifications for Parent Providers in the Children's Extraordinary Needs (CEN) Program — implements
- OAR 411-440-0050: Service Requirements, Limitations, and Exclusions for the Children's Extraordinary Needs (CEN) Program — implements
- OAR 411-440-0060: Training Requirements for the Children's Extraordinary Needs (CEN) Program — implements
- OAR 411-440-0070: Initial Enrollments for the Children's Extraordinary Needs (CEN) Program — implements
- OAR 411-440-0080: Ongoing Enrollments for the Children's Extraordinary Needs (CEN) Program — implements
- OAR 411-440-0090: Complaints about the Children's Extraordinary Needs (CEN) Program — implements
- OAR 411-450-0020: Definitions and Acronyms for Community Living Supports — implements
- OAR 411-450-0030: Eligibility for Community Living Supports — implements
- OAR 411-450-0040: Community Living Supports Entry and Exit — implements
- OAR 411-450-0050: Minimum Standards for Community Living Supports — implements
- OAR 411-450-0065: Exceptions for Community Living Supports — implements
- OAR 411-450-0070: Community Living Support Providers and Provider Requirements — implements
- OAR 411-450-0080: Minimum Standards for Provider Agencies Delivering Community Living Supports — implements
- OAR 411-450-0090: Standard Model Agency Requirements — implements
- OAR 411-450-0095: Employer Model Agency Standards — implements
- OAR 411-455-0020: Eligibility — implements
- OAR 411-455-0030: Needs Assessment, Service Authorization, and Monitoring — implements
- OAR 413-010-0000: Definitions — implements
- OAR 413-010-0030: Protection of Information — implements
- OAR 413-010-0035: Prohibited Disclosures — implements
- OAR 413-010-0055: Mandatory Disclosure if in the Child’s Best Interest — implements
- OAR 413-015-1100: Access to Law Enforcement Data System Information (LEDS) — implements
- OAR 413-015-1105: Purpose — implements
- OAR 413-015-1115: Requirements — implements
- OAR 413-015-1115: Requirements — authority
- OAR 413-015-1120: LEDS Use for Child Protective Service Purposes — implements
- OAR 413-015-1125: LEDS Use for Certification Purposes in Emergency Situations — implements
- OAR 413-030-0009: Determination of the Service Needs — implements
- OAR 413-030-0410: Eligibility for Youth Transition Services — implements
- OAR 413-030-0445: Development of the Comprehensive Transition Plan — implements
- OAR 413-030-0449: Review of the Comprehensive Transition Plan — implements
- OAR 413-030-0456: Health Care Notifications, Credit Reports, and Data Tracking — implements
- OAR 413-040-0005: Purpose — implements
- OAR 413-040-0006: Requirements for the Conditions for Return and the Protective Capacity Assessment — implements
- OAR 413-040-0008: Requirements for a Family Engagement Meeting — implements
- OAR 413-040-0010: Requirements for the Case Plan — implements
- OAR 413-040-0014: Replacing or Adding Impending Danger Safety Threats During Ongoing Case Management — implements
- OAR 413-040-0016: Requirements for Review of the Case Plan — implements
- OAR 413-040-0017: Requirements for Return and Reunification — implements
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Cited by
- ORS 409.040: Federal law supersedes state law.
- ORS 409.100: Director; appointment; confirmation; salary and expenses.
- ORS 410.040: Definitions for ORS 410.040 to 410.300, 410.320 and 410.619.
- ORS 410.080: Department as single state agency for specified federal programs; authority as single state agency for Title XIX and Title XXI programs.
- ORS 410.160: Limitation on estate claims.
- ORS 410.230: Expenditure of local funds not required.
- ORS 410.240: Operation of type A agencies.
- ORS 412.074: Use and custody of records of temporary assistance for needy families program; rules.
- ORS 427.900: Authority of Department of Human Services to impose civil penalties; rules.
- OAR 411-020-0010: Authority and Responsibility
- OAR 413-015-1100: Access to Law Enforcement Data System Information (LEDS)
- OAR 413-330-1105: Definitions
- OAR 859-510-0005: Definitions
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors409.html