ORS 418.322: Placement in congregate care residential setting; limitations.

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Congregate care residential setting” means any setting that cares for more than one child or ward and is not a setting described in ORS 418.205 (2)(c)(A), (D), (E) or (F) or (10). (b) “Sex trafficking” means the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, obtaining, patronizing or soliciting of a person under 18 years of age for the purpose of a commercial sex act, as defined in ORS 163.266, or the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision or obtaining of a person over 18 years of age using force, fraud or coercion for the purpose of a commercial sex act, as defined in ORS 163.266. (2) The Department of Human Services may place a child or ward in a congregate care residential setting only if the setting is: (a) A child-caring agency, as defined in ORS 418.205, a hospital, as defined in ORS 442.015, or a rural hospital, as defined in ORS 442.470; and (b) A qualified residential treatment program described in ORS 418.323. (3) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, the department may place a child or ward in a child-caring agency that is not a qualified residential treatment program if: (a) The child-caring agency is providing prenatal, postpartum or parenting supports to the child or ward. (b) The child or ward is placed in an independent residence facility described in ORS 418.475 that is licensed by the department as a child-caring agency. (c) The child or ward is, or is at risk of becoming, a victim of sex trafficking and the child-caring agency is providing high-quality residential care and supportive services to the child or ward. (d) The Oregon Health Authority has approved the placement as medically necessary and the child-caring agency: (A) Is a residential care facility; (B) Is licensed by the authority and maintains site-specific accreditation from a nationally recognized organization to provide psychiatric treatment to children; and (C) Has an active provider agreement with the Oregon Medicaid program. (e) The child-caring agency is an adolescent residential drug and alcohol treatment program licensed or certified by the State of Oregon to provide residential care, and the court has approved, or approval is pending for, the placement in the child-caring agency of each child or ward over whom the department retains jurisdiction. (f) The placement with the child-caring agency is for the purpose of placing the child or ward in a proctor foster home. (g) The child-caring agency is a residential care facility licensed by the department that provides short-term assessment and stabilization services. (h) The child-caring agency is a shelter-care home, as defined in ORS 418.470, that provides short-term assessment and stabilization services. (i) The child-caring agency is a homeless, runaway or transitional living shelter licensed by the department that provides short-term assessment and stabilization services. (j) The ward is 18 years of age or older and the child-caring agency is a residential treatment facility or a residential home licensed or certified by the department or the Oregon Health Authority. (4) The department may not place a child or ward in a residential care facility or shelter-care home described in subsection (3)(g) or (h) of this section: (a) For more than 60 consecutive days or 90 cumulative days in a 12-month period; or (b) If the residential care facility or shelter-care home also serves youths or adjudicated youths served by the county juvenile department or adjudicated youths committed to the custody of the Oregon Youth Authority by the court. (5) The department may not place a child or ward in a homeless, runaway or transitional living shelter described in subsection (3)(i) of this section for more than 60 consecutive or 90 cumulative days in any 12-month period. (6) Calculations of the number of days a child or ward is placed in a shelter-care home under subsection (3)(h) of this section or a homeless, runaway or transitional living shelter under subsection (3)(i) of this section exclude the days the child or ward is in the shelter-care home or shelter if the child or ward: (a) Accessed the shelter-care home or shelter without the support or direction of the department; and (b) Is homeless or a runaway, as defined by the department by rule. (7)(a) Nothing in this section prohibits the Oregon Youth Authority from placing an adjudicated youth committed to its custody in a placement that is not a qualified residential treatment program. (b) Nothing in this section prohibits the Oregon Youth Authority or a county juvenile department from placing an adjudicated youth or a youth served by the Oregon Youth Authority or the county juvenile department in shelter care or detention under ORS chapter 419C. [Formerly 419B.354; 2022 c.90 §18]