ORS 443.830: Definitions for ORS 443.830 and 443.835.

As used in this section and ORS 443.835: (1) “Child” means a person for whom developmental disability services are planned and provided and who is: (a) Under 18 years of age; or (b) At least 18 years of age but less than 22 years of age and resides in a developmental disability child foster home and whose needs, as determined by the child’s individual support plan team, are best met if services are provided in a developmental disability child foster home. (2) “Department” means the Department of Human Services. (3)(a) “Developmental disability child foster home” means any home maintained by a person who has under the care of the person, in the home, a child found eligible for developmental disability services for the purpose of providing the child with supervision, food and lodging. The child must be unrelated to the person by blood, marriage or adoption. (b) “Developmental disability child foster home” does not include: (A) A boarding school that is essentially and primarily engaged in educational work; (B) A home in which a child is provided with room and board by a school district board; or (C) A foster home under the direct supervision of a child-caring agency as that term is defined in ORS 418.205. (4) “Developmental disability services” has the meaning given that term in ORS 427.101. (5) “Individual support plan team” means a team composed of the child, the child’s parent or guardian, the community mental health program representative and representatives of all current service providers that develops a written plan of services covering a 12-month period for a child. [1999 c.316 §4; 2001 c.463 §1; 2001 c.900 §192; 2016 c.106 §50; 2023 c.340 §2]