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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(1) The Oregon Health Authority shall adopt rules for the assignment of persons to state mental hospitals or secure intensive community inpatient facilities under ORS 161.315 to 161.351, 161.365 and 161.370 and for establishing standards for evaluation and treatment of persons committed to a state hospital or a secure intensive community inpatient facility or ordered to a community mental health program under ORS 161.315 to 161.351.
(2) When the Psychiatric Security Review Board or the authority requires the preparation of a predischarge or preconditional release plan before a hearing or as a condition of granting discharge or conditional release for a person committed under ORS 161.315 to 161.351 to a state hospital or a secure intensive community inpatient facility for custody, care and treatment, the authority is responsible for and shall prepare the plan.
(3) In carrying out a conditional release plan prepared under subsection (2) of this section, the authority may contract with a community mental health program, other public agency or private corporation or an individual to provide supervision and treatment for the conditionally released person.
(4) Before the authority conducts a hearing under ORS 161.315 to 161.351, the authority shall notify the board. The board may provide the authority with conditions of release that the board determines are advisable. If the authority orders the person conditionally released, the authority shall include the conditions of release in the order.
(5) The board and the authority shall maintain and keep current the medical, social and criminal history of all persons committed to their respective jurisdiction. The confidentiality of records maintained by the board shall be determined pursuant to ORS 192.501 to 192.505.
(6) The evidentiary phase of a hearing conducted by the board or the authority under ORS 161.315 to 161.351 is not a deliberation for purposes of ORS 192.690.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Oregon Revised Statutes Crimes and Punishments § 161.390 - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/or/title-16-crimes-and-punishments/or-rev-st-sect-161-390/
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