ORS 179.473
Transfers between institutions

  • rules

(1)

Whenever the health and welfare of the person and the efficient administration of the institution require the transfer of an adult in custody in a Department of Corrections institution or an adjudicated youth in a youth correction facility to another institution or facility:

(a)

The Department of Corrections or the Oregon Youth Authority, with the consent of the Department of Human Services, may transfer a person at any institution under its jurisdiction to a residential facility for persons with intellectual disabilities or, with the consent of the Oregon Health and Science University, to the Oregon Health and Science University.

(b)

The Department of Corrections may transfer an adult in custody in a Department of Corrections institution to a state hospital listed in ORS 426.010 (State hospitals for persons with mental illness) for evaluation and treatment pursuant to rules adopted jointly by the Department of Corrections and the Oregon Health Authority.

(c)

The Oregon Youth Authority may transfer an adjudicated youth or other person confined in a youth correction facility to a hospital or facility designated by the Oregon Health Authority for evaluation and treatment pursuant to rules adopted jointly by the Oregon Youth Authority and the Oregon Health Authority.

(d)

Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the Department of Corrections or the Oregon Youth Authority may make a transfer of a person from any institution under the jurisdiction of the department or the Oregon Youth Authority to any other institution under the jurisdiction of the department or authority.

(2)

An adjudicated youth in a youth correction facility may not be transferred to a Department of Corrections institution under subsection (1) of this section. An adjudicated youth in a youth correction facility who has been transferred to another institution may not be transferred from such other institution to a Department of Corrections institution.

(3)

The rules adopted under subsection (1)(b) and (c) of this section must:

(a)

Provide the adult in custody or adjudicated youth with the rights to which persons are entitled under ORS 179.485 (Rights of person transferred to institution for persons with mental illness or intellectual disabilities).

(b)

Provide that a transfer of an adult in custody or an adjudicated youth to the Oregon Health Authority for stabilization and evaluation for treatment may not exceed 30 days unless the transfer is extended pursuant to a hearing required by paragraph (c) of this subsection.

(c)

Provide for an administrative commitment hearing if:

(A)

The Oregon Health Authority determines that administrative commitment for treatment for a mental illness is necessary or advisable or that the authority needs more than 30 days to stabilize or evaluate the adult in custody or adjudicated youth for treatment; and

(B)

The adult in custody or adjudicated youth does not consent to the administrative commitment or an extension of the transfer.

(d)

Provide for, at a minimum, all of the following for the administrative commitment hearing process:

(A)

Written notice to the adult in custody or adjudicated youth that an administrative commitment to a state hospital listed in ORS 426.010 (State hospitals for persons with mental illness) or a hospital or facility designated by the Oregon Health Authority or an extension of the transfer is being considered. The notice required by this subparagraph must be provided far enough in advance of the hearing to permit the adult in custody or adjudicated youth to prepare for the hearing.

(B)

Disclosure to the adult in custody or adjudicated youth, at the hearing, of the evidence that is being relied upon for the administrative commitment or the extension of the transfer.

(C)

An opportunity, at the hearing, for the adult in custody or adjudicated youth to be heard in person and to present documentary evidence.

(D)

An opportunity, at the hearing, for the adult in custody or adjudicated youth to present the testimony of witnesses and to confront and cross-examine witnesses called by the state. The opportunity required by this subparagraph may be denied upon a finding by the decision maker of good cause for not permitting the adult in custody or adjudicated youth to present the testimony of witnesses or confront or cross-examine witnesses called by the state.

(E)

An independent decision maker for the hearing.

(F)

A written statement by the decision maker of the evidence relied upon by the decision maker and the reasons for administratively committing the adult in custody or adjudicated youth or extending the transfer.

(G)

A qualified and independent assistant for the adult in custody or adjudicated youth to be provided by the state if the adult in custody or adjudicated youth is financially unable to provide one.

(H)

Effective and timely notice of the procedures required by subparagraphs (A) to (G) of this paragraph.

(e)

Provide that an adult in custody or an adjudicated youth may not be administratively committed involuntarily unless the independent decision maker finds by clear and convincing evidence that the adult in custody or adjudicated youth is a person with mental illness as defined in ORS 426.005 (Definitions for ORS 426.005 to 426.390).

(f)

Provide that the duration of an administrative commitment pursuant to an administrative commitment hearing be no more than 180 days unless the administrative commitment is renewed in a subsequent administrative commitment hearing. Notwithstanding this paragraph, an administrative commitment may not continue beyond the term of incarceration to which the adult in custody was sentenced or beyond the period of time that the adjudicated youth may be placed in a youth correction facility. [1965 c.616 §84 (enacted in lieu of 179.474); 1969 c.597 §40; 1975 c.662 §1; 1977 c.601 §1; 1987 c.320 §126; 1997 c.249 §52; 1999 c.110 §2; 2005 c.439 §§1,2; 2007 c.70 §43; 2009 c.595 §141; 2013 c.36 §50; 2013 c.360 §12; 2019 c.213 §48; 2021 c.489 §19]

Source: Section 179.473 — Transfers between institutions; rules, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors179.­html.

COMPLETED CITATIONS: State v. Wolberg, 5 Or App 295, 483 P2d 104 (1971), Sup Ct review denied, cert. denied, 404 US 1015 (1972)

179.010
Definitions
179.040
General powers and duties
179.045
Reports on convictions
179.050
Authority to hold property
179.055
Disposition of income from property
179.065
Furnishing utilities for institutions
179.105
Acceptance of federal or other assistance to carry out general powers and duties
179.110
Use of federal grants
179.130
Institutional petty cash fund
179.140
Auditing and paying claims
179.150
Interest in contracts prohibited
179.210
Claim for injury or damage
179.230
Rejection of claim final and not reviewable
179.240
Procedure where award due person owing debt to state
179.310
“Superintendent” defined
179.321
Responsibility to supervise state institutions
179.325
Change in use of institution for persons with developmental disabilities or mental illness
179.331
Appointment, suspension and removal of superintendents
179.340
Salaries and expenses of superintendents
179.360
Powers and duties of superintendents
179.370
Residence of superintendents at institutions
179.375
Chaplaincy services
179.380
Employment of staff
179.385
Scholarship programs to train personnel for institutions
179.390
Appointment, suspension, removal and salaries of assistants, officers and employees
179.400
Rentals to officers and employees at institution
179.405
License required for teachers at institution
179.440
Work in production of articles and performance of labor for state
179.450
Work on state-owned land
179.460
Sale and exchange of surplus products of institutions
179.471
Definitions for ORS 179.473 and 179.478
179.473
Transfers between institutions
179.478
Examination for intellectual disability
179.479
Conveyance of adults in custody from institution to physician or hospital for treatment
179.483
Time spent pursuant to transfer or conveyance counted as part of sentence
179.485
Rights of person transferred to institution for persons with mental illness or intellectual disabilities
179.486
Payment of costs in connection with transfers and conveyances
179.490
Authorization and payment of cost of emergency and necessary operations
179.492
Dispensing of brand-name mental health drugs
179.495
Disclosure of written accounts of adult in custody
179.505
Disclosure of written accounts by health care services provider
179.507
Enforcement of ORS 179.495 and 179.505
179.508
Disclosure of individually identifiable health information about adult in custody
179.509
Reports on deaths at institutions
179.510
“Funds” defined
179.520
Authorization to receive funds of institution residents
179.530
Disbursements from accounts
179.560
Members
179.570
Powers and duties of board
179.580
Ad hoc committees
179.610
Definitions for ORS 179.610 to 179.770
179.620
Liability of person or estate for cost of care
179.640
Determination of ability to pay
179.653
Unpaid costs as lien on property
179.655
Enforcement of lien
179.660
Guardian or conservator for estate of person in institution
179.701
Determination of cost-of-care rates
179.711
Remittance of amounts due
179.731
Waiver of collection of amount payable
179.740
Collection from estates
179.745
Title to and transfer of property
179.750
Equal care and services for persons in state institutions
179.770
Rules
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