ORS 418.984 Interdisciplinary assessment teams

The Department of Human Services, the Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Youth Authority may contract with public or private providers to establish interdisciplinary assessment teams to provide services to youth.

An interdisciplinary assessment team shall:

Provide evaluation of youth.

Increase statewide education, consultation and telemedicine evaluation, assessment and treatment capacity, with specific emphasis on increasing access to psychiatric and developmental assessments in communities that lack sufficient access to providers.

Prioritize evaluation, assessment and stabilization services provided to youth who are placed in hotels, in out-of-state facilities, in emergency department boarding, in shelter care, in institutional care, in county detention facilities or in the custody of the Oregon Youth Authority.

The Oregon Health Authority, in consultation with the Department of Human Services and the Oregon Youth Authority, shall establish criteria for proposals for contracts under this section, prepare and publish requests for proposals, receive proposals and award contracts to eligible providers.

As used in this section, “system of care” and “youth” have the meanings given those terms in ORS 418.976.