§ 182.515

As used in this section and ORS 182.525:\n(1) 'Agency' means:\n(a) The Department of Corrections;\n(b) The Oregon Youth Authority;\n(c) The Youth Development Division; and\n(d) That part of the Oregon Health Authority that deals with mental health and addiction issues.\n(2) 'Cost-effective' means that benefits realized over a reasonable period of time are greater than costs, as determined utilizing a cost-benefit analytical tool identified by the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission.\n(3) 'Evidence-based program' means a program that:\n(a) Incorporates significant and relevant practices based on scientifically based research; and\n(b) Is cost-effective.\n(4)(a) 'Program' means a treatment or intervention program or service that is intended to:\n(A) Reduce the propensity of a person to commit crimes;\n(B) Improve the mental health of a person with the result of reducing the likelihood that the person will commit a crime or need emergency mental health services; or\n(C) Reduce the propensity of a person who is less than 18 years of age to engage in antisocial behavior with the result of reducing the likelihood that the person will become a juvenile offender.\n(b) 'Program' does not

nsity of a person who is less than 18 years of age to engage in antisocial behavior with the result of reducing the likelihood that the person will become a juvenile offender.\n(b) 'Program' does not include:\n(A) An educational program or service that an agency is required to provide to meet educational requirements imposed by state law; or\n(B) A program that provides basic medical services.\n(5) 'Scientifically based research' means research that obtains reliable and valid knowledge by:\n(a) Employing systematic, empirical methods that draw on observation or experiment;\n(b) Involving rigorous data analyses that are adequate to test the stated hypotheses and justify the general conclusions drawn;\n(c) Relying on measurements or observational methods that provide reliable and valid data across evaluators and observers, across multiple measurements and observations and across studies by the same or different investigators; and\n(d) Utilizing randomized controlled trials when possible and appropriate. [2003 c.669 §3; 2005 c.503 §12; 2009 c.595 §162; 2012 c.37 §37; 2013 c.623 §10; 2013 c.649 §41]\nNote:\n182.515 and 182.525 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were

and appropriate. [2003 c.669 §3; 2005 c.503 §12; 2009 c.595 §162; 2012 c.37 §37; 2013 c.623 §10; 2013 c.649 §41]\nNote:\n182.515 and 182.525 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 182 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.