Rules for assignment of persons to state mental hospitals or secure intensive community inpatient facilities; release plan prepared by Oregon Health Authority

(1) The Oregon Health Authority shall adopt rules for the assignment of persons to state mental hospitals or secure intensive community inpatient facilities after commitment under ORS 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 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)(a) The board shall maintain and keep current the medical, social and criminal history of all persons committed to its jurisdiction. The confidentiality of records maintained by the board shall be determined pursuant to ORS 161.353 and 192.311 to 192.478. (b) Except as otherwise provided by law, upon request of the board, a state hospital, a community mental health program and any other health care service provider shall provide the board with all medical records pertaining to a person committed to the jurisdiction of the board. (5) The evidentiary phase of a hearing conducted by the board under ORS 161.315 to 161.351 is not a deliberation for purposes of ORS 192.690.