Oregon Code § 420.017·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Diversion plan; administration; rules.
(1) The Oregon Youth Authority shall work collaboratively with the juvenile
departments to divert youths and adjudicated youths from commitment to youth
correction facilities to alternative community services.
(2) The juvenile
departments shall develop local diversion plans for services needed to divert
the commitment of youths and adjudicated youths from youth correction
facilities, and how these services are to be administered if funds are
provided. A local diversion plan must include the process the juvenile
department will use to provide hearings officers and to conduct preliminary
parole revocation hearings.
(3) The youth
authority shall administer and coordinate local juvenile diversion plans and
plans for juvenile crime prevention basic services, as described by the youth
authority by rule, with county juvenile departments. Juvenile crime prevention
basic services may include detention and other juvenile department services.
(4) The youth
authority, in consultation with county juvenile departments and the Youth
Development Division, shall adopt rules to coordinate and align the high-risk
juvenile crime prevention plans developed under ORS 417.855 and the juvenile
diversion plans and plans for juvenile crime prevention basic services
described in this section. [1985 c.500 §7; 1993 c.676 §47; 1993 c.742 §88; 1995
c.422 §91; 1995 c.781 §44; 2012 c.37 §98; 2021 c.267 §1; 2023 c.9 §34; 2025
c.263 §2]