As used in this section and ORS 182.525: (1) Agency means: (a) The Department of Corrections; (b) The Oregon Youth Authority; (c) The Youth Development Division; and (d) That part of the Oregon Health Authority that deals with mental health and addiction issues. (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. (3) Evidence-based program means a program that: (a) Incorporates significant and relevant practices based on scientifically based research; and (b) Is cost-effective. (4)(a) Program means a treatment or intervention program or service that is intended to: (A) Reduce the propensity of a person to commit crimes; (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 (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. (b) Program does not include: (A) An educational program or service that an agency is required to provide to meet educational requirements imposed by state law; or (B) A program that provides basic medical services. (5) Scientifically based research means research that obtains reliable and valid knowledge by: (a) Employing systematic, empirical methods that draw on observation or experiment; (b) Involving rigorous data analyses that are adequate to test the stated hypotheses and justify the general conclusions drawn; (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 (d) Utilizing randomized controlled trials when possible and appropriate. Note: 182.515 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.
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