Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 309 - OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, HEALTH SYSTEMS DIVISION: BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES
Division 65 - Culturally and Linguistically Specific Behavioral Health Services (CLSS)
Section 309-065-0010 - Definitions

(1) "Culturally and linguistically specific behavioral health services" means quality mental health, substance use, problem gambling, and other behavioral health prevention, treatment, and recovery supports and services that are designed specifically for a distinct minoritized cultural community, developed based on the languages used and cultural values of the distinct minoritized cultural community and designed to elevate their voices and experiences, and that have the aim of enhancing emotional safety, belonging, and a shared collective cultural experience for healing and recovery among the distinct cultural community served.

(2) "Culturally and linguistically specific behavioral health organization"means an outpatient entity or institution that is structured to provide culturally and linguistically specific behavioral health services in its entirety as evidenced by its organizational mission.

(3) "Culturally and linguistically specific behavioral health program" means a division or associated component of an organization that provides culturally and linguistically specific behavioral health services as evidenced by the program mission, that exists within the subset of services provided by an organization whose mission does not focus on a distinct minoritized community.

(4) "Culturally and linguistically specific behavioral health individual provider" means an independently licensed and Medicaid eligible clinician that provides culturally and linguistically specific behavioral health services, andis in private practice rather than employed by an agency.

(5) "Minoritized cultural community " is a community that has experienced historical and contemporary discrimination and oppression primarily on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual and affectional orientation, ability status, and/or migration history.