Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 309 - OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, HEALTH SYSTEMS DIVISION: BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES
Division 72 - MOBILE CRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICES AND STABILIZATION SERVICES
Section 309-072-0020 - Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Organization and Program Qualifications
Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 309-072-0020
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) In order to qualify for culturally and linguistically specific behavioral health services (CLSS)enhanced payments, organizations and programs must:
(a) Be enrolled as a Medicaid provider with
the Oregon Health Authority (OHA);
(b) Demonstrate the ability to serve a
particular minoritized community or communities, such as but not limited to
Black, Indigenous, people of color, American Indian/Alaska Native, D/deaf,
deaf-blind, LGBTQIA2S+, or immigrant and refugee communities.
(c) Demonstrate the ability to serve a
particular minoritized community or communities; an organization or program
must provide information that shows the following:
(A) Direct knowledge of lived experiences of
the culturally specific community or communities being served, including but
not limited to the impact of structural and individual racism, minoritization
or discrimination on such communities;
(B) Knowledge of specific inequities
documented in the culturally specific community or communities being
served;
(C) An ability to support
and affirm cultural practices for the community or communities being served,
such as but not limited to:
(i) Health and
safety beliefs, or practices;
(ii)
Positive cultural identity, pride, or resilience;
(iii) Immigration dynamics;
(iv) Religious beliefs.
(D) An ability to support and affirm
intersectional identities in the provision of services for people from multiple
communities or with multiple identities. For example, the ability to affirm and
support the unique needs of a person who is Black, Muslim and an
immigrant.
(d)
Organizations must:
(A) Be primarily led and
staffed by people that have extensive experience working with or being immersed
in the same minoritized community they serve; or
(B) Have a history of at least five years
primarily serving the minoritized community in a behavioral health
setting.
(e) Programs
must:
(A) Be primarily staffed and render
services provided by people that have extensive experience working with or
being immersed in the same minoritized community or communities that are being
served; or
(B) Have a history of at
least five years primarily serving the minoritized community in a behavioral
health setting.
(2) The information required to be provided under section (1)(b) though (d) of this rule can include but is not limited to:
(a) Detailed policies and
procedures;
(b) Staff training
requirements;
(c) A narrative that
details the organization or program's history and experience, including
specific examples, without identifying any individual clients.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 413.042
Statutes/Other Implemented: HB 5202 (2021)
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