Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1)
The Authority will publish an application process online.
(2) The Authority shall review those
applications that meet all requirements of OAR
309-081-0020.
(a) The Authority shall make their award
selections within 60 days of the most recent application cycle
closing.
(b) The Authority shall
notify all applicants in writing regarding if they have been awarded or not
awarded within 60 days of the most recent application cycle closing.
(3) If awarded, applicants must
sign a contract with the Authority agreeing to the terms and conditions of the
program service obligation.
(4)
Applicants who are awarded are not eligible to apply for future application
cycles. Applicants can only be awarded once.
(5) The Authority may prioritize awards to
behavioral health care workers who:
(a)
Represent the ethnicity or culture of Oregon's communities who are
underserved;
(b) Provide culturally
and linguistically specific behavioral health services to Oregon's communities
who are underserved;
(c) Have lived
experience with Oregon's communities who are underserved;
(d) Speak a second language other than
English in a behavioral health care setting for Oregon's communities who are
underserved;
(e) Provide behavioral
health services in a designated Rural or Frontier community.
(f) Work at a Community Mental Health
Program, a publicly funded or public mental health facility, or a nonprofit
mental health facility that contracts with a county to provide mental health
services.
(g) Provide direct
behavioral health care to Medicaid and Medicare individuals.
(h) Are physically located in Oregon and who
primarily serve Oregon residents; In the case of behavioral health care workers
delivering telehealth services as all or part of their services, the Authority
may give behavioral health care workers physically located in Oregon who work
primarily with Oregon residents priority for an award;
(i) Other behavioral health care workers who
provide services deemed appropriate and necessary by the Authority to increase
and improve equity to individuals seeking behavioral health services.
Statutory/Other Authority: HB 4071 (2022)
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
675.375, ORS
675.705, ORS
675.720, ORS
675.745, ORS
675.785 & ORS
675.825
