Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 309 - OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, HEALTH SYSTEMS DIVISION: BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES
Division 81 - Behavioral Health Loan Repayment Program
Section 309-081-0080 - Monitoring and Follow-up Requirements

Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 309-081-0080

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024

(1) To maintain participation in the program, the behavioral health care worker must:

(a) Promptly submit quarterly reports signed by the Behavioral Health Care Worker and the administrator or HR personnel of the practice site verifying the behavioral health care worker's employment, or licensed business; and

(b) Provide any additional information as requested by the Authority, including but not limited to:
(A) The practice site and behavioral health care worker's caseload (panel size or equivalent) (if applicable);

(B) The practice site and behavioral health care worker's Medicaid caseload and Medicare caseload (if applicable);

(C) Behavioral health care worker's Full-Time equivalent (FTE) status; and

(D) Number and percentages of practice site's patients whose health care is covered by Medicaid and by Medicare, and the number of patients at the practice site who are uninsured (if applicable).

(2) A Behavioral health care worker participating in the program must notify the Authority immediately of any change in employment or practice status.

(3) If required documentation is not received within 30 days from the program's final request, the participating behavioral health care worker's contract is subject to termination and penalties by the Authority under 309-081-0090 if a waiver is not in place.

(4) The behavioral health care worker must at all times be qualified, professionally competent and actively licensed and/or certified where required by law to perform behavioral health care services. The behavioral health care worker, employed Full-Time or Part-time, must provide services within the parameters permitted by the behavioral health care worker's license or certification.

(5) Information disclosed or data provided by a behavioral health care worker, including employment status, is subject to verification by the Authority. Pursuant to 410-081-0080, a recipient of a loan repayment award whose two-year service obligation cannot be validated or verified by the Authority will be considered to have breached the terms and conditions of their contractual agreement.

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

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