Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 3, March 1, 2024
(1) Regional health equity coalitions are:
(a) Autonomous, community-led, cross-sector
groups focused on addressing health inequities experienced by priority
populations, at the policy, system, and environmental levels, with the leading
priority being communities of color.
(b) Completely independent of coordinated
care organizations and public bodies as defined in ORS
174.109.
(c) Supported by fiscal agents such as
federally recognized tribes of Oregon and community-based nonprofit entities,
including culturally specific organizations, social service providers,
organizations that provide health care, organizations that conduct public
health research, organizations that provide behavioral health treatment,
private foundations, and faith-based organizations.
(d) Required to have decision-making bodies:
(A) Whose membership is at least 51 percent
individuals who identify as members of communities of color who have
experienced health inequities.
(B)
That prioritize the recruitment of members who identify as members of
communities of color or who work in roles that address health inequities and
institutional racism.
(2) The regional health equity coalition
model means an approach that:
(a) Recognizes
the impact of structural, institutional and interpersonal racism on the health
and well-being of communities of color and other priority
populations;
(b) Meaningfully
engages priority populations to lead efforts to address health
inequities;
(c) Supports and
strengthens leadership development for priority populations;
(d) Honors the wisdom of members of priority
populations; and
(e) Ensures that
policy solutions and system changes build upon the strengths of the priority
populations.
(3)
Community-led means efforts based on a set of core principles that, at minimum:
(a) Engages the people living in a geographic
community to establish goals and priorities;
(b) Uses local residents as
leaders;
(c) Builds on strengths
rather than focusing on problems; and
(d) Involves cross-sector collaboration that
is intentional and adaptable and works to achieve systemic change.
(4) Communities of color means
members of the following racial or ethnic communities:
(a) American Indian/Alaska Native;
(b) Asian;
(c) Black/African American;
(d) Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx;
(e) Middle Eastern/North African;
(f) Multi-race or multi-ethnic
individuals;
(g) Native
Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders; or
(h)
Other racial or ethnic minorities.
(5) Cross-sector means involving individuals,
public and private institutions and communities working together to address the
social determinants of health and equity.
(6) Culturally specific means led by
individuals from the community served, using language, structures, and settings
familiar to the members of the community.
(7) Priority populations means:
(a) Communities of color;
(b) Tribal communities including the nine
federally recognized tribes of Oregon and other American Indians and Alaska
Natives people:
(c)
Immigrants;
(d) Refugees;
(e) Migrant and seasonal
farmworkers;
(f) Low-income
individuals and families;
(g)
Persons with disabilities; and
(h)
Individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer, or
who question their sexual or gender identity.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
413.042 & SB 70
(2021)
Statutes/Other Implemented: SB 70
(2021)
