Or. Admin. Code § 274-039-0010 - Definitions
The following definitions apply to rules in chapter 274 division 39:
(1) "Administration"
means the essential activities aquired by a Recipient.
(2) "Advisory Committee" means a committee
appointed by a Recipient to advise and assist the Recipient in carrying out the
purposes of the Rural Veterans Healthcare Transportation Program
(3) "Coordinated" means working cooperatively
with Providers and other individuals and agencies representing Veterans, to
more effectively apply funding and other resources to meet common
transportation needs. Coordinated actions may reduce duplication of service,
reduce cost, increase service levels or make services more widely available to
eligible individuals.
(4)
"District" means a mass transit district organized under ORS
267.010 (Definitions for ORS
267.010 to
267.394) to 267.390 (Acceptance
of funds from United States) or a transportation district organized under ORS
267.510 (Definitions for ORS
267.510 to
267.650) to 267.650 (Finance
elections).
(5) "Indian Tribe"
means a federally recognized Indian Tribe in Oregon that has members residing
on a reservation or tribal trust lands in Oregon.
(6) "Program Administrator" means the Oregon
Department of Veterans' Affairs or any government entity with whom the
Department enters into an agreement to administer the RVHT program.
(7) "Project" means a Transportation Service,
or any associated activity including, but not limited to, program
administration, planning and needs assessment, training and research and that
falls within the purposes of the RVHT program. A Project is eligible for a RVHT
Grant if it will provide no-cost mental and physical health access transit
services to veterans who reside in census tracts to which, as of July 3, 2019,
the US Department of Agriculture assigned a primary Rural-Urban Commuting Area
(RUCA) code of 4 through 10 or are recipients of Federal Highly Rural Veterans
Transportation funding available in counties with a population density of less
than seven people per square mile.
(8) "Provider" means a city, county,
district, Indian Tribe, or any other public entity, that maintains, operates,
or sponsors vehicles and facilities for Public Transportation Services for
profit.
(9) "Recipient" means an
entity receiving funding through the RVHT program.
(10) "RVHT Funds" means Rural Veteran
Healthcare Transportation funding received by Oregon Department of Veterans'
Affairs (ODVA) for distribution to eligible agencies by ODVA, or its designee,
for the purpose of program administration, for the purpose of financing and
improving access to transportation programs and services for rural
Veterans.
(11) "RVHT Program" means
a set of policies and procedures that guide the expenditure of Rural Veterans
Healthcare Transportation program funding by the Program Administrator, or its
designee, to benefit transportation services for Veterans.
(12) "Transportation Service" means a project
that provides no-cost rides or improves access to rides for Veterans.
(13) "Veteran" has the meaning given that
term in ORS 408.225.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 406.005, 406.050 & 408.335
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 408.335 & 391.800-391.830
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