Or. Admin. Code § 309-072-0020 - Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Organization and Program Qualifications

(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.

Notes

Or. Admin. Code § 309-072-0020

BHS 21-2022, adopt filed 12/02/2022, effective 12/2/2022; BHS 22-2022, suspend filed 12/05/2022, effective 12/5/2022 through 5/30/2023

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 413.042

Statutes/Other Implemented: HB 5202 (2021)