Or. Admin. Code § 309-081-0040 - Application and Review Process

(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.

Notes

Or. Admin. Code § 309-081-0040

BHS 9-2022, temporary adopt filed 06/16/2022, effective 6/16/2022 through 12/12/2022; BHS 23-2022, adopt filed 12/09/2022, effective 12/9/2022

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