Or. Admin. Code § 411-440-0030 - General Eligibility and Exits for the Children's Extraordinary Needs (CEN) Program
(1) A child may
not be denied services or otherwise discriminated against on the basis of race,
color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin,
marital status, age, disability, source of income, duration of Oregon
residence, or other protected classes under federal and Oregon Civil Rights
laws.
(2) Initial and ongoing
determinations of eligibility for the CEN Program are the sole responsibility
of the Department.
(3) To be
eligible for the CEN Program, a child must meet all of the following
requirements:
(a) Be an Oregon resident who
meets the residency requirements in OAR
461-120-0010.
(b) Be determined eligible for developmental
disabilities services by the Community Developmental Disabilities Program of
the county of origin according to OAR
411-320-0080; or be enrolled in,
or on, the waitlist for the Medically Involved Children's Waiver or the
Medically Fragile Model Waiver Program as described in OAR chapter 411,
division 300.
(c) Be receiving a
Medicaid Title XIX benefit package through Oregon Supplemental Income
Program-Medical (OSIPM) or Health Systems Division medical programs.
(d) Be determined to meet a Level of Care as
defined in OAR 411-317-0000.
(e) Be assigned to the highest service group
due to their very high medical or very high behavioral needs according to a
current and valid Oregon Needs Assessment.
(f) Be receiving services in the child's
family home.
(4) A child
must be exited from the CEN Program if:
(a)
The child turns 18 years of age.
(b) The child no longer meets the eligibility
requirements described in section (3) of this rule.
(c) Monthly case management contact by a
services coordinator, as described in OAR
411-415-0090(1),
is not accepted.
(d) The child's
parent is not employed by a provider agency to provide attendant care for their
child 90 calendar days after the child is enrolled in the CEN Program. The
Department may extend this time period when the Department determines there is
good cause.
(e) The parent provider
does not deliver attendant care to their child for 90 consecutive days. The
Department may extend this time period when the Department determines there is
good cause.
(f) The child enters a
residential program, except as described in section (6) of this rule.
(5) When a child is being exited
from the CEN Program because the child no longer meets the eligibility
requirement described in section (3)(e) of this rule, the child may remain in
the CEN Program until the end of the month following the month in which a
functional needs assessment determines the child is no longer assigned to the
highest service group with very high medical or very high behavioral
needs.
(6) A child whose parent
voluntarily withdraws their child from the CEN Program to enroll the child in a
residential program, may return to the CEN Program until the end of the month
following the month the child entered the residential program.
(7) NOTIFICATION OF PLANNED ACTION. Prior to
a child exiting from the CEN Program, the Department shall provide a written
advance Notification of Planned Action (form 0947) as described in OAR
411-318-0020.
(8) HEARINGS.
(a) A hearing is addressed according to ORS
chapter 183 and OAR 411-318-0025.
(b) A parent may request a hearing as
provided in ORS chapter 183 and OAR
411-318-0025.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 409.050, 427.104, 427.191 & 430.662
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 409.010, 427.007, 427.101, 427.104, 427.191, 430.215, 430.610 & 430.662
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