Or. Admin. Code § 411-440-0070 - Initial Enrollments for the Children's Extraordinary Needs (CEN) Program
(1) The
Department has identified all children who have very high behavioral or very
high medical needs, or who are on the waitlist for the Medically Fragile Model
Waiver or the Medically Involved Children's Waiver as of May 2, 2024. Only
these children shall be considered for initial enrollment to the CEN
Program.
(2) The Department
assigned a unique five digit number to each child identified in section (1) of
this rule and used a random generator to shuffle the five digit numbers to
determine the top 155 children offered enrollment into the CEN Program and the
order of the waitlist, described in OAR
411-440-0080, by their randomly
assigned number.
(3) The parent of
a child selected for initial enrollment must affirm to the child's case
management entity their decision to participate in the CEN Program no later
than July 19, 2024.
(4) If a parent
declines to participate in the CEN Program by July 19, 2024:
(a) The child does not retain the number
assigned to them according to section (2) of this rule.
(b) The Department shall offer the parent a
choice for their child to be moved to the end of the waitlist or removed from
the waitlist. If the parent of the child does not indicate a choice, the child
is removed from the Department's waitlist as described in OAR
411-440-0080.
(5) If a parent does not respond
to the offer to participate in the CEN Program by July 19, 2024:
(a) The child does not retain the number
assigned to them according to section (2) of this rule.
(b) The child will be moved to the end of the
waitlist.
(6) The
Department shall confirm a child selected for initial enrollment to the CEN
Program meets the eligibility requirements in OAR
411-440-0030(3).
If the child is determined ineligible, the Department shall provide a written
advance Notification of Planned Action (form 0947) as described in OAR
411-318-0020.
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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