Or. Admin. Code § 411-015-0000 - Purpose

The purpose of establishing priorities for persons to be served is to assist the Department in addressing the following goals:

(1) To enable persons eligible for and receiving services to remain in the least restrictive and least costly setting consistent with their service needs; and

(2) To serve those persons who are the most functionally impaired and who have no or inadequate alternative service resources; and

(3) To assure access to services paid by the Department to eligible persons; and

(4) To assure that services paid by the Department, and the setting in which they are provided are safe and adequate; and

(5) To manage limited resources to enable the greatest possible number of persons to receive needed services through a priority system based on the Department's assessment of the individual's functional impairment and alternative service resources.

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Or. Admin. Code § 411-015-0000

SSD 3-1985, f. & ef. 4-1-85; SSD 5-1986, f. & ef. 4-14-86; SSD 9-1986, f. & ef. 7-1-86; SSD 12-1987, f. 12-31-87, cert. ef. 1-1-88; SSD 12-1991(Temp), f. 6-28-91, cert. ef. 7-1-91; SSD 21-1991, f. 12-31-91, cert. ef. 1-1-92, Former (2)(a) - (l) Renumbered to 411-015-0005; Former (3) renumbered to 411-015-0010; Former (4) Renumbered to 411-015-0015; SDSD 11-2002(Temp), f. 12-5-02, cert. ef. 12-6-02 thru 6-3-03; SPD 12-2003, f. 5-30-03, cert. ef. 6-4-03; SPD 19-2006, f. 5-26-06, cert. ef. 6-1-06

Stat. Auth.: ORS 410.070

Stats. Implemented: ORS 410.070