OAR 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.
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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