OAR 309-035-0100: Purpose and Scope

(1) These rules prescribe standards by which the Behavioral Health Division (Division) of the Oregon Health Authority (Authority) licenses community based residential treatment facilities and community based residential treatment homes for adults with serious mental illness The standards promote optimum health, mental and social well-being, and recovery for adults with serious mental illness through the availability of a wide range of home and community based residential settings and services. They prescribe how services will be provided in safe, secure, and homelike environments that recognize the dignity, individuality, and right to self-determination of each resident. (a) These rules incorporate and implement the requirements of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) authorized under section 1915(i) of the Social Security Act. ( b) These rules establish requirements to ensure individuals receive services in settings that are integrated in and support the same degree of access to the greater community as individuals not receiving HCBS, consistent with the standards set out in OAR chapter 410, division 173. (2) These rules apply to all Residential Treatment Facilities (RTF) and Residential Treatment Homes (RTH) providing services to adults with serious mental illness regardless of whether the program receives public funds. These rules prescribe distinct standards in some areas for Secure Residential Treatment Facilities (SRTF), and Crisis Respite Services, or are based on the number of residents receiving services in the program. (3) These rules recognize that some residents may have their rights limited through civil or forensic commitment processes as described in ORS chapters 161 and 426, guardianship proceedings as described in ORS chapter 125, or other legal mechanisms as described in ORS chapter 127.