OAR 333-615-0035: Alternate Health Service Areas

If an application for a psychiatric hospital proposes a deviation from the Health Service Area based on the Area Trauma Advisory Board (ATAB), the applicant must provide justification for any changes. The Oregon Health Authority (Authority) will consider factors including but not limited to: deviation requests based on demonstrated referral patterns, formal changes made by the Authority to the ATAB regions, anticipated changes to historical use patterns, demographic shifts, or out-of-state use (or other relevant migration patterns). The applicant must provide the Authority with the evidence justifying the proposed deviation. The Authority will have discretion in electing to permit a Health Service Area that deviates from the trauma system planning unit defined by OAR 333-200-0040 or similar successor service area model defined in rule used by the Authority for healthcare planning but must describe how it evaluated and weighed relevant factors.