OAR 407-030-0010: Purpose

This rule requires Divisions of the Department of Human Services to insure federal civil rights regulations prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin and handicap. It provides authority enabling Divisions of the Department of Human Services to conduct compliance reviews of certain of its grantees, contractors, or providers of services, as required by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Only those Divisions which receive DHHS funds will conduct reviews annually on ten of their grantees, contractors, or providers of services. The compliance reviews will insure that the following federal regulations are being followed: (1) Title VI, Civil Rights Act of 1964. This act prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin by federal recipients. (2) Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973. This act prohibits discrimination on the basis of handicap by federal recipients.