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.