Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 274 - DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS › Division 39 - VETERANS' TRANSPORTATION GRANT PROGRAM › Section 274-039-0010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The following definitions apply to rules in chapter 274
				division 39:
(1) "Administration"
			 means the essential activities aquired by a Recipient.
(2) "Advisory Committee" means a committee
			 appointed by a Recipient to advise and assist the Recipient in carrying out the
			 purposes of the Rural Veterans Healthcare Transportation Program
(3) "Coordinated" means working cooperatively
			 with Providers and other individuals and agencies representing Veterans, to
			 more effectively apply funding and other resources to meet common
			 transportation needs. Coordinated actions may reduce duplication of service,
			 reduce cost, increase service levels or make services more widely available to
			 eligible individuals.
(4)
			 "District" means a mass transit district organized under ORS
			 267.010 (Definitions for ORS
			 267.010 to
			 267.394) to 267.390 (Acceptance
			 of funds from United States) or a transportation district organized under ORS
			 267.510 (Definitions for ORS
			 267.510 to
			 267.650) to 267.650 (Finance
			 elections).
(5) "Indian Tribe"
			 means a federally recognized Indian Tribe in Oregon that has members residing
			 on a reservation or tribal trust lands in Oregon.
(6) "Program Administrator" means the Oregon
			 Department of Veterans' Affairs or any government entity with whom the
			 Department enters into an agreement to administer the RVHT program.
(7) "Project" means a Transportation Service,
			 or any associated activity including, but not limited to, program
			 administration, planning and needs assessment, training and research and that
			 falls within the purposes of the RVHT program. A Project is eligible for a RVHT
			 Grant if it will provide no-cost mental and physical health access transit
			 services to veterans who reside in census tracts to which, as of July 3, 2019,
			 the US Department of Agriculture assigned a primary Rural-Urban Commuting Area
			 (RUCA) code of 4 through 10 or are recipients of Federal Highly Rural Veterans
			 Transportation funding available in counties with a population density of less
			 than seven people per square mile.
(8) "Provider" means a city, county,
			 district, Indian Tribe, or any other public entity, that maintains, operates,
			 or sponsors vehicles and facilities for Public Transportation Services for
			 profit.
(9) "Recipient" means an
			 entity receiving funding through the RVHT program.
(10) "RVHT Funds" means Rural Veteran
			 Healthcare Transportation funding received by Oregon Department of Veterans'
			 Affairs (ODVA) for distribution to eligible agencies by ODVA, or its designee,
			 for the purpose of program administration, for the purpose of financing and
			 improving access to transportation programs and services for rural
			 Veterans.
(11) "RVHT Program" means
			 a set of policies and procedures that guide the expenditure of Rural Veterans
			 Healthcare Transportation program funding by the Program Administrator, or its
			 designee, to benefit transportation services for Veterans.
(12) "Transportation Service" means a project
			 that provides no-cost rides or improves access to rides for Veterans.
(13) "Veteran" has the meaning given that
			 term in ORS 408.225.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  406.005,
				  406.050 & 408.335
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  408.335 &
				  391.800-391.830