Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 413 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, CHILD WELFARE PROGRAMS › Division 95 - BEHAVIOR REHABILITATION SERVICES PROGRAM (BRS) › Section 413-095-0030 - BRS Provider Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) In addition to the requirements in OAR
			 410-170-0030, the BRS contractor and the BRS provider providing services and
			 placement-related activities to a BRS client in the care or custody of the
			 Department or one of the federally-recognized Oregon tribes must:
(a) Ensure completion of a background check,
			 including a criminal records check and an abuse check, on each subject
			 individual in compliance with OAR 407-007-0210  to 407-007-0370.
(b) Ensure completion of a background check,
			 including a criminal record check and an abuse check, on each subject
			 individual before the individual is hired in compliance with OAR 407-007-0210  to 407-007-0370, when the BRS program uses a residential care model.
(c) Maintain in their program records:
(A) Staff schedules for BRS programs
			 utilizing a residential care model;
(B) Certification status for each proctor
			 foster home for BRS programs utilizing a Proctor Care model;
(C) The approved DHS Authorization form for
			 each absent day billed for a BRS client; and
(D) Accreditation status, if applicable.
(d) Permit the
			 caseworker and the Department to have immediate access to a BRS client and to
			 any area of the premises upon which the BRS client receives services or is
			 engaged in placement-related activities to ensure the health, safety and
			 welfare of the BRS client and compliance with BRS program requirements. This
			 includes a proctor foster home.
(e)
			 Supervise and provide support to the approved proctor foster parents by:
(A) Monitoring and ensuring that its approved
			 proctor foster parents comply with all applicable rules, laws and regulations
			 related to the BRS program;
(B)
			 Recruiting, training, reimbursing, and supporting the approved proctor foster
			 parents in providing services or placement-related activities to the BRS
			 client;
(C) Visiting the approved
			 proctor foster parents' home a minimum of once a month to provide support that
			 includes, but is not limited to, monitoring, training, and supervising;
			 and
(D) Providing, at a minimum,
			 the following support services to the approved proctor foster parent:
(i) Ensure that the BRS contractor or BRS
			 provider has staff available to provide the approved proctor foster parent with
			 support services 24 hours per day, seven days a week, including on-call
			 services, consultation, and direct crisis counseling;
(ii) Provide to the approved proctor foster
			 parents the contact information (names and phone numbers) of the program staff
			 who are available to provide these support services; and
(iii) Provide to the approved proctor foster
			 parents 48 hours per month of reprieve from approved proctor foster parent
			 responsibilities. The BRS contractor or the BRS provider must arrange and
			 provide daytime supervision and night-time monitoring equivalent to that
			 provided by the approved proctor foster parents at that time.