Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 309 - OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, HEALTH SYSTEMS DIVISION: BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES › Division 36 - COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH HOUSING FUND › Section 309-036-0105 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The following definitions apply to these rules:
(1) "Care Provider" means an individual or
			 entity that provides services and support for an individual with serious mental
			 illness or serious and persistent mental illness under a residential service
			 agreement, contract, or other similar arrangement.
(2) "Community Housing" means real property,
			 improvements, and related equipment that are used or could be used to house
			 individuals with a serious and persistent mental illness in community-based
			 settings consistent with ORS
			 426.502. It includes
			 single-family housing, multiple-unit residential housing, and residential
			 facilities. It does not include hospitals, nursing homes, correctional
			 facilities, and other institutional housing except as provided in these rules.
			 Consistent with the designated housing model, community housing may include
			 accommodations for care providers and resident managers.
(3) "Community Housing Development" means
			 efforts or assistance, financial or otherwise, that result in the establishment
			 of community housing.
(4)
			 "Community Housing Renovation" means efforts that result in the improvement of
			 real property, the use of which is restricted to community housing for
			 individuals with serious and persistent mental illness. Improvement includes
			 but is not limited to replacing worn or non-functional components, making
			 repairs to improve health and safety, expanding the building to accommodate
			 more residents or provide more adequate living quarters, and installing
			 equipment necessary to the operation of the community housing.
(5) "Community Mental Health Housing Fund" or
			 "Fund" means the fund established by ORS
			 426.506.
(6) "Construct" includes but is not limited
			 to building, installing, assembling, expanding, altering, converting,
			 repairing, replacing or relocating community housing development, renovation,
			 or administration. It may also mean to install equipment and necessary
			 infrastructure to prepare a site.
(7) "Director" means the Director of the
			 Health Systems Division.
(8)
			 "Division" means the Health Systems Division of the Oregon Health Authority
			 (Authority).
(9) "Equipment" means
			 permanently installed fixtures or appliances acquired for the community
			 housing.
(10) "Individual with
			 Serious Mental Illness" means an individual who is:
(a) Diagnosed by a Qualified Mental Health
			 Professional as suffering from a chronic mental disorder as defined by ORS
			 426.495 that includes but is not
			 limited to conditions such as chronic schizophrenia, chronic affective
			 disorder, chronic paranoid disorder, and other disorders that manifest symptoms
			 that are not solely a result of mental retardation or other developmental
			 disabilities, epilepsy, drug abuse, or alcoholism; which continue for more than
			 one year, or on the basis of a specific diagnosis, are likely to continue for
			 more than one year; and
(b)
			 Impaired to an extent that substantially limits the individual's consistent
			 functioning in one or more of the following areas:
(A) Home environment, independently attending
			 to shelter needs, personal hygiene, nutritional needs, and home
			 maintenance;
(B) Community
			 negotiation, independently and appropriately utilizing community resources for
			 shopping, recreation, and other needs;
(C) Social relations, establishing and
			 maintaining supportive relationships;
(D) Vocational, maintaining employment
			 sufficient to meet personal living expenses or engaging in other age
			 appropriate activities.