Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 427 § 427.007 — (1)(d)

(1)(d). (3) The department shall adopt by rule minimum qualifications for agencies to be endorsed by the department to deliver agency with choice services. (4) Minimum qualifications for agencies endorsed to deliver agency with choice services include, but are not limited to: (a) The ability to provide support for individuals in directing the individual’s direct support worker and the day-to-day services of the direct support worker; (b) A commitment to work with a broad coalition of stakeholders in an effort to understand the changing needs of the workforce and of individuals’ needs, rights and preferences; and (c) The ability to meet the state’s interest in preventing or mitigating disruptions to individuals’ in-home services and supports. (5) The department may not endorse an agency to provide agency with choice services if the owner of the agency or an executive officer of the agency has been convicted of Medicaid fraud in any state within the 25-year period prior to the certification. (6) For the purpose of monitoring and evaluating workforce capacity and trends, an agency endorsed to provide agency with choice services must annually provide to the department in the manner and at intervals specified by the department by rule: (a) A list of direct support workers for which the agency billed the department for services provided through the agency with choice model; (b) The zip codes where the direct support workers provided services; and (c) Verification of the completion of training required for each direct support worker. [2022 c.91 §1; 2023 c.568 §1; 2024 c.92 §3] Note: