2019 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 12 - Public Health
Chapter 443 - Residential Care; Adult Foster Homes; Hospice Programs
Section 443.378 - Housing with services projects.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Coordinate" means to provide proactive and systematic assistance in obtaining, facilitation of and connection with health and social services, through communication, collaboration and sharing of information among providers of health and social services.
(b) "Health and social services" means:
(A) Case management;
(B) Health navigation;
(C) Mental health and addiction supports and services;
(D) In-home supports, including housekeeping, personal care, meal preparation, laundry services and transportation; and
(E) Food insecurity interventions.
(c)(A) "Housing with services project" means an entity that coordinates two or more health and social services for senior citizens and people with disabilities who are living in publicly subsidized or private congregate settings.
(B) "Housing with services project" does not include:
(i) A health care facility licensed under ORS 441.015.
(ii) A residential facility licensed under ORS 443.410.
(iii) An adult foster home licensed under ORS 443.725.
(iv) A continuing care retirement community as defined in ORS 101.020.
(v) A program of all-inclusive care for the elderly as described in 42 C.F.R. 460.6.
(vi) Transient lodging as defined in ORS 320.300.
(vii) A hotel as defined in ORS 699.005.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a housing with services project shall register with the Department of Human Services by submitting the name, address and primary contact of the housing with services project to the department.
(3)(a) A housing with services project is not required to register with the Department of Human Services under this section if the housing with services project is regulated by the Housing and Community Services Department or the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(b) The Department of Human Services and the Housing and Community Services Department shall collaborate to develop a joint inventory of the names and addresses of housing with services projects that are not required to register under this section.
(c) The Department of Human Services shall collaborate with the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development to obtain the names and addresses of subsidized senior housing properties regulated by or on record at the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(4) The Department of Human Services shall provide housing with services projects with information on resources available for tenants, including but not limited to:
(a) Information about the Aging and Disability Resource Connection.
(b) Information about hotlines for reporting abuse.
(5) The Department of Human Services may adopt rules implementing this section. [2017 c.219 §1]
Note: 443.378 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 443 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
