2025 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services
Chapter 414 - Medical Assistance
Section 414.577 - Community health assessment and adoption of community health improvement plan; rules.

(a) "Local mental health authority" has the meaning given that term in ORS 430.630.

(b) "Local planning committee" has the meaning given that term in ORS 430.306.

(2) A coordinated care organization shall collaborate with local public health authorities, community mental health programs, local planning committees and hospitals located in areas served by the coordinated care organization to conduct a community health assessment and adopt a community health improvement plan, shared with and endorsed by the coordinated care organization, local public health authorities, community mental health programs, local planning committees and hospitals, to serve as a strategic population health and health care services plan for the residents of the areas served by the coordinated care organization, local public health authorities, community mental health programs, local planning committees and hospitals. The community health improvement plan must include strategies for achieving shared priorities.

(3)(a) Local public health authorities, community mental health programs and coordinated care organizations shall include in the community health improvement plan any behavioral health plans required by law or by the Oregon Health Authority, including:

(A) Comprehensive local plans adopted by local mental health authorities under ORS 430.630 (9); and

(B) Comprehensive behavioral health plans developed by coordinated care organizations.

(b) The inclusion in the community health improvement plan of the behavioral health plans described in paragraph (a) of this subsection does not change the party that is responsible for developing or implementing a behavioral health plan described in paragraph (a) of this subsection.

(4) The coordinated care organization shall post the community health improvement plan to the coordinated care organization’s website.

(5) The authority shall prescribe by rule requirements for community health improvement plans and provide guidance for aligning:

(a) The timelines for the development of the community health assessments and community health improvement plans by coordinated care organizations, local public health authorities, community mental health programs, local planning committees and hospitals; and

(b) The requirements of this section with other planning or reporting requirements that coordinated care organizations are subject to, including planning or reporting requirements regarding:

(A) Health inequities;

(B) Social determinants of health;

(C) Health technology;

(D) Payment models;

(E) Oral health integration;

(F) Language access; and

(G) Traditional health worker integration and utilization. [2019 c.529 §1; 2025 c.478 §2]