ORS 414.578
Community health improvement plan


(1)

A community health improvement plan adopted by a coordinated care organization and its community advisory council in accordance with ORS 414.577 (Community health assessment and adoption of community health improvement plan) shall include a component for addressing the health of children and youth in the areas served by the coordinated care organization including, to the extent practicable, a strategy and a plan for:

(a)

Working with programs developed by the Early Learning Council, Early Learning Hubs, the Youth Development Council and the school health providers in the region; and

(b)

Coordinating the effective and efficient delivery of health care to children and adolescents in the community.

(2)

A community health improvement plan must be based on research, including research into adverse childhood experiences, and must identify funding sources and additional funding necessary to address the health needs of children and adolescents in the community and to meet the goals of the plan. The plan must also:

(a)

Evaluate the adequacy of the existing school-based health resources including school-based health centers and school nurses to meet the specific pediatric and adolescent health care needs in the community;

(b)

Make recommendations to improve the school-based health center and school nurse system, including the addition or improvement of electronic medical records and billing systems;

(c)

Take into consideration whether integration of school-based health centers with the larger health system or system of community clinics would further advance the goals of the plan;

(d)

Improve the integration of all services provided to meet the needs of children, adolescents and families;

(e)

Focus on primary care, behavioral health and oral health; and

(f)

Address promotion of health and prevention and early intervention in the treatment of children and adolescents.

(3)

A coordinated care organization shall involve in the development of its community health improvement plan, school-based health centers, school nurses, school mental health providers and individuals representing:

(a)

Programs developed by the Early Learning Council and Early Learning Hubs;

(b)

Programs developed by the Youth Development Council in the region;

(c)

The Healthy Start Family Support Services program in the region;

(d)

The Cover All People program and other medical assistance programs;

(e)

Relief nurseries in the region;

(f)

Community health centers;

(g)

Oral health care providers;

(h)

Community mental health providers;

(i)

Administrators of county health department programs that offer preventive health services to children;

(j)

Hospitals in the region; and

(k)

Other appropriate child and adolescent health program administrators.

(4)

The Oregon Health Authority may provide incentive grants to coordinated care organizations for the purpose of contracting with individuals or organizations to help coordinate integration strategies identified in the community health improvement plan adopted by the community advisory council. The authority may also provide funds to coordinated care organizations to improve systems of services that will promote the implementation of the plan.

(5)

Each coordinated care organization shall report to the authority, in the form and manner prescribed by the authority, on the progress of the integration strategies and implementation of the plan for working with the programs developed by the Early Learning Council, Early Learning Hubs, the Youth Development Council and school health care providers in the region, as part of the development and implementation of the community health improvement plan. The authority shall compile the information biennially and report the information to the Legislative Assembly by December 31 of each even-numbered year. [Formerly 414.629; 2021 c.554 §5]
Note: The amendments to 414.578 (Community health improvement plan) by section 5, chapter 554, Oregon Laws 2021, become operative July 1, 2022. See section 9, chapter 554, Oregon Laws 2021. The text that is operative until July 1, 2022, is set forth for the user’s convenience.
414.578 (Community health improvement plan). (1) A community health improvement plan adopted by a coordinated care organization and its community advisory council in accordance with ORS 414.577 (Community health assessment and adoption of community health improvement plan) shall include a component for addressing the health of children and youth in the areas served by the coordinated care organization including, to the extent practicable, a strategy and a plan for:

(a)

Working with programs developed by the Early Learning Council, Early Learning Hubs, the Youth Development Council and the school health providers in the region; and

(b)

Coordinating the effective and efficient delivery of health care to children and adolescents in the community.

(2)

A community health improvement plan must be based on research, including research into adverse childhood experiences, and must identify funding sources and additional funding necessary to address the health needs of children and adolescents in the community and to meet the goals of the plan. The plan must also:

(a)

Evaluate the adequacy of the existing school-based health resources including school-based health centers and school nurses to meet the specific pediatric and adolescent health care needs in the community;

(b)

Make recommendations to improve the school-based health center and school nurse system, including the addition or improvement of electronic medical records and billing systems;

(c)

Take into consideration whether integration of school-based health centers with the larger health system or system of community clinics would further advance the goals of the plan;

(d)

Improve the integration of all services provided to meet the needs of children, adolescents and families;

(e)

Focus on primary care, behavioral health and oral health; and

(f)

Address promotion of health and prevention and early intervention in the treatment of children and adolescents.

(3)

A coordinated care organization shall involve in the development of its community health improvement plan, school-based health centers, school nurses, school mental health providers and individuals representing:

(a)

Programs developed by the Early Learning Council and Early Learning Hubs;

(b)

Programs developed by the Youth Development Council in the region;

(c)

The Healthy Start Family Support Services program in the region;

(d)

The Health Care for All Oregon Children program and other medical assistance programs;

(e)

Relief nurseries in the region;

(f)

Community health centers;

(g)

Oral health care providers;

(h)

Community mental health providers;

(i)

Administrators of county health department programs that offer preventive health services to children;

(j)

Hospitals in the region; and

(k)

Other appropriate child and adolescent health program administrators.

(4)

The Oregon Health Authority may provide incentive grants to coordinated care organizations for the purpose of contracting with individuals or organizations to help coordinate integration strategies identified in the community health improvement plan adopted by the community advisory council. The authority may also provide funds to coordinated care organizations to improve systems of services that will promote the implementation of the plan.

(5)

Each coordinated care organization shall report to the authority, in the form and manner prescribed by the authority, on the progress of the integration strategies and implementation of the plan for working with the programs developed by the Early Learning Council, Early Learning Hubs, the Youth Development Council and school health care providers in the region, as part of the development and implementation of the community health improvement plan. The authority shall compile the information biennially and report the information to the Legislative Assembly by December 31 of each even-numbered year.
Note: 414.578 (Community health improvement plan) was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 414 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
Note: Sections 1 and 2, chapter 467, Oregon Laws 2021, provide:
Sec. 1. Section 2 of this 2021 Act is added to and made a part of ORS chapter 414. [2021 c.467 §1]
Sec. 2. (1) As used in this section, “health equity” has the meaning prescribed by the Oregon Health Policy Board and adopted by the Oregon Health Authority by rule.

(2)

The authority shall seek approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to:

(a)

Require a coordinated care organization to spend up to three percent of its global budget on investments:

(A)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.
(i)
In programs or services that improve health equity by addressing the preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury or violence or in opportunities to achieve optimal health that are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations;
(ii)
In community-based programs addressing the social determinants of health;
(iii)
In efforts to diversify care locations; or
(iv)
In programs or services that improve the overall health of the community; or

(B)

That enhance payments to:
(i)
Providers who address the need for culturally and linguistically appropriate services in their communities;
(ii)
Providers who can demonstrate that increased funding will improve health services provided to the community as a whole; or
(iii)
Support staff based in the community that aid all underserved populations, including but not limited to peer-to-peer support staff with cultural backgrounds, health system navigators in nonmedical settings and public guardians.

(b)

Require a coordinated care organization to spend at least 30 percent of the funds described in paragraph (a) of this subsection on programs or efforts to achieve health equity for racial, cultural or traditionally underserved populations in the communities served by the coordinated care organization.

(c)

Require a coordinated care organization to spend at least 20 percent of the funds described in paragraph (a) of this subsection on efforts to:

(A)

Improve the behavioral health of members;

(B)

Improve the behavioral health care delivery system in the community served by the coordinated care organization;

(C)

Create a culturally and linguistically competent health care workforce; or

(D)

Improve the behavioral health of the community as a whole.

(3)

Expenditures described in subsection (2) of this section are in addition to the expenditures required by ORS 414.572 (Coordinated care organizations) (1)(b)(C) and must:

(a)

Be part of a plan developed in collaboration with or directed by members of organizations or organizations that serve local priority populations that are underserved in communities served by the coordinated care organization, including but not limited to regional health equity coalitions, and be approved by the coordinated care organization’s community advisory council;

(b)

Demonstrate, through practice-based or community-based evidence, improved health outcomes for individual members of the coordinated care organization or the overall community served by the coordinated care organization;

(c)

Be expended from a coordinated care organization’s global budget with the least amount of state funding; and

(d)

Be counted as medical expenses by the authority in a coordinated care organization’s base medical budget when calculating the coordinated care organization’s global budget and flexible spending requirements for a given year.

(4)

Expenditures by a coordinated care organization in working with one or more of the nine federally recognized tribes in this state or urban Indian health programs to achieve health equity may qualify as expenditures under subsection (2) of this section.

(5)

The authority shall:

(a)

Make publicly available the outcomes described in subsection (3)(b) of this section; and

(b)

Report expenditures under subsection (2) of this section to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

(6)

Upon receipt of approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to carry out the provisions of this section, the authority shall adopt rules in accordance with the terms of the approval. [2021 c.467 §2]
Note: The amendments to section 2, chapter 467, Oregon Laws 2021, by section 3, chapter 467, Oregon Laws 2021, become operative upon receipt of approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to carry out section 2, chapter 467, Oregon Laws 2021. See section 4, chapter 467, Oregon Laws 2021. The text that is operative on and after the approval is set forth for the user’s convenience.
Sec. 2. (1) As used in this section, “health equity” has the meaning prescribed by the Oregon Health Policy Board and adopted by the Oregon Health Authority by rule.

(2)

The authority shall:

(a)

Require a coordinated care organization to spend no less than three percent of its global budget on investments:

(A)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.
(i)
In programs or services that improve health equity by addressing the preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury or violence or in opportunities to achieve optimal health that are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations;
(ii)
In community-based programs addressing the social determinants of health;
(iii)
In efforts to diversify care locations; or
(iv)
In programs or services that improve the overall health of the community; or

(B)

That enhance payments to:
(i)
Providers who address the need for culturally and linguistically appropriate services in their communities;
(ii)
Providers who can demonstrate that increased funding will improve health services provided to the community as a whole; or
(iii)
Support staff based in the community that aid all underserved populations, including but not limited to peer-to-peer support staff with cultural backgrounds, health system navigators in nonmedical settings and public guardians.

(b)

Require a coordinated care organization to spend at least 30 percent of the funds described in paragraph (a) of this subsection on programs or efforts to achieve health equity for racial, cultural or traditionally underserved populations in the communities served by the coordinated care organization.

(c)

Require a coordinated care organization to spend at least 20 percent of the funds described in paragraph (a) of this subsection on efforts to:

(A)

Improve the behavioral health of members;

(B)

Improve the behavioral health care delivery system in the community served by the coordinated care organization;

(C)

Create a culturally and linguistically competent health care workforce; or

(D)

Improve the behavioral health of the community as a whole.

(3)

Expenditures described in subsection (2) of this section are in addition to the expenditures required by ORS 414.572 (Coordinated care organizations) (1)(b)(C) and must:

(a)

Be part of a plan developed in collaboration with or directed by members of organizations or organizations that serve local priority populations that are underserved in communities served by the coordinated care organization, including but not limited to regional health equity coalitions, and be approved by the coordinated care organization’s community advisory council;

(b)

Demonstrate, through practice-based or community-based evidence, improved health outcomes for individual members of the coordinated care organization or the overall community served by the coordinated care organization;

(c)

Be expended from a coordinated care organization’s global budget with the least amount of state funding; and

(d)

Be counted as medical expenses by the authority in a coordinated care organization’s base medical budget when calculating the coordinated care organization’s global budget and flexible spending requirements for a given year.

(4)

Expenditures by a coordinated care organization in working with one or more of the nine federally recognized tribes in this state or urban Indian health programs to achieve health equity may qualify as expenditures under subsection (2) of this section.

(5)

The authority shall:

(a)

Make publicly available the outcomes described in subsection (3)(b) of this section; and

(b)

Report expenditures under subsection (2) of this section to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

(6)

The authority shall convene an oversight committee in consultation with the office within the authority that is charged with ensuring equity and inclusion. The oversight committee shall be composed of members who represent the regional and demographic diversity of this state based on statistical evidence compiled by the authority about medical assistance recipients and at least one representative from the nine federally recognized tribes in this state or urban Indian health programs. The oversight committee shall:

(a)

Evaluate the impact of expenditures described in subsection (2) of this section on promoting health equity and improving the social determinants of health in the communities served by each coordinated care organization;

(b)

Recommend best practices and criteria for investments described in subsection (2) of this section; and

(c)

Resolve any disputes between the authority and a coordinated care organization over what qualifies as an expenditure under subsection (2) of this section.

Source: Section 414.578 — Community health improvement plan, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors414.­html.

414.018
Legislative intent
414.025
Definitions for ORS chapters 411, 413 and 414
414.033
Expenditures for medical assistance authorized
414.034
Acceptance of federal billing, reimbursement and reporting forms
414.041
Simplified application process
414.044
Notice to Department of Veterans’ Affairs of information regarding applications for health care coverage by uniformed service members and veterans
414.065
Determination of health care and services covered
414.066
Billing patient for services covered by medical assistance prohibited
414.067
Coordinated care organization assumption of costs
414.071
Timely payment for dental services
414.072
Prior authorization data and reports
414.075
Payment of deductibles imposed under federal law
414.095
Exemptions applicable to payments
414.109
Oregon Health Plan Fund
414.115
Medical assistance by insurance or service contracts
414.117
Premium assistance for health insurance coverage
414.125
Rates on insurance or service contracts
414.135
Contracts relating to direct providers of care and services
414.145
Implementation of ORS 414.115, 414.125 or 414.135
414.150
Purpose of ORS 414.150 to 414.153
414.152
Duty of state agencies to work with local health departments
414.153
Services provided by local health departments
414.211
Medicaid Advisory Committee
414.221
Duties of committee
414.225
Oregon Health Authority to consult with committee
414.227
Application of public meetings law to advisory committees
414.231
Eligibility for Cover All People program
414.312
Oregon Prescription Drug Program
414.314
Application and participation in Oregon Prescription Drug Program
414.318
Prescription Drug Purchasing Fund
414.320
Rules
414.325
Prescription drugs
414.326
Supplemental rebates from pharmaceutical manufacturers
414.327
Electronically transmitted prescriptions
414.328
Synchronization of prescription drug refills
414.329
Prescription drug benefits for certain persons who are eligible for Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage
414.330
Legislative findings on prescription drugs
414.332
Policy for Practitioner-Managed Prescription Drug Plan
414.334
Practitioner-Managed Prescription Drug Plan for medical assistance program
414.337
Limitation on rules regarding Practitioner-Managed Prescription Drug Plan
414.351
Definitions for ORS 414.351 to 414.414
414.353
Committee established
414.354
Meetings
414.356
Executive session
414.359
Mental Health Clinical Advisory Group
414.361
Committee to advise and make recommendations on drug utilization review standards and interventions
414.364
Intervention approaches
414.369
Prospective drug use review program
414.371
Retrospective drug use review program
414.372
Pharmacy lock-in program
414.381
Annual reports
414.382
Requirements for annual report
414.414
Use and disclosure of confidential information
414.426
Payment of cost of medical care for institutionalized persons
414.428
Coverage for American Indian and Alaska Native beneficiaries
414.430
Access to dental care for pregnant women
414.432
Reproductive health services for noncitizens
414.500
Findings regarding medical assistance for persons with hemophilia
414.510
Definitions
414.520
Hemophilia services
414.530
When payments not made for hemophilia services
414.532
Definitions for ORS 414.534 to 414.538
414.534
Treatment for breast or cervical cancer
414.536
Presumptive eligibility for medical assistance for treatment of breast or cervical cancer
414.538
Prohibition on coverage limitations
414.540
Rules
414.550
Definitions for ORS 414.550 to 414.565
414.555
Findings regarding medical assistance for persons with cystic fibrosis
414.560
Cystic fibrosis services
414.565
When payments not made for cystic fibrosis services
414.570
System established
414.572
Coordinated care organizations
414.575
Community advisory councils
414.577
Community health assessment and adoption of community health improvement plan
414.578
Community health improvement plan
414.581
Tribal Advisory Council established
414.584
Meetings of coordinated care organization governing body to be open to public
414.590
Coordinated care organization contracts
414.591
Coordinated care organization contracts
414.592
Requirements for contracts between authority and providers
414.593
Reporting and public disclosure of expenditures by coordinated care organizations
414.595
External quality reviews of coordinated care organizations
414.598
Alternative payment methodologies
414.605
Consumer and provider protections
414.607
Use and disclosure of member information
414.609
Network adequacy
414.611
Transfer of 500 or more members of coordinated care organization
414.613
Discrimination based on scope of practice prohibited
414.619
Coordination between Oregon Health Authority and Department of Human Services
414.628
Innovator agents
414.631
Mandatory enrollment in coordinated care organization
414.632
Services to individuals who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid
414.638
Metrics and scoring subcommittee
414.654
Persons served by prepaid managed care health services organizations
414.655
Utilization of patient centered primary care homes and behavioral health homes by coordinated care organizations
414.665
Traditional health workers utilized by coordinated care organizations
414.667
Definition for ORS 414.667 to 414.669
414.668
Access to doula services
414.669
Payment for doula services
414.672
Tribal-based practices for mental health and substance abuse prevention, counseling and treatment
414.686
Health assessments for foster children
414.688
Commission established
414.689
Members
414.690
Prioritized list of health services
414.694
Commission review of covered reproductive health services
414.695
Medical technology assessment
414.698
Comparative effectiveness of medical technologies
414.701
Commission may not rely solely on comparative effectiveness research
414.704
Advisory committee
414.706
Persons eligible for medical assistance
414.709
Adjustment of population of eligible persons in event of insufficient resources prohibited
414.710
Services not subject to prioritized list
414.712
Health services for certain eligible persons
414.717
Palliative care program
414.719
Housing navigation services and social determinants of health
414.723
Telemedicine services
414.726
Requirement to use certified or qualified health care interpreters
414.728
Reimbursement of rural hospitals on fee-for-service basis
414.735
Reduction in scope of health services in event of insufficient resources
414.742
Payment for mental health drugs
414.743
Payment to noncontracting hospital by coordinated care organization
414.745
Liability of health care providers and plans
414.755
Payment for hospital services
414.756
Payments to Oregon Health and Science University
414.760
Payment for patient centered primary care home and behavioral health home services
414.762
Payment for child abuse assessment
414.764
Payment for services provided by pharmacy or pharmacist
414.766
Behavioral health treatment
414.767
Survey of medical assistance recipients regarding experience with behavioral health care and services
414.770
Participants in clinical trials
414.772
Limits on use of step therapy
414.780
Coordinated care organization reporting of data to assess compliance with mental health parity requirements
414.781
Fee-for-service reimbursement of co-occurring mental health and substance use disorder treatment services
414.782
Reimbursement to ensure access to addiction treatment statewide
414.805
Liability of individual for medical services received while in custody of law enforcement officer
414.807
Oregon Health Authority to pay for medical services related to law enforcement activity
414.815
Law Enforcement Medical Liability Account
414.853
Definitions
414.855
Hospital assessment
414.857
Reduction in rate required by federal law
414.863
Refund of hospital assessment
414.865
Audits
414.867
Deposit of assessments collected to Hospital Quality Assurance Fund
414.869
Establishment of Hospital Quality Assurance Fund
414.871
Applicability of hospital assessment
414.880
Managed care organization assessment
414.882
Refund of managed care organization assessment
414.884
Applicability of managed care organization assessment
414.900
Hospital assessment
414.902
Managed care organization assessment
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