ORS 410.600
Definitions for ORS 410.595 to 410.625


As used in ORS 410.595 (Legislative intent and findings) to 410.625 (Authority of commission):

(1)

“Activities of community inclusion” includes but is not limited to volunteer activities, employment, development of community life skills and participation in social and recreational community events.

(2)

“Activities of daily living” includes but is not limited to the following:

(a)

Bathing and personal hygiene;

(b)

Dressing and grooming;

(c)

Eating;

(d)

Mobility;

(e)

Bowel and bladder management; and

(f)

Cognition.

(3)

“Adult support services” means individually determined services, activities and purchases, whether those services, activities and purchases are necessary for an individual to live in the individual’s own home or the individual’s family’s home or to fully participate in community life or work, that:

(a)

Complement existing services, activities or purchases available to the individual;

(b)

Are designed, selected and managed by the individual or the individual’s legal representative;

(c)

Are provided in accordance with an individualized plan; and

(d)

Allow individuals to choose and have control over services and life goals.

(4)

“Area agency” has the meaning given that term in ORS 410.040 (Definitions for ORS 410.040 to 410.300, 410.320 and 410.619).

(5)

“Commission” means the Home Care Commission established and operated pursuant to section 11, Article XV of the Oregon Constitution, and ORS 410.595 (Legislative intent and findings) to 410.625 (Authority of commission).

(6)

“Elderly person” has the meaning given that term in ORS 410.040 (Definitions for ORS 410.040 to 410.300, 410.320 and 410.619).

(7)

“Home care registry” means the registry described in ORS 410.604 (Duties of commission) (1)(e).

(8)

“Home care services” means assistance with activities of daily living, activities of community inclusion and self-management provided by a home care worker or personal support worker for an elderly person or a person with a disability.

(9)

“Home care worker” means a person:

(a)

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(A)

Who is hired or selected by an elderly person or a person with a physical disability or by a parent or guardian of an elderly person or a person with a physical disability;

(B)

Who receives moneys from the Department of Human Services for the purpose of providing care to the elderly person or the person with a physical disability;

(C)

Whose compensation is funded in whole or in part by the department, an area agency or other public agency; and

(D)

Who provides either hourly or live-in home care services; or

(b)

Who provides home care services to private payers through the program described in ORS 410.605 (Private pay home care worker program).

(10)

“Payment rates” means the cost to a private payer to purchase home care services through the program described in ORS 410.605 (Private pay home care worker program).

(11)

“Person with a disability” means a person with a physical disability, developmental disability or mental illness.

(12)

“Personal support worker” means a person:

(a)

Who is hired or selected by a person with a developmental disability or mental illness or a parent or guardian of a person with a developmental disability or mental illness;

(b)

Who receives moneys from the department for the purpose of providing care to the person with a developmental disability or mental illness;

(c)

Whose compensation is provided in whole or in part through the department, a support services brokerage or other public agency; and

(d)

Who provides home care services in the home or community.

(13)

“Private pay home care worker” means a home care worker who provides home care services purchased from the commission by a private payer through the program described in ORS 410.605 (Private pay home care worker program).

(14)

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(a)

“Private payer” means an individual who purchases from the commission home care services that are not otherwise covered by the medical assistance program.

(b)

“Private payer” does not include the Home Care Commission, the Department of Human Services, the Oregon Health Authority, an area agency or a support services brokerage.

(15)

“Self-management” includes but is not limited to the following activities, other than activities of daily living, required by an individual to continue living independently in the individual’s own home:

(a)

Medication and oxygen management;

(b)

Transportation;

(c)

Meal preparation;

(d)

Shopping; and

(e)

Client-focused general household work.

(16)

“Support services brokerage” means an entity that performs the functions associated with the planning and implementation of adult support services, including the provision of services and the arrangement of activities and purchases, for the purpose of maximizing individual choice and self-determination for persons with developmental disabilities or mental illnesses. [2001 c.901 §1; 2003 c.14 §177; 2007 c.70 §178; 2010 c.100 §6; 2014 c.116 §5; 2018 c.75 §4]

Source: Section 410.600 — Definitions for ORS 410.595 to 410.625, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors410.­html.

410.010
State policy for seniors and people with disabilities
410.020
Implementation of state policy
410.030
Legislative findings on long term care options
410.040
Definitions for ORS 410.040 to 410.300, 410.320 and 410.619
410.050
General policy
410.060
Policy for persons with disabilities served by department
410.065
Comprehensive plan for long term care system
410.070
Duties of Department of Human Services
410.072
Determination of annual budget levels for type B area agencies
410.074
Consultation with representatives of type B area agencies on rules establishing methodology
410.075
Authority of department and Oregon Health Authority to hold title to property
410.080
Department as single state agency for specified federal programs
410.090
Department to implement supportive social services for persons age 60 and older
410.100
When department to administer area agency programs
410.120
Senior and Disabled Services Account
410.140
Records
410.150
Use of files
410.160
Limitation on estate claims
410.180
Long term care reimbursement audit manual
410.190
Representation of entities in contested case proceedings before department
410.210
Area agency advisory councils
410.220
Use of state and local resources
410.230
Expenditure of local funds not required
410.240
Operation of type A agencies
410.250
Duties of type A agencies
410.270
Operation of type B agencies
410.280
Duties of type B agencies
410.290
Conditions for designation as type B agency
410.295
Authority of type B agency to regulate adult foster homes
410.300
Transfer of state employees to type B agency
410.320
Governor’s Commission on Senior Services
410.330
Legislator members
410.340
Appointments to fill vacancies
410.410
Definitions for ORS 410.410 to 410.480
410.420
Use of funds for specified services
410.422
Oregon Project Independence Fund
410.425
Separate accounts for persons age 60 and over and for persons with Alzheimer’s disease or related disorders
410.430
Eligibility for authorized services
410.435
Expansion of Oregon Project Independence
410.440
Priorities for services
410.450
Determinations of eligibility
410.460
Computation of allowable costs
410.470
Fees
410.480
Required record keeping
410.485
Legislative findings
410.490
Duties of department
410.495
Registry for adult day care programs in state
410.505
Definitions for ORS 410.505 to 410.545
410.510
Establishment of procedure for assessment
410.515
Notice of availability of admission assessment services
410.520
When assessment to occur
410.525
Disclosure of fees
410.530
Department authority
410.535
Rules
410.540
Compliance as condition for licensure
410.545
Implementation of ORS 410.505 to 410.545 requires federal funding
410.550
Medicaid Long Term Care Quality and Reimbursement Advisory Council
410.555
Submission of changes to Medicaid reimbursement system to council
410.595
Legislative intent and findings
410.596
Statewide plan to expand access to skilled home care and personal support workforce
410.598
Training and testing for home care workers and personal support workers
410.600
Definitions for ORS 410.595 to 410.625
410.602
Home Care Commission
410.603
Developmental Disabilities and Mental Health Committee
410.604
Duties of commission
410.605
Private pay home care worker program
410.606
Referral of qualified individuals on home care registry
410.607
Home care and personal support worker classifications and payment rates
410.608
Selection of home care or personal support worker
410.612
Collective bargaining
410.614
Rights of home care and personal support workers
410.619
Home care and personal support workers not state employees
410.625
Authority of commission
410.631
Noncompetition agreements voidable by home care worker and personal support worker
410.632
Certain covenants between employer and home care worker or personal support worker voidable by worker
410.710
State policy on persons with disabilities
410.715
Person suffering brain injury to be considered person with disability
410.720
Mental health and addiction services for senior citizens and persons with disabilities
410.730
Self-Sufficiency Trust Fund
410.732
Disabilities Trust Fund
410.740
Oregon Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Services Program
410.851
Policy on patient-based reimbursement system for long term care facilities
410.890
Civil penalty
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