Oregon § 427.170 Department of Human Services to contract with organizations to provide enhanced supports to employers of personal support workers; contract requirements

Oregon Statutes

§ 427.170 — Department of Human Services to contract with organizations to provide enhanced supports to employers of personal support workers; contract requirements

Oregon § 427.170

Vol.11

Title 35Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities; Substance Use Disorder Treatment

Ch. 427Persons With Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities

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Or. Rev. Stat. § 427.170 (2026).

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(1)As used in this section:

(a)“Enhanced supports to employers of personal support workers” means support given to an individual in self-directing the individual’s services or in managing personal support workers who are providing in-home services and supports to the individual, using a person-centered approach to ensure that the individual is at the center of the decision-making process regarding what services are needed, including by providing:

(A)Training, coaching and other forms of support to the individual on:

(i)Self-direction; and

(ii)The roles and responsibilities of the individual and the personal support worker;

(B)Training, coaching and other forms of support to the individual in the overall management of personal support workers providing personal support services to the

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(1) As used in this section:
(a) “Enhanced supports to employers of personal support workers” means support given to an individual in self-directing the individual’s services or in managing personal support workers who are providing in-home services and supports to the individual, using a person-centered approach to ensure that the individual is at the center of the decision-making process regarding what services are needed, including by providing:
(A) Training, coaching and other forms of support to the individual on:
(i) Self-direction; and
(ii) The roles and responsibilities of the individual and the personal support worker;
(B) Training, coaching and other forms of support to the individual in the overall management of personal support workers providing personal support services to the individual, including in the recruitment, hiring, scheduling and training of personal support workers, performance assessments of personal support workers and dismissal of personal support workers; and
(C) Other administrative and employment-related supports.
(b) “Individual” means a child or adult with an intellectual or developmental disability, or the representative of the child or adult, who receives in-home services and supports through the Department of Human Services.
(2) The department shall contract with one or more organizations to provide enhanced supports to employers of personal support workers.
(3) An organization contracting with the department under subsection (2) of this section shall be expected, at a minimum, to:
(a) Maximize an individual’s self-direction and autonomy by supporting the individual to direct the individual’s personal support workers and manage the day-to-day services of the individual’s personal support workers;
(b) Have 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) Have the ability to meet the state’s interest in preventing or mitigating disruptions to individuals’ in-home services and supports.
(4) The department may not contract with an organization under subsection (2) of this section to provide enhanced supports to employers of personal support workers if the owner or an executive officer of the organization has been convicted of Medicaid fraud in any state within the 25-year period prior to entering into the contract.