(a) "Children and adolescents" means individuals 20 years old and younger.
(b) "Coordinated care organization" has the meaning given that term in ORS 414.025.
(c) "Insurer" means an insurer, as defined in ORS 731.106, that has a certificate of insurance to transact health insurance in this state, other than disability insurance.
(d) "Intensive behavioral health treatment provider" means any provider licensed in this state to provide intensive psychiatric treatment, acute inpatient treatment or residential substance use disorder treatment of children and adolescents.
(2) Intensive behavioral health treatment providers, coordinated care organizations and insurers shall collect and provide data to the Oregon Health Authority, or to a third party vendor that contracts with the authority, in the manner prescribed by the authority on the demand for and capacity to provide treatment of children and adolescents presenting with high acuity behavioral health needs. Intensive behavioral health treatment providers shall submit:
(a) Data on bed capacity;
(b) Referrals received, by provider; and
(c) Other information prescribed by the authority.
(3) The authority may provide funding to intensive behavioral health treatment providers to collect and provide the data described in subsection (2) of this section.
(4) The authority shall use the data described in subsection (2) of this section to:
(a) Monitor and track the capacity of intensive behavioral health treatment providers to provide treatment of children and adolescents presenting with high acuity behavioral health needs;
(b) Identify gaps in data that prevent the tracking of intensive behavioral health service capacity and develop a plan for addressing the gaps that includes providing assistance to providers and modifying required data elements that must be reported;
(c) Develop benchmarks and performance measures for intensive behavioral health treatment capacity; and
(d) Conduct research and evaluation of the children’s and adolescents’ continuum of care.
(5) The authority shall share data and coordinate processes with the Department of Human Services to populate the Children’s System Data Dashboard described in ORS 418.981.
(6) The authority shall adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this section, including rules establishing:
(a) Parameters and specifications for data collection;
(b) Processes for intensive behavioral health treatment providers to submit data for the establishment of a centralized, real-time provider directory, bed registry and access portal;
(c) Requirements for the frequency of data submissions;
(d) Requirements for coordinated care organizations and insurers to collect and report, for members and insureds treated by intensive behavioral health treatment providers, data not submitted by providers under this section;
(e) A process for monitoring and documenting the need for high acuity behavioral health services for children and adolescents;
(f) The authority’s responsibilities for reporting data back to providers; and
(g) Measures to ensure compliance with data collection standards established under section 40, chapter 12, Oregon Laws 2020 (first special session).
(7) The authority shall contract with an Oregon-based nonprofit organization with the expertise to operate a call center dedicated to tracking and providing information about available placement settings for children and adolescents needing high acuity behavioral health services.
(8) The call center shall also be responsible for:
(a) Implementing processes for service providers to submit data that can be used to assess and monitor, on a daily basis, statewide capacity to provide high acuity behavioral health services to children and adolescents;
(b) Recording the time from the first contact with the call center to the location of an appropriate placement; and
(c) Documenting the need for high acuity behavioral health services for children and adolescents. [2017 c.695 §1; 2021 c.667 §13]
Note: 430.717 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 430 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
Note: Section 14, chapter 667, Oregon Laws 2021, provides:
Sec. 14. (1) No later than December 1, 2022, the Oregon Health Authority shall report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health, in the manner provided in ORS 192.245, and to the Governor recommendations to address:
(a) The demand and the capacity for intensive behavioral health treatment for children and adolescents.
(b) Barriers to data collection and provider compliance with ORS 430.717 (2).
(2) The report shall include:
(a) Recommendations for overcoming barriers to data collection; and
(b) A plan for expanding the referral data collection requirements to providers in the broader children’s continuum of care, including community behavioral health services for children and adolescents with lower-acuity needs, and to adult intensive behavioral health treatment providers. [2021 c.667 §14]