The following definitions apply to Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR) 309-009-0000 to 309-009-0060:

1. (1) “Access facility” means an outpatient setting owned and operated by a CCBHC and subject to approval by the Authority that provides low barrier services that facilitate engagement and access to care within the scope of CCBHC. Access facilities offer unscheduled, voluntary services.
2. (2) “Applicant” means any provider with an existing certificate listed in OAR 309-008-0100(2) to provide behavioral health treatment services or any person, organizational provider, tribal organization, or Community Mental Health Program seeking initial certification listed in OAR 309-008-0100(2) by submitting an application to provide behavioral health treatment services.
3. (3) “Authority” means the Oregon Health Authority.
4. (4) “Certification” means the process which the Authority uses to determine if an applicant has met the criteria in OAR chapter 309 division 009 and in the document titled “Oregon Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Program Requirements Manual - Version 1” found on the Oregon CCBHC website.”
5. (5) “Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic” means an organizational provider that the Authority has affirmed substantially meets the federal and Oregon CCBHC standards as outlined in “Oregon Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Program Requirements Manual- Version 1” and these rules, OAR chapter 309 division 009.
6. (6) “Designated Collaborating Organization (DCO)” means an entity that is not under the direct supervision of the CCBHC but is engaged in formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to deliver one or more of the required services.
7. (7) “Full application” means the formal application provided by the Authority to verify provider organizations meet all of the requirements to be a CCHBC.
8. (8) “Organizational provider” means an organization that provides mental health treatment or chemical dependency treatment and is not a coordinated care organization.
9. (9) Oregon CCBHC website” means http://www.oregon.gov/oha/HPA/CSI-BHP/Pages/Community-BH-Clinics.aspx.
10. (10) “Preliminary application” means a limited review of prerequisites to meet CCBHC certification requirements intended to determine if an organizational provider is ready to apply for CCBHC certification.
11. (11) “Qualified Satellite facility” means a facility that was established by the CCBHC, operates under the governance and financial control of that CCBHC, and provides the following services: crisis services, except mobile crisis; screening, diagnosis, and risk assessment; service planning; and outpatient mental health and substance use services.
12. (12) “Service area” means the county in which applicant’s or CCBHC’s main organizational provider site is located.
13. (13) “Site Improvement Plan (SIP)” means a written plan using the provided template on the CCBHC website addressing deficiencies to CCBHC requirements.
14. (14) “Verification” means the process that the Authority shall conduct to ensure that an organizational provider has submitted accurate information to the Authority for purposes of CCBHC certification.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 413.042 & HB 4002 (2024)

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 413.042

History

BHS 22-2025, amend filed 09/30/2025, effective 10/01/2025
OHP 10-2018, renumbered from 409-062-0010, filed 08/01/2018, effective 08/01/2018
OHP 14-2016, f. & cert. ef. 9-26-16
OHP 7-2016(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 4-22-16 thru 10-18-16