Participating employers who receive supplemental payments under the EWHP, EWDP, or UWHP must use the supplemental payments as outlined in this rule and as further detailed in the MOU entered into with the Authority.
- (1) Payments under Essential Workforce Health Care Program must be used to provide health care benefits to employees of the participating facilities through the Essential Workforce Health Care Fund (EWHF).
- (2) Participating employers use of the supplemental payments are subject to the requirements established by the Essential Workforce Health Care Fund (EWHF).
- (3) Payments under Essential Workforce Development Program (CareWorks) must be used to provide apprenticeships, on-the-job training, and other approved programs to employees of the participating facilities through an Eligible Labor Management Training Trust.
- (4) Qualified nursing facility’s use of the supplemental payments are subject to the requirements established by an Eligible Labor Management Training Trust.
- (5) Payments under United We Heal Supplemental Payment Program must be used to provide recruitment, retention and development opportunities such as increases in wages, better health care benefits, and improved workplace safety standards; pre-apprenticeships, apprenticeships, and on-the-job training; and other approved programs to employees of the participating providers through an Eligible Labor Management Training Trust.
- (6) Eligible Behavioral Health Care Providers use of the supplemental payments is subject to the requirements established by an Eligible Labor Management Training Trust.
Statutory/Other Authority
ORS 410.070 & 413.042
Statutes/Other Implemented
ORS 410.070, 414.033, OL 2021 ch. 595, HB 2024 (2025), HB 4002 (2024), HB 3396 (2023) & SB 800 (2021)
History
DMAP 83-2025, amend filed 11/24/2025, effective 12/01/2025
DMAP 41-2025, amend filed 04/29/2025, effective 05/01/2025
DMAP 33-2025, amend filed 03/21/2025, effective 03/23/2025
DMAP 123-2024, temporary amend filed 09/25/2024, effective 09/25/2024 through 03/23/2025
DMAP 52-2023, adopt filed 06/30/2023, effective 06/30/2023