(2) The committee shall provide information and make recommendations to the commission and to the Department of Human Services on:
(a) Methods of improving the quality of services available to persons with developmental disabilities or mental illnesses and the family members of persons with developmental disabilities or mental illnesses;
(b) Means of ensuring that an adequate amount of services are available to persons with developmental disabilities or mental illnesses and the family members of persons with developmental disabilities or mental illnesses; and
(c) All the duties and functions under ORS 410.595 to 410.625 as those duties and functions pertain to persons with developmental disabilities or mental illnesses and the family members of persons with developmental disabilities or mental illnesses, including but not limited to:
(A) Qualifications for personal support workers;
(B) Registration of personal support workers;
(C) Referrals for routine, emergency and respite care;
(D) Training opportunities for personal support workers including, but not limited to, the training described in ORS 410.598; and
(E) Collective bargaining.
(3) The commission and the department shall consider the recommendations of the committee. When the commission or the department does not follow the recommendations of the committee, the commission or the department shall inform the committee of the reasons for not following the recommendations.
(4) The commission shall appoint members to the committee. In appointing members to the committee, the commission shall include at least one:
(a) Consumer of services, activities or purchases available to persons with developmental disabilities;
(b) Consumer of services, activities or purchases available to persons with mental illnesses;
(c) Family member of a person with a developmental disability;
(d) Family member of a person with a mental illness;
(e) Advocate for persons with developmental disabilities or mental illnesses;
(f) Personal support worker;
(g) Representative from an agency that assists persons with developmental disabilities or mental illnesses in finding and arranging resources for home care services; and
(h) Representative from a support services brokerage that assists persons with developmental disabilities or mental illnesses in finding and arranging resources for home care services. [2010 c.100 §3; 2018 c.75 §5]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 11 - Juvenile Code, Human Services
Chapter 410 - Senior and Disability Services
Section 410.010 - State policy for seniors and people with disabilities.
Section 410.020 - Implementation of state policy.
Section 410.030 - Legislative findings on long term care options.
Section 410.040 - Definitions for ORS 410.040 to 410.300, 410.320 and 410.619.
Section 410.050 - General policy.
Section 410.060 - Policy for persons with disabilities served by department.
Section 410.065 - Comprehensive plan for long term care system.
Section 410.072 - Determination of annual budget levels for type B area agencies; rules.
Section 410.100 - When department to administer area agency programs.
Section 410.120 - Senior and Disabled Services Account.
Section 410.180 - Long term care reimbursement audit manual.
Section 410.190 - Representation of entities in contested case proceedings before department.
Section 410.210 - Area agency advisory councils; membership; duties.
Section 410.250 - Duties of type A agencies.
Section 410.270 - Operation of type B agencies.
Section 410.280 - Duties of type B agencies.
Section 410.290 - Conditions for designation as type B agency; plan of operation.
Section 410.295 - Authority of type B agency to regulate adult foster homes.
Section 410.300 - Transfer of state employees to type B agency; conditions.
Section 410.320 - Governor’s Commission on Senior Services.
Section 410.330 - Legislator members; expenses.
Section 410.410 - Definitions for ORS 410.410 to 410.480.
Section 410.420 - Use of funds for specified services.
Section 410.422 - Oregon Project Independence Fund.
Section 410.430 - Eligibility for authorized services.
Section 410.435 - Expansion of Oregon Project Independence; rules.
Section 410.440 - Priorities for services.
Section 410.450 - Determinations of eligibility; rules.
Section 410.470 - Fees; collection; records; use.
Section 410.480 - Required record keeping; audit.
Section 410.490 - Duties of department; rules.
Section 410.495 - Registry for adult day care programs in state; rules.
Section 410.505 - Definitions for ORS 410.505 to 410.545.
Section 410.520 - When assessment to occur; exceptions.
Section 410.525 - Disclosure of fees; waiver of assessment; additional assessment services.
Section 410.530 - Department authority; delegation; advisory committee; rules.
Section 410.595 - Legislative intent and findings.
Section 410.598 - Training and testing for home care workers and personal support workers; rules.
Section 410.600 - Definitions for ORS 410.595 to 410.625.
Section 410.602 - Home Care Commission; membership; rules.
Section 410.603 - Developmental Disabilities and Mental Health Committee.
Section 410.604 - Duties of commission; executive director.
Section 410.605 - Private pay home care worker program; rules.
Section 410.606 - Referral of qualified individuals on home care registry.
Section 410.607 - Home care and personal support worker classifications and payment rates.
Section 410.612 - Collective bargaining.
Section 410.614 - Rights of home care and personal support workers.
Section 410.619 - Home care and personal support workers not state employees; exception.
Section 410.625 - Authority of commission; budget.
Section 410.710 - State policy on persons with disabilities.
Section 410.730 - Self-Sufficiency Trust Fund; rules.
Section 410.732 - Disabilities Trust Fund; rules.
Section 410.740 - Oregon Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Services Program; advisory committee.
Section 410.851 - Policy on patient-based reimbursement system for long term care facilities; rules.