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HB 3250- Grants for Community Collaboratives

Note: This is one of the bills relevant to the safety net which are being compiled into one bill: HB3097

Summary:

Authorizes Director of Human Services, in consultation with Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services, to provide grants of up to $500,000 to nonprofit organizations to improve access to health care by low-income persons.

Creates Community Health Care Collaborative Fund.

Continuously appropriates moneys from fund to Department of Human Services to provide grants.

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SECTION 1:
The Community Health Care Collaborative Grant Program is established to further the efforts of community-based organizations to increase access to appropriate, affordable health care for Oregon residents, particularly employed low-income persons who are uninsured and underinsured, through local programs addressing one or more of the following:
1:
(a) Access to medical treatment.
(b) The efficient use of health care resources.
© Quality of care.

2: Grants of up to $500,000 per organization shall be awarded.
3: The Department of Human Services shall provide administrative support for the program.

SECTION 2:
Eligibility for grants shall be limited to nonprofit organizations established to serve a defined geographic region and having a formal collaborative governance structure and decision-making process for improving access.

SECTION 3:
1: Grants under sections 1 to 5 of this 2007 Act shall be awarded on a competitive basis based on a determination of which applicant organization will best serve the purposes of the grant program.

SECTION 4:
One-half the total amount of any award under sections 1 to 5 of this 2007 Act shall be disbursed to an organization upon its selection as a grant recipient. The remaining half shall be disbursed one year later and only upon receipt by the Director of Human services of a progress report from the organization and a determination by the director, in consultation with the Department of Consumer and Business Services, that the organization is satisfactorily serving the purposes of the grant program and meeting the objectives identified in its application regarding:
(1) Access to medical treatment;
(2) The efficient use of health care resources; or
(3) Quality of care.

SECTION 5:
By January 1, 2009, the Director of Human Services shall provide the Governor and the Legislative Assembly with an evaluation of the Community Health Care Collaborative Grant Program.

SECTION 6:
The Director of Human Services may adopt rules to implement sections 1 to 5 of this 2007 Act.

SECTION 7:
The Community Health Care Collaborative Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Community Health Care Collaborative Fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Department of Human Services for the purpose of providing grants under sections 1 to 5 of this 2007 Act.

SECTION 8:
This 2007 Act is repealed on June 30, 2