ORS 169.853 Oregon Jail-Based Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Grant Program; rules

The Oregon Jail-Based Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Grant Program is established in the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to provide opioid use disorder treatment and transition planning services to persons in custody in local correctional facilities and tribal correctional facilities.

The commission, in collaboration with the Oregon Health Authority, shall administer the grant program. At minimum, the commission and authority shall collaborate to provide grant recipients support with technical assistance and best practices.

The commission shall award grants to cities and counties in Oregon that operate a local correctional facility and to federally recognized tribes in Oregon that operate a tribal correctional facility.

At least 10 percent of total moneys awarded to grant recipients must be awarded to local correctional facilities in rural areas, as defined by the commission by rule, or tribal correctional facilities. If any amount of the 10 percent is not awarded during an initial application cycle, the remaining amount may be awarded to any otherwise eligible local correctional facility or tribal correctional facility under a supplemental application cycle.

The commission may enter a contract with a third party to provide statewide technical assistance to grant recipients.

The commission shall consider geographic equity when awarding grant funds.

Moneys awarded to grant recipients under this section may be used to:

Provide medication, telemedicine or any other reasonable treatment to persons in custody with an opioid use disorder.

Develop or operate mobile or nonmobile opioid treatment units.

Administer screenings for opioid use disorder or risk of acute withdrawal.

Facilitate transition planning services for persons in custody who seek or receive opioid use disorder treatment.

Undertake any other actions reasonably calculated to mitigate operational or structural barriers to providing opioid use disorder treatment in local correctional facilities or tribal correctional facilities, including but not limited to mitigating any lack of secure storage for medication.

The commission shall adopt rules necessary to administer the program described in this section. The rules, at minimum, must:

Establish a methodology for reviewing and approving grant applications and awarding grants;

Establish a process for distributing any unallocated funds;

Establish a process for evaluating the efficacy of programs and services funded by the grant program;

Establish provisions related to requests by grant recipients to adjust their grant awards;

Establish provisions related to partnerships or collaborations between applicants;

Require applicants to submit a statement acknowledging that any grant funds received must be expended in accordance with the allowable uses described in subsection (7) of this section;

Require applicants to submit a letter of commitment from each administrator of a local correctional facility or tribal correctional facility who is associated with the application, committing to participate in good faith in the grant program; and

Define “rural” for purposes of this section.

169.853. (1) The Oregon Jail-Based Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Grant Program is established in the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to provide opioid use disorder treatment and transition planning services to persons in custody in local correctional facilities and tribal correctional facilities.

The commission, in collaboration with the Oregon Health Authority, shall administer the grant program. At minimum, the commission and authority shall collaborate to provide grant recipients support with technical assistance and best practices.