ORS 430.236 Establishment of quality improvement subcommittee; statewide data tracking

The Improving People’s Access to Community-based Treatment, Supports and Services Grant Review Committee shall establish a quality improvement subcommittee to:

Establish outcome measures or evaluation tools for programs receiving grants under the Improving People’s Access to Community-based Treatment, Supports and Services Program; and

Establish a statewide system for tracking simple, clear and meaningful outcome data that is timely and easily accessed to inform best practices and improve outcomes for individual participants.

Data provided to the subcommittee may be used only for statistical purposes and may not be used for any other purpose. Any data received by the subcommittee that contains personally identifiable information is exempt from public disclosure under ORS 192.311 to 192.478. The subcommittee may enter into agreements with appropriate agencies or other entities to share data for specified purposes and with safeguards to restrict further disclosure.