461-135-1125   Effective 01/01/11
Reservation Lists and Eligibility; OHP-OPU

In the OHP program:

  1. "OHP Standard Reservation List" means the list of individuals who may be considered for the OHP-OPU program as a new applicant at such times as the Department determines that new applicants may be added into the program. This list is used to manage enrollment of new applicants as defined by OAR 461-135-1102 into the program within the limits of program authority and funding.

  2. "OHP Standard Reservation List Applicant" means an individual who has been selected randomly under section (6) of this rule and establishes a date of request (see OAR 461-115-0030) on or after the date of the random selection and within 45 days from the date the Department mails the OHP 7210R Application form as a result of the random selection.

  3. When the Department specifies that the OHP Standard Reservation List is open, an individual is placed on the OHP Standard Reservation List if all of the following requirements are met:

    1. The individual, or someone acting on behalf of the individual, may request placement on the OHP Standard Reservation List by calling the designated telephone number for the OHP Standard Reservation List or in writing. A written request must arrive through one of the following methods:

      1. By mail to the designated mailing address for the OHP Standard Reservation List.

      2. By fax or hand delivery to a local Department office that receives client applications for the Oregon Health Plan.

      3. By electronic submission from the OHP website or by e-mail to the OHP Standard Reservation List e-mail address.

    2. The full name, date of birth, and mailing address of each individual requesting placement on the OHP Standard Reservation List must be provided to the Department and received by the Department as described in subsection (a) of this section before the request is considered complete.

    3. If the address of an individual changes after the individual makes a request, the individual must provide an updated address to the Department using a method described in subsection (a) of this section. If the individual reports an address change to the Department in a way other than that outlined in subsection (a) of this section, the Department cannot guarantee the address change will be reflected in the reservation list, but will make reasonable efforts to incorporate that address change.

  4. The following procedures apply to the OHP Standard Reservation List:

    1. Individuals completing a request for placement on the OHP Standard Reservation List are assigned a reservation number. All members of an OHP filing group (see OAR 461-110-0400 for filing group composition) requesting placement on the OHP Standard Reservation List are assigned the same reservation number.

    2. The Department may request that individuals voluntarily provide their social security number (prior to the OHP 7210R Application). The Department may use the social security number for purposes of identification to help prevent duplicate reservations. The Department may not deny placement on the OHP Standard Reservation List because an individual does not provide a social security number.

    3. The Department sends confirmation to individuals who are placed on the OHP Standard Reservation List. If there is already a reservation established, individuals who have received confirmation from the Department need not make an additional request unless the reservation was removed (see section (8) of this rule), already used, or withdrawn.

  5. Requesting placement on the OHP Standard Reservation List, receiving a reservation number, or being placed on the OHP Standard Reservation List does not constitute an application for the OHP-OPU program or any other medical program administered by the Department. The Department must send an individual an application for medical assistance when the individual requests and is placed on the OHP Standard Reservation List, must review each application received for eligibility under all medical assistance programs, and must send a decision notice (see OAR 461-001-0000) for each application received (to the extent required under OAR 461-115-0010(6)). However, a new applicant as defined in OAR 461-135-1102 for the OHP-OPU program is managed by the OHP Standard Reservation List.

  6. At such times that the Department determines that it has the requisite authority and funding and that new applicants can be added to the OHP-OPU program, and after the Department determines the number of new applicants that can be added, a designated number of individuals on the OHP Standard Reservation List are selected randomly and mailed OHP 7210R Application forms. Once an individual has been selected randomly, the reservation number assigned to that individual and its position on the list has been used and is no longer available.

  7. An OHP Standard Reservation List Applicant must file a Department application or amend a completed application (see OAR 461-115-0050) as a prerequisite of receiving OHP-OPU program benefits.

  8. When the Department determines that the OHP Standard Reservation List should be discontinued, all individuals currently on the list are removed except as provided in section (9) of this rule. If the Department establishes a new OHP Standard Reservation List, the Department determines when an individual may again request placement on the list according to sections (3) and (4) of this rule.

  9. The Department may opt to use the reservation number of an individual not selected randomly from a discontinued list to create a new OHP Standard Reservation List. To be added to the new OHP Standard Reservation List, the Department may require each individual not selected randomly from the discontinued OHP Standard Reservation List to request placement on the new OHP Standard Reservation List and be assigned a new reservation number.

  10. Nothing in this rule prevents any individual from applying for medical assistance at any time. However, new applicants as defined in OAR 461-135-1102 for the OHP-OPU program are managed by the OHP Standard Reservation List.

Stat. Auth.: ORS 409.050, 411.060, 411.404, 414.706
Stats. Implemented: ORS 409.010, 409.050, 411.060, 411.404, 414.025, 414.706

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