Why Vision Matters
We have talked a lot about the series of policy changes back in late 2013 that resulted in the statewide Community First Choice K Plan, in consolidating services and payment into the eXPRS Plan of Care, and the rise of the Adult Needs Assessment as a primary point of departure for service planning and funding. Today, we believe that more change is necessary if Oregon is to regain a functional, sustainable structure for IDD services.
Oregon I/DD Advocates Testify to Senate Committee on eXPRS State Payment System Implementation Concerns
Senator Sara Gelser, Chair of Senate Committee On Human Services and Early ChildhoodOn Tuesday, Oregon Support Services Association's Executive Director Katie Rose testified to a Senate committee regarding the state's roll out and implementation of its payment system, eXPRS.Additional testimony was provided by Margaret Theisen (CEO of the state's largest brokerage Full Access), Chris Burnett (Executive Director of Oregon Rehabilitation Association,) Gary Zenzen and Chris Schwartz (from provider organization Partnerships in Community Living,) Lilia Teninty (Director of Oregon's Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Program,) and Don Erickson (Chief Operating Officer for Oregon's Aging, Disability, and Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities Programs.)
