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National Association of State Head Injury Administrators

 

 

 

Contact Information

 

State:  Oregon

Name:  Steve Johnson, Associate Superintendent for Special Education Services

Agency:  Oregon Department of Education

Telephone:  (503) 378-3600 ext 2329

Fax:  (503) 378-5156

Email:  steve.johnson@state.or.us

 

Name:  Martha Morvant

Agency:  Teaching Research - Eugene, Western Oregon University

Telephone:  (541) 346-0573

Fax:  (541_346-0599

Email:  martham@oregon.uoregon.edu

 

Name:  Ann Glang

Agency:  Teaching Research - Eugene, Western Oregon University

Telephone:  (541) 346-0594

Fax:  (541) 346-0599

Email:  anng@oregon.uoregon.edu

 

 

Lead Agency

 

1.  What is the lead agency for TBI in your state?  Oregon Department of Education

 

2.  Is the agency mandated in statute?     No   

 

3.  Is the agency mandated by executive order?      No   

 

4.        Where is the lead agency located in state government (indicate Department, Division, Program)? 

Department of Education -- Office of Special Education

 


Research Assistant Notes: 

 

Definitions

 

5.  How is TBI defined in your state?  It is the policy of the state that any person experiencing an injury defined as an injury to the brain caused by extrinsic forces where the injury results in the loss of cognitive, psychological, social, behavioral or physiological function for a sufficient time to affect that person's ability to perform activities of daily living shall be considered a person with disabilities.

 

6.  For what purposes is the definition used?  Clarifying that persons with TBI are persons with disabilities for determinining eligibilty State services.

 

7.        Is this definition in statute?   Yes   

 

8.  If so, what is the citation?  ORS 410.715

 

9.  Do other TBI-related definitions exist in your state?  (eg. special education)?   Yes       

 

10.  If so, what are the definitions and what are they used for?  "Traumatic brain injury" means an acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment, or both, that adversely affects a child's educational performance. The term includes open or closed head injuries resulting in impairments in one or more areas, including cognition; language; memory; attention; reasoning; abstract thinking; judgment; problem-solving; sensory, perceptual and motor abilities; psychosocial behavior; physical functions; information processing; and speech. The term does not include brain injuries that are congenital or degenerative, or brain injuries induced by birth trauma.  (OAR 581-15-005)

 

NOTE:  "Children with disabilities" means those school age children who are entitled to a free appropriate public education as specified by ORS 339.115 and who require special education because they have been evaluated as having one of the following conditions as defined by rules established by the State Board of Education: Mental retardation, hearing impairment including difficulty in hearing and deafness, speech or language impairment, visual impairment, including blindness, deaf-blindness, emotional disturbance, orthopedic or other health impairment, autism, traumatic brain injury or specific learning disabilities."  (ORS 343.035(1))

 

Used to determine eligibility for special education services in public schools.

 

Oregon State Health Service epidemiologists use the CDC definitions based on ICD-9-CM codes for hospitalizations and ICD-10 codes for fatalities.  The codes used to define TBI hospitalizations are N Codes 800.0-801.9, 803.0-804.9, 850.0-854.1, 959.01.  The codes used to define fatal TBI are S01.0-01.9, S02.0-02.1,S02.3, S02.7-02.9, S06.0-S06.9, S07.0, S07.1, S07.8, S07.9, S09.7-S09.9, T01.0, T02.0, T04.0, T06.0, T90.1, T90.2, T90.4, T90.5, T90.8, T90.9.

 

The definition is used to determine TBI cases in Oregon's death certificate files and in the hospital discharge database.  Data are compiled in the form of statistical summaries to complete tailored data requests, wrritten reports, and oral presentations.

 

11.     How is developmental disabilities defined in your state?  The following is from an arc web page. Should be replaced with statutory reference:                                                                       

Development Disability means a disability attributable to mental retardation, autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, or other neurological handicapping condition that requires training or support similar to that required by individuals with mental retardation, and the disability:

 

Originates before the individual attains the age of 22 years, except that in the case of mental retardation the condition must be manifested before the age of 18; and

 

Has continued, or can be expected to continue, indefinitely; and

 

Constitutes a substantial handicap to the ability of the person to function

in society; or

 

Results in significant subaverage general intellectual functioning with concurrent deficits in adaptive behavior that are manifested during the developmental period. Individuals of borderline intelligence may be considered to have mental retardation if there is also serious impairment of adaptive behavior.

 

Definitions and classifications shall be consistent with the "Manual of Terminology Classification in Mental Retardation" by the American Association on Mental Deficiency, 1977 Revision. Mental retardation is synonymous with mental deficiency.

 

12.  Is this definition in statute?      No   

 

13.  If so, what is the citation? 

 


Research Assistant Notes:  Mental Retardation in defined in ORS. Developlemental Disabilities is not.

 

 

 

Incidence

 

14.  Does your state have any of the following systems for collecting data?

Trauma Registry  Yes    

TBI Registry   No

TBI Surveillance system  No

Other (Indicate:  Hospital Discharge Database)  Yes    

 

15.  If your state has a TBI registry, is it population based?   NA

(i.e., does it include information for all cases in the state, not just those from selected hospitals or facilities?  CDC-funded TBI surveillance is population-based).

 

16.  If your state has a TBI registry, is it established in statute?   NA

 

17.  If so what is the citation? 

 

18.  Is reporting mandatory?   NA

 

19.  Is the mandatory reporting enforced?   NA

 

20.  Where (or to whom) is the data reported? 

 

21.  If you have a TBI registry, does it include follow-up contact?   NA

 

22.  If so, when are people contacted?

In Hospital  NA

3 months post injury  NA

6 months post injury  NA

12 months post injury  NA

 

23.  What information do you obtain or provide in the follow-up contact? 

 

24.  CDC recommends the following codes for surveillance using ICD-coded data systems:

800.0-801.9  Fracture of the vault or base of the skull

803.0-804.9  Other and unqualified and multiple fractures of the skull

850.0-854.1  Intracranial injury, including concussion, contusion, laceration and hemorrhage

959.01  Head injury, unspecified (as of 10/1/97)

 

Does your state capture any others?       No    

 

25.  If so, what are they?  

 


Research Assistant Notes: 

 

 

 

General Revenue Funding

 

26.  Does your state allocate general revenue funds for TBI-specific programs and services?     No    (If no, skip to Question 33)

 

27.  If so, what year did allocations begin?  

 

28.  If so, how much was allocated, and to which agencies, in the most recent fiscal year for which data is available?

Year: 

Planning/Policy    $  Agencies

Prevention       $  Agencies

Registry  $  Agencies: 

Research  $  Agencies: 

Services (direct, purchase)  $  Agencies: 

Other (specify  )  $  Agencies: 

TOTAL  $ 

 

29.  What are the eligibility criteria for persons receiving services from general revenue sources?

Diagnosis 

Age 

Assets/Income 

Years post injury 

Other (specify: ) 

 

30.  How many persons were served?

Year: 

Information/Referral  #

Service Coordination/Case Management  #

Services (therapies, day programs, etc.)  #

Other (specify  )  #

TOTAL  #

 

31.  Has your state used tobacco settlements for TBI-specific programs and services? Yes    No   

 

32.  If so, please list the programs and services:  

 


Research Assistant Notes: 

 

 

 

Trust Fund Funding

 

33.  Does your state have a trust fund?      No   (If no, skip to Question 42)

 

34.  What agency administers the fund?  

 

35.  Is the fund TBI or TBI plus (i.e., another disability such as spinal cord injury)?   TBI    TBI+ 

 

36.  When was it created?  

 

37.  How is it funded?  

 

38.  What is the statute citation?  

 

39.  How much revenue does the trust fund generate annually?   $

 

40.  How much was allocated in the most recent fiscal year for which data is available?

 

Year: 

Planning/Policy    $

Prevention       $

Registry  $

Research  $

Services (direct, purchase)  $

Other (specify  )  $

TOTAL  $

 

41.  What are the eligibility criteria for persons receiving services from general revenue sources? 

Diagnosis 

Age 

Assets/Income 

Years post injury 

Other (specify: ) 

 

42.  How many persons were served?

Year: 

Information/Referral  #

Service Coordination/Case Management  #

Services (therapies, day programs, etc.)  #

Other (specify  )  #

TOTAL  #

 


Research Assistant Notes:  Senate Bill 904 to establish a Brain Injury Trust Fund was introduced during the 2001 Regular Session of the Oregon Legislative Assembly.  The bill did not make it to the floor of the Senate, however.  No state funding source was proposed except for $1 to legally establish fund. Trust fund would have provided an opportunity to raise monies from other sources. Patterned after spinal cord injury trust fund.

 

 

 

Medicaid Waiver Funding

 

43.  Does your state have a Medicaid Waiver specific to TBI?      No    (If no, skip to Q. 45)

 

44.  When was the TBI Waiver implemented?  

 

45.  How many people were served in the most recent fiscal year?   Year:    # Served: 

 

46.  Does your state have other waivers that serve individuals with TBI?   Yes      

 

47.  What type of waiver it is? (aging and disabled; DD, other)  List All:  Aging & Disabled

 

48.  How many people with TBI are served under each type?  Information not available at this time.  TBI is often considered to be a "cause" versus a diagnosis.

 


Research Assistant Notes: 

 

 

 

Other Funding Streams

 

49.  Does your state have another source (i.e., no fault insurance) that funds TBI programs and services?  Yes    No    (If no, skip to Question )

 

50.  What agency administers the alternate funding source?  

 

51.  When was the alternate funding source created?  

 

52.  If in statute, what is the citation? 

 

53.  How is it funded?  

 

54.  How much revenue does the alternate source generate annually?   $

 

55.  How much was allocated in the most recent fiscal year for which data is available?

 

Year: 

Planning/Policy    $

Prevention       $

Registry  $

Research  $

Services (direct, purchase)  $

Other (specify  )  $

TOTAL  $

 

56.  What are the eligibility criteria for persons receiving services from general revenue sources?

Diagnosis 

Age 

Assets/Income 

Years post injury 

Other (specify: ) 

 

57.  How many persons were served?

Year: 

Information/Referral  #

Service Coordination/Case Management  #

Services (therapies, day programs, etc.)  #

Other (specify  )  #

TOTAL  #

 


Research Assistant Notes: 

 

 

Services & Supports

 

58.  States make a variety of services and supports available to individuals with brain injury and their families.  For each item, please indicate what your state calls that service/support, when in the in the recovery process the service is available (medical/acute or social/community integration or both) and the funding source(s). 

 

 

Services & Supports

Med

Soc

State Med Plan

TBI Waiver

Other Waiver

Trust Fund

Gen Rev

Other (Specify)

Assessment/Evaluation

X

X

X

 

X

 

 

Aging and Disabled

Assisted Living

 

X

 

 

X

 

 

 

Assistive Technology Devices

X

X

X

 

X

 

 

 

Behavioral Programs/ Services

X

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

Case Management/Service Coordination

 

X

 

 

X

 

 

 

Community & Family Education

 

X