ORS 169.166
Liability for costs of medical services


Notwithstanding ORS 169.140 (Furnishing prisoners food, clothing and necessary medical aid) and 169.150 (Payment of expenses of keeping prisoners) and except as otherwise provided in ORS 414.805 (Liability of individual for medical services received while in custody of law enforcement officer) and 414.807 (Oregon Health Authority to pay for medical services related to law enforcement activity):

(1)

An individual who receives medical services not provided by the county or city while in the custody of a local correctional facility or juvenile detention facility is liable:

(a)

To the provider of the medical services not provided by the county or city for the charges and expenses therefor; and

(b)

To the keeper of the local correctional facility for any charges or expenses paid by the keeper of the facility for the medical services not provided by the county or city.

(2)

A person providing medical services not provided by the county or city to an individual described in subsection (1)(a) of this section shall first make reasonable efforts to collect the charges and expenses thereof from the individual before seeking to collect them from the keeper of the local correctional facility.

(3)

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(a)

Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, if the provider has not been paid within 45 days of the date of the billing, the provider may bill the keeper of the local correctional facility who shall pay the account in accordance with ORS 169.140 (Furnishing prisoners food, clothing and necessary medical aid) and 169.150 (Payment of expenses of keeping prisoners).

(b)

A bill submitted to the keeper of a local correctional facility under this subsection must be accompanied by evidence documenting that:

(A)

The provider has billed the individual or the individual’s insurer or health care service contractor for the charges or expenses owed to the provider; and

(B)

The provider has made a reasonable effort to collect from the individual or the individual’s insurer or health care service contractor the charges and expenses owed to the provider.

(c)

If the provider receives payment from the individual or the insurer or health care service contractor after receiving payment from the keeper of the facility, the provider shall repay the keeper the amount received from the keeper less any difference between payment received from the individual, insurer or contractor and the amount of the billing.

(4)

Except as otherwise provided by ORS 30.260 (Definitions for ORS 30.260 to 30.300) to 30.300 (ORS 30.260 to 30.300 exclusive) and federal civil rights laws, upon release of the individual from the actual physical custody of the local correctional facility, the keeper of the local correctional facility is not liable for the payment of charges and expenses for medical services provided to the individual. [1991 c.778 §6; 1999 c.801 §3; 2007 c.71 §53]
Note: 169.166 (Liability for costs of medical services) was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 169 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Source: Section 169.166 — Liability for costs of medical services, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors169.­html.

Notes of Decisions

Under former similar statute (ORS 30.795)

When individual receives emergency medical care while in custody of law enforcement officer, public agency that employs officer is liable, not county correctional facility individual may be sent to in future. Emanuel Hospital v. Umatilla County, 314 Or 393, 840 P2d 56 (1992); Emanuel Hospital v. Multnomah County, 314 Or 404, 840 P2d 62 (1992)

Under former similar statute (ORS 169.165)

Where county is required to “pay the amount in accordance with ORS 169.140 and 169.150,” hospital could pursue claims against county under those statutes, but liability could not be imposed on county for medical care of person except insofar as county otherwise would have been liable under ORS 169.140 and 169.150. Salem Hospital v. Marion County, 307 Or 213, 766 P2d 376 (1988)

169.005
Definitions for ORS 169.005 to 169.685 and 169.730 to 169.800
169.030
Construction, maintenance and use of local correctional facilities by county and city
169.040
Inspection of local correctional facilities
169.042
Maximum facility population
169.044
Action on recommendation
169.046
Notice of county jail population emergency
169.050
Contracts for boarding of prisoners
169.053
Agreements with other counties or Department of Corrections for confinement and detention of offenders
169.055
Contracts with Department of Corrections for county prisoners awaiting sentencing
169.070
Coordination of state services by Department of Corrections
169.072
Provision of services or assistance by Department of Corrections through arrangements with local governments
169.076
Standards for local correctional facilities
169.077
Standards for lockup facilities
169.078
Standards for temporary hold facilities
169.080
Effect of failure to comply with standards
169.085
Submission of construction or renovation plans to Department of Corrections
169.090
Manual of guidelines for local correctional facility operation
169.105
Unconscious person not to be admitted to custody in facility
169.110
Time credit for good behavior
169.115
Temporary leave
169.120
Credit for work
169.140
Furnishing prisoners food, clothing and necessary medical aid
169.150
Payment of expenses of keeping prisoners
169.151
Expenses of keeping prisoners
169.152
Liability for costs of medical care for persons in county facility
169.153
Liability of public agency for costs of medical care provided to persons in transport
169.155
Definitions for ORS 169.155 and 169.166
169.166
Liability for costs of medical services
169.170
Assignment of county prisoners to public works
169.180
Assignment of city prisoners to public works
169.190
Transfer of prisoners to another county for public work
169.210
Contracts for private employment of prisoners
169.220
Care of county prisoners
169.320
Control over prisoners
169.330
Civil liability for release of prisoner
169.340
Liability for escape of defendant in a civil action
169.350
Liability for failing to serve papers
169.360
Appointment of keeper of local correctional facility
169.610
Policy
169.620
“Regional correctional facility” defined
169.630
Joint establishment or operation of facilities
169.635
Provision of personal hygiene products
169.640
Status of facility for custody of misdemeanants and violators
169.650
Status of facility operated by Department of Corrections
169.660
Status of persons confined in facility operated by Department of Corrections
169.670
Transfer of persons to facility operated by Department of Corrections
169.673
Conversion of state correctional institutions into regional correctional facilities
169.677
Converted facilities to house felony or misdemeanant prisoners
169.681
Limit on telephone service provider fee or commission
169.683
Requirements for request for proposals
169.685
Inmate Welfare Fund Account
169.690
Establishment of halfway houses and other facilities
169.730
Definitions for ORS 169.740 to 169.760
169.740
Standards for juvenile detention facilities
169.750
Restrictions on operation of juvenile detention facilities
169.760
Juvenile detention facilities to establish written policy
169.770
Release of detained juvenile when detention facility violates standards
169.800
Detention of juveniles before conviction and execution of sentence
169.810
Assumption of duties by regional correctional facility constitutes assumption by public employer
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