2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 426 - Persons With Mental Illness; Dangerous Persons; Commitment; Housing
Section 426.241 - Payment of care, custody and treatment costs; denial of payment; rules.

(2) If any person is admitted to or detained in a state hospital under ORS 426.070, 426.140, 426.180 to 426.210, 426.228, 426.232 or 426.233 for emergency care, custody or treatment, the authority shall charge to and collect from the person, third party payers or other legally or financially responsible individuals or entities the costs as it would for other patients of the state hospitals under the provisions of ORS 179.610 to 179.770.
(3) If any person is adjudged to have a mental illness under the provisions of ORS 426.130, or determined to be an extremely dangerous person with mental illness under ORS 426.701 or 426.702, and the person receives care and treatment in a state hospital, the person, third party payers or other legally or financially responsible individuals or entities shall be required to pay for the costs of the hospitalization at the state hospital, as provided by ORS 179.610 to 179.770, if financially able to do so.
(4) For purposes of this section and ORS 426.310, "resident" means resident of the county in which the person maintains a current mailing address or, if the person does not maintain a current mailing address within the state, the county in which the person is found, or the county in which a court-committed person has been conditionally released.
(5)(a) The authority may deny payment for part or all of the emergency psychiatric services provided by a hospital or nonhospital facility under ORS 426.232, 426.233 or 426.237 when the authority finds, upon review, that the condition of the person alleged to have a mental illness did not meet the admission criteria in ORS 426.232 (1), 426.233 (1) or 426.237 (1)(b)(A). The payer responsible under this section shall make a request for denial of payment for emergency psychiatric services provided under ORS 426.232, 426.233 or 426.237 in writing to the authority.
(b) The authority may require the following to provide the authority with any information that the authority determines is necessary to review a request for denial of payment made under this subsection or to conduct a review of emergency psychiatric services for the purpose of planning or defining authority rules:
(A) A hospital or nonhospital facility approved under ORS 426.228 to 426.235 or 426.237.
(B) A physician or a person providing emergency psychiatric services under ORS 426.228 to 426.235 or 426.237.
(c) The authority shall adopt rules necessary to carry out the purposes of this subsection. [1977 c.764 §5 (enacted in lieu of 426.240); 1979 c.392 §1; 1981 c.750 §16; 1987 c.527 §1; 1993 c.484 §21; 2009 c.595 §411; 2013 c.715 §§8,19; 2015 c.785 §4]

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