Title 169 · ORS Chapter 169
and 169.220, when a person is lawfully confined in a county local
Citation: ORS 169.150
Section: 169.150
169.150 and 169.220, when a person is lawfully confined in a county local correctional facility for violation of a city ordinance, for nonpayment of a fine imposed by a municipal court or as a result of a warrant of arrest issued by a magistrate in another county, the county in which the warrant was issued or the city shall be liable for the costs of medical care provided to the person while confined in the county local correctional facility. The keeper of the local correctional facility shall bill the other county or city for the actual cost of the medical care provided, and the other county or city shall pay the charges within 60 days after receiving the cost statement from the keeper. [1985 c.530 �2]
����� 169.153 Liability of public agency for costs of medical care provided to persons in transport. (1) Subject to ORS 30.260 to 30.300 and 414.805, payment of the costs of medical care provided to a person who becomes ill or is injured while being lawfully transported in the custody of a law enforcement officer at the request of a public agency other than the public agency by which the officer is employed is the responsibility of the public agency that requested the transportation of the person.
����� (2) As used in this section, �law enforcement officer� and �public agency� have the meanings given those terms by ORS 414.805. [1985 c.530 �3; 1993 c.196 �5]
����� 169.155 Definitions for ORS 169.155 and 169.166. As used in ORS 169.166 and this section:
����� (1) �Local correctional facility� includes lockups and temporary hold facilities.
����� (2) �Reasonable efforts to collect the charges and expenses� means that the provider has billed the individual to whom the emergency medical services were provided or the insurer or health care service contractor of the individual before seeking to collect from the keeper of the local correctional facility. [1979 c.530 �4; 1993 c.196 �6]
����� 169.160 [Repealed by 1971 c.743 �432]
����� 169.165 [1979 c.530 �2; 1981 c.690 �1; repealed by 1993 c.196 �12]
����� 169.166 Liability for costs of medical services. Notwithstanding ORS 169.140 and 169.150 and except as otherwise provided in ORS 414.805 and 414.807:
����� (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)(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 and 169.150.
����� (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 to 30.300 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 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.
����� 169.170 Assignment of county prisoners to public works; rules. All convicts sentenced by any court or legal authority, whether in default of the payment of a fine, or committed for a definite number of days to serve sentence in a county local correctional facility, during the period of such sentence, for the purposes of ORS 169.120 and 169.170 to 169.210, are under the exclusive and absolute control of the county court or board of county commissioners of the county in which the crime was committed for which the convict was sentenced. The court or board has full power to place such convicts under the control of any road supervisor or other person appointed to take charge of them, and to cause them to work upon the public roads of the county, or such other work of a public nature as said court or board may direct. All such convicts shall be delivered to the supervisor or other person appointed to take charge of them, upon the written request of the court or board. The sheriff shall obtain a receipt from the person to whom such convicts are delivered for each of the convicts, and thereupon the sheriff�s liability ceases. The county court may at any time return any convict, taken under the provisions of this section, to the sheriff, who shall thereupon take charge of the convict. The court or board is authorized and directed to provide rules and regulations in regard to the employment of said convicts not inconsistent with ORS 169.170 to 169.210. [Amended by 1959 c.530 �7; 1973 c.740 �17]
����� 169.180 Assignment of city prisoners to public works. All convicts sentenced by any court or legal authority in any city, whether in default of the payment of a fine or committed for a definite number of days to serve sentence in any local correctional facility, during the period of the sentence shall, with the consent of the proper city authorities and for the purposes of ORS 169.120 and 169.170 to