Source: https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/414.735
Timestamp: 2019-05-24 05:24:45
Document Index: 718536791

Matched Legal Cases: ['§8', '§9', '§195', '§328', '§18', '§149']

ORS 414.735 - Reduction in scope of health services in event of insufficient resources - 2017 Oregon Revised Statutes
2017 ORS Vol. 10 Chapter 414 Section 414.735
2017 ORS 414.735¹
Reduction in scope of health services in event of insufficient resources
• approval of Legislative Assembly or Emergency Board
• notice to providers
(1) If insufficient resources are available during a contract period:
(a) The population of eligible persons determined by law may not be reduced.
(b) The reimbursement rate for providers and plans established under the contractual agreement may not be reduced.
(2) In the circumstances described in subsection (1) of this section, reimbursement shall be adjusted by reducing the health services for the eligible population by eliminating services in the order of priority recommended by the Health Evidence Review Commission, starting with the least important and progressing toward the most important.
(3) The Oregon Health Authority shall obtain the approval of the Legislative Assembly, or the Emergency Board if the Legislative Assembly is not in session, before instituting the reductions. In addition, providers contracting to provide health services under ORS 414.631 (Mandatory enrollment in coordinated care organization), 414.651 (Coordinated care organization contracts) and 414.688 (Commission established) to 414.745 (Liability of health care providers and plans) must be notified at least two weeks prior to any legislative consideration of such reductions. Any reductions made under this section shall take effect no sooner than 60 days following final legislative action approving the reductions.
(4) This section does not apply to reductions made by the Legislative Assembly in a legislatively adopted or approved budget. [1989 c.836 §8; 1991 c.753 §9; 2003 c.14 §195; 2009 c.595 §328; 2009 c.827 §18; 2011 c.720 §149]