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OR Rev Stat § 442.485 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 442 - Health Planning|Section 442.485 - Responsibilities of Office of Rural Health.

The responsibilities of the Office of Rural Health shall include but not be limited to: (1) Coordinating statewide efforts for providing health care in rural areas. (2) Accepting and processing applications from communities interested in developing health care delivery systems. (3) Applying for grants and accepting gifts and grants from other governmental or private sources for the research and development of rural health care programs and facilities. (4) Serving as a clearinghouse for information on health care delivery systems in rural areas. (5) Helping local health care delivery systems develop ongoing funding sources. (6) Developing enabling legislation to facilitate further development of rural health care delivery systems. (7) Providing information to the Department of Revenue about all certifications for tax credits allowed under ORS 315.613, 315.616, 315.619 and 315.622, if required by ORS 315.058. (8) The Office of Rural Health may order the suspension or revocation of a certificate or a portion of a certificate issued under ORS 315.613 or 315.622, as provided in ORS 315.061. [1979 c.513 §4; 1983 c.482 §19; 1987 c.660 §15; 2015 c.736 §89; 2019 c.483 §23; 2021 c.97 §57]
OR Rev Stat § 442.495 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 442 - Health Planning|Section 442.495 - Responsibilities of council.

The responsibilities of the Rural Health Coordinating Council shall be to: (1) Advise the Office of Rural Health on matters related to the health care services and needs of rural communities; (2) Develop general recommendations to meet the identified needs of rural communities; and (3) View applications and recommend to the office which communities should receive assistance, how much money should be granted or loaned and the ability of the community to repay a loan. [1979 c.513 §6; 1981 c.693 §21; 1983 c.482 §20; 2007 c.71 §129]
OR Rev Stat § 442.500 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 442 - Health Planning|Section 442.500 - Technical and financial assistance to rural communities.

(1) The Office of Rural Health shall provide technical assistance to rural communities interested in developing health care delivery systems. (2) Communities shall make application for this technical assistance on forms developed by the office for this purpose. (3) The office may make grants or loans to rural communities for the purpose of establishing or maintaining medical care services. (4) The office shall make the final decision concerning which communities receive the moneys and whether a loan is made or a grant is given. (5) The office shall provide technical assistance and coordination of rural health activities through staff services, which include monitoring, evaluation, community needs analysis, information gathering and disseminating, guidance, linkages and research. [1979 c.513 §8; 1981 c.693 §22; 1983 c.482 §21; 2021 c.97 §58]
OR Rev Stat § 442.502 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 442 - Health Planning|Section 442.502 - Determination of size of rural hospital.

(1) For purposes of determining the size of a rural hospital, beds certified by the Oregon Health Authority on the license of the hospital as special inpatient care beds shall not be included. (2) As used in this section, "special inpatient care beds" means beds that: (a) Are used for the treatment of patients with mental illness or for the treatment of alcoholism or drug abuse, or are located in a rehabilitation center, a college infirmary, a chiropractic facility, a freestanding hospice facility, an infirmary for the homeless or an inpatient care facility described in ORS 441.065; (b) Are physically separate from acute inpatient care beds, at least by being located on separate floors or wings of the same building; (c) Are never used for acute patient care; (d) Are staffed by dedicated direct care personnel for whom separate employment records are maintained; (e) Have separate medical directors; and (f) Maintain separate admission, discharge and patient records. [1993 c.765 §55; 2007 c.70 §243; 2009 c.595 §754]
OR Rev Stat § 442.503 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 442 - Health Planning|Section 442.503 - Eligibility for economic development grants.

In addition to any other authorized uses of funds for economic development available from the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund, economic development grants may be made for the purpose of constructing, equipping, refurbishing, modernizing and making other capital improvements for type A and B rural hospitals, as defined under ORS 442.470. [1989 c.893 §10] Note: 442.503 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 442 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 442.505 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 442 - Health Planning|Section 442.505 - Technical assistance to rural hospitals.

The Office of Rural Health shall institute a program to provide technical assistance to rural hospitals. The Office of Rural Health shall be primarily responsible for providing: (1) A recruitment and retention program for physicians and other primary care providers in rural areas. (2) An informational link between rural hospitals and state and federal policies regarding regulations and payment sources. (3) A system for effectively networking rural hospitals and providers so that they may compete or negotiate with urban based health maintenance organizations. (4) Assistance to rural hospitals in identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. (5) In conjunction with a trade association representing hospitals and health systems in Oregon, a report that identifies models that will replace or restructure inefficient health services in rural areas. [1987 c.918 §3; 2005 c.22 §301; 2015 c.70 §15]
OR Rev Stat § 442.507 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 442 - Health Planning|Section 442.507 - Assistance to rural emergency medical service systems.

(1) With the moneys transferred to the Office of Rural Health by ORS 442.870, the office shall establish a dedicated grant program for the purpose of providing assistance to rural communities to enhance emergency medical service systems. (2) Communities, as well as nonprofit or governmental agencies serving those communities, may apply to the office for grants on forms developed by the office. (3) The office shall make the final decision concerning which entities receive grants, but the office may seek advice from the Rural Health Coordinating Council, the State Emergency Medical Service Committee and other appropriate individuals experienced with emergency medical services. (4) The office may make grants to entities for the purchase of equipment, the establishment of new rural emergency medical service systems or the improvement of existing rural emergency medical service systems. (5) With the exception of printing and mailing expenses associated with the grant program, the Office of Rural Health shall pay for administrative costs of the program with funds other than those transferred under ORS 442.870. [1999 c.1056 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 442.515 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 442 - Health Planning|Section 442.515 - Rural hospitals; findings.

The Legislative Assembly finds that Oregon rural hospitals are an integral part of the communities and geographic area where they are located. Their impact on the economic well-being and health status of the citizens is vast. The problems faced by rural hospitals include a general decline in rural economies, the age of the rural populations, older physical plants, lack of physicians and other health care providers and a poor financial outlook. The Legislative Assembly recognizes that the loss of essential hospital services is imminent in many communities. [1987 c.918 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 442.520 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 442 - Health Planning|Section 442.520 - Risk assessment formula; relative risk of rural hospitals.

(1) Subject to the formula set out in subsection (2) of this section, the Office of Rural Health, in consultation with a trade association representing hospitals and health systems in Oregon, shall establish a risk assessment formula to identify the relative risk of a rural hospital, as defined in ORS 442.470. (2) To assess the degree of risk faced by each rural hospital, the risk assessment formula developed by the Office of Rural Health, in consultation with a trade association representing hospitals and health systems in Oregon, shall include the following categories: (a) Organizational risk: The financial situation of each facility, as measured by a nationally accepted formula that identifies the hospital’s current and future financial viability; (b) Population risk: The impact that a hospital closure would have on the health care needs of the citizens of each hospital’s respective service area, as measured by an index that includes medically underserved, distance and target population components; and (c) Economic risk: The direct and indirect economic contribution made to the communities of each hospital’s respective service area, as measured by an index that measures the overall economic benefit added to the service area community by the hospital. [1991 c.947 §20; 2015 c.70 §16] Note: 442.520 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 442 by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 442.561 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 442 - Health Planning|Section 442.561 - Certifying individuals licensed under ORS chapter 679 for tax credit.

The Office of Rural Health shall establish criteria for certifying individuals who are licensed under ORS chapter 679 as eligible for the tax credit authorized by ORS 315.616. Upon application therefor and upon a finding that the applicant is or will be providing dental services to one or more rural communities and otherwise meets the eligibility criteria established by the office, the office shall certify individuals eligible for the tax credit authorized by ORS 315.616. [1995 c.746 §40; 1999 c.291 §33; 1999 c.459 §2] Note: 442.561 to 442.570 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 442 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 442.562 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 442 - Health Planning|Section 442.562 - Certifying podiatrists for tax credit.

The Office of Rural Health shall establish criteria for certifying individuals who are licensed to practice podiatry under ORS chapter 677 as eligible for the tax credit authorized by ORS 315.616. Upon application therefor and upon a finding that the applicant is or will be providing podiatric services to one or more rural communities and otherwise meets the eligibility criteria established by the office, the office shall certify individuals eligible for the tax credit authorized by ORS 315.616. [1995 c.746 §41; 1999 c.291 §34; 1999 c.459 §3; 2013 c.129 §31] Note: See note under 442.561.
OR Rev Stat § 442.563 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 442 - Health Planning|Section 442.563 - Certifying certain individuals providing rural health care for tax credit.

(1) The Office of Rural Health shall establish criteria for certifying individuals eligible for the tax credit authorized by ORS 315.613. Upon application therefor, the office shall certify individuals eligible for the tax credit authorized by ORS 315.613. (2) The classification of rural hospitals described in ORS 315.613 (3)(a) to (d) for purposes of determining eligibility under this section shall be the classification of the hospital in effect on January 1, 1991. [1989 c.893 §7; 1991 c.877 §19; 1995 c.746 §35; 1999 c.291 §35; 1999 c.459 §4; 2013 c.177 §5; 2017 c.718 §12; 2019 c.495 §2] Note: See note under 442.561.
OR Rev Stat § 442.564 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 442 - Health Planning|Section 442.564 - Certifying optometrists for tax credit.

The Office of Rural Health shall establish criteria for certifying individuals who are licensed as optometrists under ORS 683.010 to 683.340 as eligible for the tax credit authorized by ORS 315.616. Upon application therefor and upon a finding that the applicant is or will be providing optometry services to one or more rural communities and otherwise meets the eligibility criteria established by the office, the office shall certify individuals eligible for the tax credit authorized by ORS 315.616. [1997 c.787 §2; 1999 c.291 §36; 1999 c.459 §5] Note: See note under 442.561.
OR Rev Stat § 442.565 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 442 - Health Planning|Section 442.565

[1989 c.893 §19; renumbered 442.568 in 2005]
OR Rev Stat § 442.566 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 442 - Health Planning|Section 442.566 - Certifying emergency medical services providers for tax credit.

The Office of Rural Health shall establish criteria for certifying individuals who are licensed as emergency medical services providers under ORS chapter 682 as eligible for the tax credit authorized by ORS 315.622. Upon application for the credit and upon a finding that the applicant will be providing emergency medical services in one or more rural areas and otherwise meets the eligibility criteria established by the office, the office shall certify the individual as eligible for the tax credit authorized by ORS 315.622. [2005 c.832 §65; 2011 c.703 §41] Note: See note under 442.561.
OR Rev Stat § 442.568 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 442 - Health Planning|Section 442.568 - Oregon Health and Science University to recruit persons interested in rural practice.

(1) The Oregon Health and Science University shall develop and implement a program to focus recruitment efforts on students who reside in or who are interested in practicing in rural or medically underserved areas of this state. (2) The university shall reserve a number of admissions to each class at the medical school for qualified students who demonstrate an interest in practicing medicine in rural or medically underserved areas of this state. Once the students are admitted, the university shall support them with resources such as clinical rotations in rural or medically underserved areas, programs that allow a student to complete a clerkship in family medicine and rural and community health in a single rural Oregon community and technical assistance with accessing education loan and assistance programs. Not more than 15 percent of the students in each class shall be admitted under this section, consistent with the intent of the Legislative Assembly to encourage the availability of medical services in rural and medically underserved areas of this state. (3) In the event that the university is unable to recruit the number of qualified students required under subsection (2) of this section, after having made a reasonable effort to do so, the university is authorized to fill the remaining positions with other eligible candidates. [Formerly 442.565; 2010 c.42 §4; 2013 c.177 §6] Note: See note under 442.561.
OR Rev Stat § 442.570 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 442 - Health Planning|Section 442.570 - Primary Care Services Fund; matching funds.

(1) There is established in the State Treasury a fund, separate and distinct from the General Fund, to be known as the Primary Care Services Fund. Moneys in the Primary Care Services Fund are continuously appropriated to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for allocation to the Office of Rural Health for investments as provided by ORS 293.701 to 293.857, for expenses and payments by the office in carrying out the purposes of ORS 315.613, 315.616, 315.619, 353.450, 442.470, 442.503 and 442.561 to 442.570. Interest earned by the fund shall be credited to the fund. (2) The office shall seek matching funds from the federal government and from communities that benefit from placement of participants under ORS 442.561 to 442.570. The office shall establish a program to enroll interested communities in this program and deposit moneys from the matching funds in the Primary Care Services Fund. In addition, the office shall explore other funding sources including federal grant programs. [1989 c.893 §21; 1991 c.877 §22; 1991 c.947 §4; 2010 c.42 §5; 2013 c.177 §7] Note: See note under 442.561.
OR Rev Stat § 442.600 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 442 - Health Planning|Section 442.600

[1991 c.760 §1; 1993 c.514 §1; renumbered 442.860 in 2019]
OR Rev Stat § 442.601 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 442 - Health Planning|Section 442.601 - Definitions.

As used in this section and ORS 442.602: (1) "Charity care" means free or discounted health services provided to persons who cannot afford to pay and from whom a hospital has no expectation of payment. "Charity care" does not include bad debt, contractual allowances or discounts for quick payment. (2) "Community benefit" means a program or activity that provides treatment or promotes health and healing, addresses health disparities or addresses the social determinants of health in response to an identified community need. "Community benefit" includes: (a) Charity care; (b) Losses related to Medicaid, State Children’s Health Insurance Program or other publicly funded health care program shortfalls other than Medicare; (c) Community health improvement services; (d) Research; (e) Financial and in-kind contributions to the community; and (f) Community building activities affecting health in the community. (3) "Social determinants of health" has the meaning given that term in ORS 442.612. [Formerly 442.200]
OR Rev Stat § 442.602 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 442 - Health Planning|Section 442.602 - Community benefit reporting; rules.

(1) The Oregon Health Authority shall by rule adopt a cost-based community benefit reporting system for hospitals operating in Oregon that is consistent with established national standards for hospital reporting of community benefits. (2) Within 90 days of filing a Medicare cost report, a hospital must submit a community benefit report to the authority of the community benefits provided by the hospital, on a form prescribed by the authority. (3) The authority shall produce an annual report of the information provided under subsections (1) and (2) of this section. The report shall be submitted to the Governor, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The report shall be presented to the Legislative Assembly during each odd-numbered year regular session and shall be made available to the public. (4) The authority may adopt all rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. [Formerly 442.205]
OR Rev Stat § 442.610 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 442 - Health Planning|Section 442.610 - Notice of financial assistance policies.

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Financial assistance policy" means a policy that meets the requirements of section 501(r) of the Internal Revenue Code and implementing regulations. (b) "Hospital" has the meaning given that term in ORS 442.015. (2) A hospital shall have a written financial assistance policy that complies with the plain language standards for consumer contracts under ORS 180.545 (1). (3) A hospital shall: (a) Provide a paper copy of the financial assistance policy to a patient upon request; (b) Include on each billing statement notice of: (A) The availability of financial assistance; (B) The contact information for the office or department of the hospital that can provide information about obtaining financial assistance; and (C) The direct Internet address for the financial assistance policy; and (c) Maintain public displays in locations in the hospital that are accessible to the public that notify and inform patients about the financial assistance policy. Locations that are accessible to the public include but are not limited to the emergency department, if any, and the areas where patient admissions are processed. (4) The Oregon Health Authority shall make available to hospitals and the general public a uniform application for financial assistance, created by a trade association representing hospitals, that may be used in any hospital in this state to request financial assistance. [2018 c.50 §9; 2018 c.50 §10] Note: 442.610 to 442.630 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 442 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 442.612 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 12 - Public Health|Chapter 442 - Health Planning|Section 442.612 - Definitions.

As used in ORS 442.612 to 442.630: (1) "Adjust" means to reduce a patient’s cost by a specified percentage. (2) "Community benefit" has the meaning given that term in ORS 442.601. (3) "Gross charges" means a hospital’s full, established price for medical care that the hospital consistently and uniformly charges patients before applying any contractual allowance, discounts or deductions. (4)(a) "Hospital" has the meaning given that term in ORS 442.015, excluding any campus of the Oregon State Hospital, a hospital operated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration or any other hospital operated by the federal government. (b) "Hospital" includes only hospitals located in this state. (5) "Hospital-affiliated clinic" or "affiliated clinic" means a facility located in this state that provides outpatient health services and that is operated under the common control or ownership of a hospital. (6) "Household" means: (a)(A) A single individual; or (B) Spouses, domestic partners, or a parent and child under 18 years of age, living together; and (b) Other individuals for whom a single individual, spouse, domestic partner or parent is financially responsible. (7) "Medically necessary" means: (a) Necessary to prevent, diagnose or treat an illness, injury, condition or disease, or the symptoms of an illness, injury, condition or disease; and (b) Meeting accepted standards of medicine. (8) "Nonprofit" means: (a) Organized not for profit, pursuant to ORS chapter 65 or any predecessor of ORS chapter 65; or (b) Organized and operated as described under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code as defined in ORS 305.842. (9) "Patient’s cost" means the portion of charges billed to a patient for care received at a hospital or a hospital-affiliated clinic that are not reimbursed by insurance or a publicly funded health care program, taking into account the requirements of section 501(r)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code that: (a) Prohibit a nonprofit hospital from billing gross charges; and (b) Limit amounts charged for emergency or other medically necessary care, to a patient who qualifies under the nonprofit hospital’s financial assistance policy, to no more than amounts generally billed to a patient who has insurance that reimburses all or a portion of the cost of the care. (10) "Social determinants of health" means the social, economic and environmental conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live and age, shaped by the distribution of money, power and resources at local, national and global levels, institutional bias, discrimination, racism and other factors. [2019 c.497 §1; 2021 c.96 §3] Note: See note under 442.610.