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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.340 - Limitation of liability.

(1) A physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, hospital or clinic subject to ORS 408.300 to 408.340 shall not be subject to any criminal or civil liability for providing information required under ORS 408.300 to 408.340.
(2) Nothing in this section shall prevent, however, any action for negligence by a physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, hospital or clinic in choosing or providing medical treatment. [1983 c.658 §4; 2014 c.45 §36]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.350 - Educational materials about hepatitis C.

(1) As used in this section, "veteran" means a person who is:
(a) A resident of Oregon; and
(b) A veteran as defined in ORS 408.225.
(2) The Department of Veterans’ Affairs shall provide, in written or electronic format, educational materials on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of hepatitis C in veterans who are at high risk of contracting the disease.
(3) The department shall make the materials available to all veterans and health care providers.
(4) The materials shall include:
(a) The recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Liver Foundation relating to the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of hepatitis C; and
(b) Information from other groups that the department believes present reliable information concerning the increased risk to veterans of contracting hepatitis C. [2007 c.381 §1; 2009 c.41 §20]
Note:
408.350 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 408 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.355 - Transportation grants to access health care services; rules.

(1) The Rural Veterans Healthcare Transportation Grant Program is established within the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Under the program, the department shall provide grants to entities to provide transportation to veterans in rural areas to access services for physical, mental or behavioral health care.
(2) The department shall consult with, and may enter into agreements with, state or local government entities to implement or administer the program.
(3) Nothing in this section requires that health care services to which transportation is provided under the program be approved under any federal benefit plan.
(4) Federally recognized Indian tribes in Oregon are eligible to receive grants under this section.
(5) The department may adopt rules for the implementation and administration of the program, including eligibility requirements for grant recipients.
(6) As used in this section, "veteran" has the meaning given that term in ORS 408.225. [2021 c.449 §1]
Note:
408.355 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 408 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.362 - Definitions.

As used in ORS 408.365 to 408.385 and this section:
(1) "Edward C. Allworth Veterans’ Home" means the veterans’ home located in Lebanon.
(2) "Fourth Oregon Veterans’ Home" means the veterans’ home authorized under ORS 408.385 (3).
(3) "Oregon Veterans’ Home" means the Edward C. Allworth Veterans’ Home, The Dalles Oregon Veterans’ Home, the Roseburg Oregon Veterans’ Home or the Fourth Oregon Veterans’ Home.
(4) "Roseburg Oregon Veterans’ Home" means the veterans’ home authorized under ORS 408.385 (1).
(5) "The Dalles Oregon Veterans’ Home" means the veterans’ home located in The Dalles.
(6) "Veteran" has the meaning given that term in ORS 408.225. [2019 c.224 §1]
Note:
408.362 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 408 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.365 - Use of state moneys for operation of Oregon Veterans’ Homes.

Moneys to pay for the expenses of operating an Oregon Veterans’ Home may be appropriated from:
(1) The General Fund;
(2) The Oregon War Veterans’ Fund pursuant to Article XI-A, section 1 (1)(e), of the Oregon Constitution; and
(3) Moneys donated to the trust fund established under ORS 406.050 for the purpose of paying for the expenses of operating an Oregon Veterans’ Home, or moneys in the trust fund that the Department of Veterans’ Affairs determines may be expended for those purposes. [1993 c.795 §7; 2001 c.102 §2; 2001 c.104 §141; 2003 c.302 §1; 2009 c.602 §5; 2019 c.224 §2]
Note:
408.365 to 408.385 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 408 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.368 - Oregon Veterans’ Home Account.

(1) There is created in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund, the Oregon Veterans’ Home Account. Moneys credited to the account are appropriated continuously to the Director of Veterans’ Affairs to pay expenses that the director determines are appropriate for developing, operating and maintaining each Oregon Veterans’ Home including, but not limited to, providing care and services to the residents of each home and the costs of administration incurred by the director.
(2) The account shall consist of moneys received by the director that relate to the development, operation or maintenance of each Oregon Veterans’ Home, including but not limited to residents’ fees and charges, per diem payments received from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Medicare payments and moneys received under ORS 292.057. The director may transfer moneys to the account from the Oregon War Veterans’ Fund and from other funds and accounts administered by the director.
(3) Earnings on moneys in the account shall be credited to the account.
(4) Disbursements from the account may be made by the director for the purposes set forth in subsection (1) of this section. The director may also transfer moneys from the account to the Oregon War Veterans’ Fund. [1999 c.51 §1; 2007 c.208 §2]
Note:
See note under 408.365.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.375 - Operation and management of Oregon Veterans’ Homes; rules.

(1) The Director of Veterans’ Affairs shall enter into a contract with a nongovernmental entity for the operation and management of each Oregon Veterans’ Home. The director shall contract with an entity that is experienced in the operation and staffing of long term care facilities, as defined in ORS 442.015.
(2) The contract executed under this section is subject to the requirements of ORS chapters 279A and 279B, except ORS 279A.140 and 279B.235, and must provide that:
(a) The party who contracts to manage and operate the Oregon Veterans’ Home is responsible for hiring and maintaining the necessary staff for the facility.
(b) The Director of Veterans’ Affairs assign one or more state employees, in the discretion of the director, to provide oversight of the management of the facility.
(c) The Oregon Veterans’ Home may only admit residents who are any of the following:
(A) A veteran.
(B) The spouse or surviving spouse of a veteran.
(C) The parent of a child who died while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States.
(D) Any other person who is eligible for admittance according to criteria adopted by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs by rule and consistent with federal law. [1995 c.591 §4; 2003 c.794 §274; 2007 c.668 §1; 2011 c.414 §1; 2019 c.224 §3]
Note:
See note under 408.365.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.380 - Application of other statutes to Oregon Veterans’ Homes.

(1) As used in this section, "long term care facility" has the meaning given that term in ORS 442.015.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, an Oregon Veterans’ Home is subject to all state laws and administrative rules and all federal laws and administrative regulations to which a long term care facility operated by a nongovernmental entity is subject.
(3) Notwithstanding ORS 442.315 and 442.325, an Oregon Veterans’ Home is not subject to any certificate of need requirement.
(4) In addition to the other uses for the Oregon Housing Fund set forth in ORS 458.600 to 458.665, financial support for an Oregon Veterans’ Home is a permitted use of moneys from the Oregon Housing Fund. [1995 c.591 §6; 2005 c.22 §270; 2007 c.668 §2; 2009 c.595 §237; 2019 c.224 §4]
Note:
See note under 408.365.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.385 - Roseburg Oregon Veterans’ Home; planning for and development of Fourth Oregon Veterans’ Home.

(1) The Director of Veterans’ Affairs shall establish the Roseburg Oregon Veterans’ Home.
(2) The director may seek federal grant funds from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of establishing the Roseburg Oregon Veterans’ Home.
(3) If the director determines that The Dalles Oregon Veterans’ Home, the Edward C. Allworth Veterans’ Home and the Roseburg Oregon Veterans’ Home facilities will not be sufficient to provide for the needs of the veterans of Oregon, the director may begin planning for and developing the Fourth Oregon Veterans’ Home. [1995 c.591 §5; 2011 c.296 §1; 2011 c.657 §1a; 2019 c.224 §5]
Note:
See note under 408.365.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.390 - City acquisition of land for Oregon Veterans’ Home.

When such power is conferred or contained in their charters or Acts of incorporation, incorporated cities may purchase, receive, take and acquire by eminent domain, or otherwise, and within or without corporate limits, land and necessary or convenient means of access thereto by roads, ways, streets, railroad spurs, bridges, or the like, and sell or donate the same to the Director of Veterans’ Affairs for the construction thereon of an Oregon Veterans’ Home. Such acquisition and donation shall be deemed for the general use and benefit of the inhabitants of any city exercising the powers granted by this section and for the general use and benefit of the veterans of the State of Oregon. For the purpose of exercising the power of eminent domain under this section and ORS 408.395 or under the provision in any municipal charter based upon this section, such taking or acquisition shall be deemed to be for a public and municipal use. [Formerly 408.510]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.393 - Incurring city indebtedness for Oregon Veterans’ Home.

In connection with the exercise of the powers granted by ORS 408.390, such incorporated cities may incur such indebtedness and issue such bonds, warrants or other evidences of debt as their respective charters may authorize. [Formerly 408.520]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.395 - Condemnation of property for Oregon Veterans’ Home.

For the purpose of exercising the powers conferred by ORS 408.390, any incorporated city may bring and maintain any suit or action for the appropriation, condemnation or taking of real property within or without its corporate limits, in fee simple or otherwise, including riparian rights, rights of way and other easements. The city may proceed to have such property appropriated and the compensation therefor determined and paid, in the manner provided by law for exercising of the power of eminent domain by municipal corporations. [Formerly 408.530]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.410 - Appointment of county service officer; duties; annual budget requirement.

(1) The county governing body in each county may appoint a service officer who shall give aid and assistance to any veteran, the spouse or dependents of the veteran or the survivors of the veteran, in applying for all benefits and aid to which they are entitled by federal, state or local laws, rules and regulations. The county governing body shall fix the compensation of the service officer, provide the service officer with an office and the necessary equipment therefor in the same manner as provided for any other county officer. If a county governing body appoints a service officer, the governing body shall also provide in the annual budget for expenditure of moneys sufficient to enable the county to employ the service officer, to properly maintain the office provided for the service officer and to pay the costs incurred by the service officer in providing assistance to veterans, spouses and dependents of veterans or survivors of veterans.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) "Survivor of a veteran" means the spouse or a dependent of a deceased veteran.
(b) "Veteran" has the meaning given that term in ORS 408.225. [Amended by 1995 c.557 §1; 2007 c.357 §6; 2009 c.41 §13; 2023 c.173 §10]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.420 - Recording discharge papers.

Each county clerk shall maintain in the office a special book in which the county clerk shall, upon request, record the final discharge of any veteran. A recording fee may not be collected when the veteran requesting the record is an actual resident of the county or was a resident at the time of entrance into the service of the United States. In all other cases a legal fee shall be charged. There shall be kept in connection with the record an alphabetical index referring to the name of the veteran whose name appears in each discharge paper so recorded. Books that are necessary for the recording of the discharge papers shall be paid for by the several counties in the manner provided for paying other claims against the county. [Amended by 2009 c.500 §§2,2a]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.425 - Inspection of discharge papers.

(1) Each county clerk who receives a request to inspect veteran discharge papers that are recorded under ORS 408.420 shall produce the recorded discharge papers for inspection if:
(a) The request for inspection is made in writing;
(b) The request sets forth the name, address and telephone number of the requester;
(c) The request sets forth the name and the date of birth or the last four digits of the Social Security number of the veteran; and
(d) The request is made by:
(A) The veteran or the spouse, legal guardian or personal representative of the veteran;
(B) A county veterans’ service officer appointed under ORS 408.410;
(C) A representative of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs; or
(D) A licensed funeral establishment seeking to ascertain if a decedent was a veteran for the purpose of obtaining veteran’s burial benefits.
(2) This section does not create a cause of action and may not be asserted as the basis of a per se negligence claim.
(3) Each county clerk may adopt additional policies in order to protect recorded discharge papers from malicious or unlawful use and policies regarding copying of recorded discharge papers.
(4) Each county clerk shall maintain in the records of the county clerk a copy of each request for inspection of recorded discharge information for a period of at least 10 years after the date the request is received by the county clerk. [2009 c.500 §3; 2009 c.500 §3a]
Note:
408.425 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 408 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.430 - Free services to veterans rendered by court administrator or county clerk.

The county clerk or a court clerk or court administrator shall administer all oaths required in matters of pensions, certify pension vouchers, affix the seal of the court whenever required, and make and prepare copies of any documents of record in the office and certify thereto any matter required by veterans seeking benefits from any agency or department of the State of Oregon or federal government, without any charge, fee or compensation. [Amended by 1993 c.223 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.440 - Land of enlisted person exempt from foreclosure and judicial sale during war.

No suit or action shall be commenced or maintained, during the period provided for in this section, to foreclose any mortgage upon real property, or to collect the debt secured thereby, if the land covered by the mortgage is owned, wholly or in part, by an enlisted person in the Army or Navy of the United States, who enlisted therein in the volunteer forces or who enlisted in the National Guard of the United States and of the State of Oregon and the organization of the enlisted person was called into the service of the United States. The lands of any such soldier or sailor shall be exempt from judicial sale for the satisfaction of any judgment during the period provided for in this section. This moratorium shall extend only during the period of actual service in the army or navy forces of the United States, and in no case shall begin prior to the day on which the Congress of the United States declares war, nor continue after 60 days subsequent to the conclusion of such war. All statutes of limitation in effect in this state shall be suspended during the period described in this section, as to such mortgages, debts and judgments.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.450 - Duty to pay fees during military duty.

No person in the military or naval service of the United States, or any auxiliary corps thereof, while exercising any privilege in this state by virtue of having paid an annual license or privilege fee to any state board or commission for the right to practice a profession or engage in a trade, shall lose such privilege because of failure to pay any such fee for any subsequent year during the period the person is in such service, unless dishonorably discharged therefrom. Upon being discharged from such service under honorable conditions and upon written application within 60 days of such discharge, every such person shall be restored to former status with respect to any such privilege without the necessity of paying the then current license fee.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.460 - Certain claims payable out of General Fund.

Lawful claims payable from the Memorial Fund, 116th Engineers, or the fund entitled Unclaimed Back Pay Due Second Oregon Volunteers, shall be paid, upon approval of the Adjutant General, from the General Fund.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.470 - Persons entitled to interment in Spanish War Veterans’ plot.

All honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines who served in the forces of the United States during the Spanish War or Philippine Insurrection at any time between April 23, 1898, and July 4, 1902, who are now deceased or may hereafter die in Oregon or who being residents of Oregon die outside of Oregon, may be interred in the burial plot established pursuant to sections 1 to 3, chapter 72, Oregon Laws 1911.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.485 - Findings related to health care.

The Legislative Assembly finds that:
(1) The United States Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration should be encouraged to export its expertise in military sexual trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder and other conditions associated with military service to health care providers outside of the administration; and
(2) Health care providers outside of the administration should be encouraged to seek out continuing education in military sexual trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder and other conditions associated with military service. [2011 c.81 §1]
Note:
408.485 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 408 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.490 - Purchase of United States flags for placement on veterans’ graves.

The county court or board of county commissioners of each county is authorized annually to budget and pay such amount of money as it may deem reasonable for the purpose of purchasing flags of the United States for placement, by any nationally chartered organization or organizations of war veterans, annually on or prior to Memorial Day, upon the graves of deceased war veterans of the United States who are interred within the county. [1953 c.355 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.495 - Employed veteran time off for Veterans Day.

(1) An employer shall provide an employee who is a veteran as defined in ORS 408.225 with paid or unpaid time off for Veterans Day if:
(a) The employee would otherwise be required to work on that day; and
(b) The employee provides the employer with:
(A) At least 21 calendar days’ notice that the employee intends to take time off for Veterans Day; and
(B) Documents showing that the employee is a veteran as defined in ORS 408.225.
(2) If the employer determines that providing time off under subsection (1) of this section would cause the employer to experience significant economic or operational disruption, or undue hardship as described in ORS 659A.121, the employer is not required to comply with subsection (1) of this section.
(3) The employer shall, at least 14 calendar days before Veterans Day, notify the employee whether the employee will be provided time off for Veterans Day and whether the time off will be paid or unpaid.
(4) If the employer determines that the employer cannot provide time off to all of the employees who requested time off under subsection (1) of this section, the employer shall:
(a) Deny time off to all employees who requested time off; or
(b) Deny time off to the minimum number of employees needed by the employer to avoid significant economic or operational disruption, or undue hardship as described in ORS 659A.121.
(5) An employer shall allow an employee who is a veteran and who does not receive time off for Veterans Day to choose, with the employer’s approval, a single day off within the year after the Veterans Day on which the employee worked as a replacement for Veterans Day to honor the employee’s service. [2013 c.28 §1]
Note:
408.495 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 408 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.497 - Preference in private employment.

(1) As used in this section, "service" and "uniformed service" have the meanings given those terms in ORS 659A.082.
(2) A private, nonpublic employer may give preference in the hiring and promotion of employees to:
(a) A person who is performing, or has performed, service in the uniformed service;
(b) If a person has performed service in the uniformed service and has been determined by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to be permanently and totally disabled as the result of enemy action or a service-related accident, the spouse of the person; and
(c) The widow or widower of a person who performed service in the uniformed service. [2014 c.86 §2]
Note:
408.497 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 408 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.500 - Oregon Veterans’ Emergency Financial Assistance Program; rules.

(1) The Oregon Veterans’ Emergency Financial Assistance Program is created.
(2) The purpose of the program is to provide emergency financial assistance to Oregon veterans and their immediate families for needs that include but are not limited to:
(a) Emergency or temporary housing and related housing expenses, such as expenses for utilities, insurance, house repairs, rent assistance or food;
(b) Emergency medical or dental expenses;
(c) Emergency transportation;
(d) Expenses related to starting a business, such as business licenses or occupational licenses;
(e) Temporary income after military discharge; and
(f) Legal assistance.
(3) The Department of Veterans’ Affairs shall administer the program created under subsection (1) of this section and shall adopt rules implementing the program, including but not limited to establishing procedures for applying for emergency financial assistance and criteria for determining eligibility to receive emergency financial assistance.
(4) As used in this section:
(a) "Immediate family" means a spouse, unremarried surviving spouse, child or stepchild.
(b) "Veteran" means:
(A) A veteran as defined in ORS 408.225;
(B) A person who is a member of the Oregon National Guard who has been demobilized after serving on federal active duty for more than 30 days; or
(C) A person who is an Oregon resident, is a member of the Reserves and has been demobilized after serving on federal active duty for more than 30 days. [2005 c.831 §6; 2007 c.42 §1]
Note:
408.500 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 408 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.503 - Department website relating to benefits; reports to Legislative Assembly.

(1) The Department of Veterans’ Affairs shall establish a website that allows members of the public to request information about veterans’ benefits and services and enter contact information.
(2) The department shall coordinate outreach to individuals who request information through the website established under subsection (1) of this section or in any other manner.
(3) On or before October 1 of each even-numbered year, the department shall report to the appropriate interim committees of the Legislative Assembly on the department’s outreach to veterans. [2009 c.851 §1]
Note:
408.503 to 408.505 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 408 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.504 - Link on agency websites.

An agency, as defined in ORS 183.310, shall include on the agency’s website a link to the website established by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs under ORS 408.503. [2009 c.851 §2]
Note:
See note under 408.503.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.505 - Agencies to make available and provide information to veterans; report to legislature.

(1) As used in this section, "agency" has the meaning given that term in ORS 183.310.
(2) In order to assist veterans in claiming federal benefits, the Department of Veterans’ Affairs and the Oregon Military Department shall provide agencies with materials to inform individuals how to contact the Department of Veterans’ Affairs and the reintegration team within the Oregon Military Department to request information about veterans’ benefits and services.
(3) An agency shall:
(a) Make available in offices that are accessible to the public the information provided under subsection (2) of this section; and
(b) When appropriate, feasible and consistent with the agency’s mission, make reasonable efforts to:
(A) Ask a customer or client who comes into contact with the agency if the customer or client is a veteran; and
(B) Provide the information provided under subsection (2) of this section to a customer or client who states that the customer or client is a veteran.
(4) An agency may cooperate with elected officials, local governments, school districts and community colleges to implement other measures to direct customers or clients to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs or the reintegration team within the Oregon Military Department to obtain information about veterans’ benefits and services.
(5) On or before October 1 of each even-numbered year, agency directors shall report to the appropriate interim committees of the Legislative Assembly on the effectiveness of measures undertaken to implement the provisions of this section.
(6) This section does not require an agency to respond to inquiries from customers or clients about veterans’ benefits or services. [2009 c.851 §3; 2011 c.41 §1]
Note:
See note under 408.503.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.506 - Agencies to partner with Oregon Military Department to provide reintegration services.

The Department of Human Services, the Department of Transportation, the Housing and Community Services Department, the Employment Department, the Department of Justice, the Judicial Department, public universities listed in ORS 352.002, the Bureau of Labor and Industries, the Office of Community Colleges and Workforce Development and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs shall partner with the Oregon Military Department to provide reintegration services for veterans throughout this state through regional strategies. [2011 c.19 §1; 2013 c.768 §142; 2015 c.366 §86; 2015 c.767 §173]
Note:
408.506 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 408 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.507 - Information to be provided by establishments operated to provide food to needy persons.

(1) The Department of Veterans’ Affairs and the Oregon Military Department shall make available to establishments operated to provide food to indigent or needy persons information on how to contact the Department of Veterans’ Affairs and the reintegration team within the Oregon Military Department to request information about veterans’ benefits and services.
(2) An establishment operated to provide food to indigent or needy persons that receives public funds shall:
(a) Make available to indigent or needy persons served the information provided under subsection (1) of this section; and
(b) When appropriate, feasible and consistent with the establishment’s mission, make reasonable efforts to:
(A) Ask a person who is provided food if the person is a veteran; and
(B) Provide the information provided under subsection (1) of this section to a person who is provided food and states that the person is a veteran. [2011 c.41 §3]
Note:
408.507 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 408 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.511 - Services for incarcerated veterans.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Incarcerated veteran" means a veteran sentenced to a period of incarceration in a prison or other correctional facility until such time as a lawful release authority authorizes the release of the veteran.
(b) "Veteran" has the meaning given that term in ORS 408.225.
(2) The Director of Veterans’ Affairs shall establish a program to provide services to incarcerated veterans.
(3) The program shall:
(a) Conduct outreach to, and provide assistance designed for the unique needs of, veterans during incarceration and post-release, and to the spouses and dependents of such veterans.
(b) Provide assistance in applying for or obtaining reinstatement of federal and state veterans’ benefits and aid that incarcerated veterans and their spouses and dependents may be entitled to and help to appeal any denial of benefits and aid.
(c) Provide assistance in applying for and obtaining veterans’ benefits and benefits available through other programs that provide services and resources to incarcerated veterans and to the spouses and dependents of such veterans.
(d) Develop and distribute informational materials for incarcerated veterans and their spouses and dependents regarding veterans’ benefits and other benefit programs that provide services and resources to incarcerated veterans and their spouses and dependents.
(4) The director, in consultation with the Department of Corrections, shall appoint one or more veterans’ service officers certified under ORS 406.452 to carry out the program requirements under subsection (3) of this section. [2018 c.91 §5]
Note:
408.511 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 408 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.515 - Information to be included with certain documents related to real property.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a person who sends or serves a document listed in subsection (2) of this section shall include the following information with the document:
(a) A statement that if the recipient is a veteran of the armed forces, assistance may be available from a county veterans’ service officer or community action agency; and
(b)(A) Contact information for a service officer appointed under ORS 408.410 for the county in which the recipient lives and contact information for a community action agency that serves the area where the recipient lives; or
(B) A statement that contact information for a local county veterans’ service officer and community action agency may be obtained by calling a 2-1-1 information service.
(2) This section applies to the following documents:
(a) A notice of termination of tenancy under any provision of ORS chapter 90;
(b) A summons in an action under ORS 105.110 for forcible entry or detainer;
(c) A summons in an action under ORS 88.010 to foreclose a lien upon residential real property; and
(d) A notice under ORS 86.756 of foreclosure of a residential trust deed.
(3) This section does not apply to documents sent or served by the judicial department, as defined in ORS 174.113.
(4) As used in this section, "residential real property" means a single-family, owner-occupied dwelling and appurtenances. [2019 c.405 §1]
Note:
408.515 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 408 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.540 - Use of buildings by veterans’ organizations.

All buildings acquired or constructed by county courts pursuant to chapter 595, Oregon Laws 1947, shall be made available for the use of any veterans’ organizations and their auxiliaries located in the city, town or community where any such building is located.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.560 - Use of public buildings for meetings of veterans’ and auxiliary organizations.

In counties where there is no armory belonging to or under control of state authority, the county courts or boards of county commissioners, upon written application of the commander or president of any organized unit of war veterans or its auxiliary, shall allow its unit organized in such county, free of cost, to occupy a portion of the courthouse or any other public building, when such occupancy does not materially interfere with occupancy of the building for the original purposes for which it was intended. [Amended by 1961 c.454 §210]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.570 - Commitment of veterans with mental illness to United States veterans facility.

When a veteran who has been adjudged under ORS 426.130 to be a person with mental illness is eligible for treatment in a United States veterans facility and commitment is necessary for the proper care and treatment of such veteran, the Oregon Health Authority or community mental health program director, as provided under ORS 426.060, may, upon receipt of a certificate of eligibility from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, assign the person to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs for care, custody and treatment in a United States veterans facility. Upon admission to any such facility, the veteran shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and provisions of ORS 426.060 to 426.395 and related rules and regulations of the Oregon Health Authority. The chief officer of such facility shall be vested with the same powers exercised by superintendents of state hospitals for persons with mental illness within this state with reference to the retention, transfer, trial visit or discharge of the veteran so assigned. The commitment of a veteran to a veterans facility within this state by a court of another state under a similar provision of law has the same force and effect as if the veteran was committed to a veterans facility within that other state. [Amended by 1975 c.690 §26; 1991 c.67 §100; 2007 c.70 §160; 2009 c.595 §238; 2013 c.360 §13]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.580 - Transfer of veterans from state to federal hospitals.

Upon receipt of a certificate of eligibility and available facilities, the Oregon Health Authority may cause to be transferred any veteran from any facility to which the veteran has been assigned to a United States veterans facility. No veteran under sentence by any court, or committed by any court after having been charged with any crime and found guilty except for insanity, may be transferred without an order of such court authorizing the transfer. Whenever any veteran, not a convict, has been committed by order of a court and is transferred as provided in this section, the order of commitment shall be held to apply to the facility to which the veteran is transferred as to any other facility to which the veteran could be assigned or transferred under ORS 426.060. [Amended by 1975 c.690 §27; 2009 c.595 §239; 2017 c.634 §18]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.710 - Indigent veteran defined; effect of property ownership.

(1) As used in ORS 408.710 to 408.740, "indigent veteran" means any veteran who is without means of procuring the necessities of life.
(2) A person may not be deprived of the benefits provided for in ORS 408.720 to 408.740 by reason of the fact that the person owns property that is not of such a character that it may be used to give assistance to the person, or owns a home that is not disproportionate to the needs of such veteran and family. A person may not be deprived of such benefits until the person has ceased to be domiciled in the county for a period of one year. [Amended by 2009 c.41 §15]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.720 - County may finance activities of veterans’ service officer; county general funds.

(1) The governing body of a county may set apart in the county treasury a special fund for the purpose of financing the employment and the activities of the service officer appointed under ORS 408.410. If an unobligated balance remains in the special fund at the end of a fiscal year, the unobligated balance may be carried forward to the next fiscal year and expended for the purposes described in this subsection.
(2) If the unobligated balance in the special fund at the beginning of a fiscal year is not sufficient to finance the employment and activities of the service officer for the entire fiscal year, all expenses incurred under ORS 408.410 and 408.720 to 408.740 shall be paid from the general funds in the treasury of the county. [Amended by 1963 c.9 §24; 1991 c.459 §398; 1995 c.557 §2; 2023 c.173 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.730 - Procedure when indigent veterans are cared for by veterans organizations.

(1) The commander or executive head of any veterans organization organized under a charter issued by an Act of Congress, proposing to undertake the relief provided for under ORS 408.720, shall file with the county clerk of the county in which the veterans organization may be situated, the names of its commander or executive head and its relief committee, if any. The commander or executive head shall also file a notice in writing that such veterans organization will undertake the relief of the indigent veterans provided for under ORS 408.720, and by the fourth Monday in January of each year shall file with the county clerk a similar notice, and render and file a detailed statement of the relief furnished during the preceding year, including the amount thereof, the names of the persons to whom furnished and on whose recommendation, and such other facts and suggestions as are deemed material.
(2) The commander or executive head shall also file a bond, with one or more sureties, to be approved by the county court or judge thereof, or board of county commissioners, in a sum not less than $100 and not more than $1,000. The amount of the bond shall be fixed by the court, judge or board. It shall run to the county, and be conditioned by stating that if said commander or executive head faithfully applies all funds that come into the hands of the commander or executive head for that purpose, to the relief of the indigent veterans provided for under ORS 408.720, it is void. If the bond is enforced there shall be recovered from the principal and sureties thereon the amount which is found to be misappropriated, which shall be paid into the county treasury.
(3) If the county operates on a fiscal year ending on June 30, the notice, statement and bond required by this section may be filed on the fourth Monday in July of each year rather than on the fourth Monday of January. If the statement required by subsection (1) of this section is filed at the time provided in this subsection, this statement shall cover the preceding fiscal year.
(4) On the approval and filing of the bond, and on the recommendation of the relief committee of any such veterans organization, orders shall be drawn in favor of the commander or executive head in the same manner as orders are now drawn for the relief of the poor. The orders shall designate thereon the names of the persons for whom the relief is intended and, in like manner, a sum not exceeding $100 may be drawn to pay the funeral expenses of an indigent veteran, and the indigent spouses and surviving spouses in marriages and minor children of such veterans. [Amended by 1955 c.56 §1; 2009 c.41 §16; 2015 c.629 §47; 2023 c.173 §11]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.740 - Appointment and duties of county veterans’ relief officer.

The relief fund may be disbursed by an officer to be appointed by the county court or board of county commissioners. The commanders or executive heads of the various veterans organizations shall constitute an advisory board to consult and advise with the court or board relative to administration and disbursement of the fund. Such officer shall investigate all requests for relief, and no warrant shall be paid from the fund except upon the order of such officer. The officer shall give such bond as may be required and approved by the court or board, and may be removed at any time by the court or board. If any vacancy occurs in such office, the court or board shall appoint a successor to such officer. Such officer shall be paid a salary from funds of the county other than the relief fund, to be fixed by the court or board, and audited and paid in the manner that county officers are paid, as provided by law.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 10 - Highways, Military › Chapter 408 - Miscellaneous Benefits for Veterans and Service Personnel › Section 408.850 - Annual report on veterans’ housing programs.

On or before December 1 of each year, the Department of Veterans’ Affairs and the Housing and Community Services Department shall jointly submit a written report on veterans’ housing programs to the interim House committee related to veterans. The report must describe:
(1) Expenditures relating to veterans’ housing programs, including how moneys were expended and the source of the moneys;
(2) Programs or initiatives to enroll veterans in or inform veterans of existing housing programs;
(3) Implementation of programs and training for identification of veterans who are or may become homeless; and
(4) Training of and coordination with state and local agencies on veterans’ housing programs, including "Operation Welcome Home." [2019 c.405 §8]
Note:
408.850 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 408 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.