ORS 428.230: Return of nonresident patients; admission of eligible persons.

(1) Except as provided in ORS 428.205, 428.220 and 428.330, the Department of Human Services and the Oregon Health Authority shall return nonresident patients to any other state in which they may have legal residence. (2) The department may give written authorization for the return to a facility of a resident of Oregon who has been committed by a court of competent jurisdiction to a foreign hospital. (3) The facility shall admit and care for any person eligible for admission pursuant to subsection (2) of this section or ORS 428.220 (2) upon receipt of a certified copy of the commitment papers and the written authorization of the department. (4) The authority may give written authorization for the return to the Oregon State Hospital of a resident of Oregon who has been committed by a court of competent jurisdiction to a foreign hospital. (5) The superintendent of the Oregon State Hospital shall admit and care for any person eligible for admission pursuant to subsection (4) of this section or ORS 428.220 (3) upon receipt of a certified copy of the commitment papers and the written authorization of the authority. [1957 c.388 §7; 1975 c.155 §5; 2009 c.595 §451; 2013 c.36 §19; 2015 c.318 §17]