ORS 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]