ORS 655.515: Benefits, training and medical services under ORS 655.505 to 655.555; rules.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
If an adult in custody sustains an injury as described in ORS 655.510, benefits shall be delivered in a manner similar to that provided for injured workers under the workers’ compensation laws of this state, except that: (1) No benefits, except medical services and any occupational training or rehabilitation services provided by the Department of Corrections or the Oregon Youth Authority, shall accrue to the adult in custody until the date of release from confinement and shall be based upon the condition of the adult in custody at that time. (2) Benefits shall be discontinued during any subsequent period of reconfinement in a penal institution. (3) Costs of rehabilitation services to adults in custody with disabilities shall be paid out of the Insurance Fund established under ORS 278.425 in an amount approved by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, which shall be the reasonable and necessary cost of such services. (4) Medical services when the adult in custody is confined in a Department of Corrections facility shall be those provided by the Department of Corrections, and medical services when the adult in custody is confined in a youth correction facility as defined in ORS 420.005 shall be those provided by the Oregon Youth Authority. After release, medical services shall be paid only if necessary to the process of recovery and as prescribed by the attending practitioner. No medical services may be paid after the attending practitioner has determined that the adult in custody is medically stationary other than for reasonable, periodic repair or replacement of prosthetic appliances. The department, by rule, may require that medical and rehabilitation services after release must be provided directly by the state or its contracted coordinated care organization. [1963 c.527 §3; 1991 c.566 §8; 1995 c.384 §20; 2007 c.70 §284; 2011 c.602 §55; 2013 c.229 §15; 2019 c.213 §107]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 125-160-0000: Purpose, Applicability, and Effective Date — implements
- OAR 125-160-0010: Definitions — implements
- OAR 125-160-0020: Calculation of Permanent Disability Awards — implements
- OAR 125-160-0100: Medical Services Limits — implements
- OAR 125-160-0110: Benefit Limits During Permanent Disability — implements
- OAR 125-160-0120: Death Benefit Limits — implements
- OAR 125-160-0200: Claiming Benefits — implements
- OAR 125-160-0300: Evaluating Claims — implements
- OAR 125-160-0310: Evidence and Construction — implements
- OAR 125-160-0400: Claims Denials — implements
- OAR 125-160-0500: Delivery of Claims, Notices, Responses — implements
- OAR 125-160-0600: Delivery of Benefits — implements
- OAR 125-160-0700: Suspension and Forfeiture of Benefits — implements
- OAR 125-160-0710: Termination of Benefits — implements
- OAR 125-160-0720: Abandonment of Benefits — implements
- OAR 125-160-0800: Subrogation — implements
- OAR 125-160-0900: Appealing Claims Decisions and Actions — implements
- OAR 125-160-0910: Hearings Process — implements
- OAR 125-160-0920: Conduct of Hearings — implements
- OAR 125-160-0930: Testimony of Witnesses — implements
- OAR 125-160-0940: Documents and Physical Evidence — implements
- OAR 125-160-0950: Hearings Conclusions and Record — implements
- OAR 603-082-0010: Purpose — implements
- OAR 603-082-0020: Definitions — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 655.510 — resolved
- ORS 278.425 — resolved
- ORS 420.005 — resolved
Cited by
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors655.html