(1)(a) The cost-of-care rates for a person who is or was in a state institution described in ORS § 179.321 shall be determined by the Department of Corrections or the Oregon Health Authority, as appropriate. The rates established shall be reasonably related to current costs of the institutions as described in ORS § 179.321.

(b) Current costs for a person who is or was in a Department of Corrections institution shall exclude costs of outpatient services as defined in ORS § 430.010 and any other costs not directly related to the care for a person at a state institution.

(c) Current costs for a person who is or was in the Oregon State Hospital shall include costs of outpatient services as defined in ORS § 430.010 and exclude any other costs not directly related to the care for a person at a state institution.

(2) The cost-of-care rates for a person who was a resident of the Eastern Oregon Training Center shall be determined by the Department of Human Services. The rates established shall be reasonably related to the costs to operate, control, manage and supervise the state training center at the time of the person’s residency. The department must exclude costs of outpatient services as defined in ORS § 430.010 and any other costs not directly related to the care of the person at the state training center. [1967 c.549 § 2 (enacted in lieu of 179.700); 1973 c.806 § 6; 1989 c.348 § 7; 2001 c.487 § 7; 2009 c.595 § 153; 2011 c.658 § 35; 2013 c.36 § 63; 2021 c.33 § 2]

[1955 c.5 § 1; renumbered 179.510]