Oregon Statutes 414.869 – Establishment of Hospital Quality Assurance Fund
(1) The Hospital Quality Assurance Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Hospital Quality Assurance Fund shall be credited to the Hospital Quality Assurance Fund.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 414.869
- Medical assistance: includes any care or services for any individual who is a patient in a medical institution or any care or services for any individual who has attained 65 years of age or is under 22 years of age, and who is a patient in a private or public institution for mental diseases. See Oregon Statutes 414.025
- State Treasury: includes those financial assets the lawful custody of which are vested in the State Treasurer and the office of the State Treasurer relating to the custody of those financial assets. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
(2) Amounts in the Hospital Quality Assurance Fund are continuously appropriated to the Oregon Health Authority for the purpose of:
(a) Paying refunds due under ORS § 414.863;
(b) Funding services under ORS § 414.591, 414.631 and 414.688 to 414.745, including but not limited to increasing reimbursement rates for inpatient and outpatient hospital services under ORS § 414.591, 414.631 and 414.688 to 414.745;
(c) Making payments described in ORS § 414.855 (3)(a)(C);
(d) Making payments to coordinated care organizations to be used to provide additional reimbursement to type A hospitals and type B hospitals to improve and expand access to services for medical assistance recipients, to the extent permitted by federal requirements; and
(e) Paying administrative costs incurred by the authority to administer the assessments imposed under ORS § 414.855.
(3) Except for assessments imposed pursuant to ORS § 414.855 (3)(b), the authority may not use moneys from the Hospital Quality Assurance Fund to supplant, directly or indirectly, other moneys made available to fund services described in subsection (2) of this section. [2003 c.736 § 9; 2005 c.757 § 2; 2007 c.780 § 2; 2009 c.828 § 53; 2009 c.867 § 19; 2011 c.602 § 59; 2013 c.608 § 7; 2017 c.538 33,34,35,36]
414.869 is repealed January 2, 2031, and applies to net revenues earned by hospitals during the period specified in 414.871. See section 12, chapter 736, Oregon Laws 2003, as amended (note following 414.871).
See second note under 414.853.
[Formerly 735.754; repealed by 2013 c.681 § 65, 2013 c.640 § 21 and 2013 c.688 § 98]