ORS 278.315 Liability insurance for county or private community care providers

The Oregon Health Authority may provide tort liability coverage through the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to any county or private community care provider that has contracted with the authority to provide supervision, care, treatment or training of persons under the jurisdiction of the Psychiatric Security Review Board under ORS 161.315 to 161.351. Counties or private community care providers, and the officers and employees of those counties and providers acting within the scope of their employment, may be covered to the extent that any tort claim arises out of the provision of supervision, care, treatment or training of persons pursuant to the terms of the contract. Tort liability coverage under this section must be in writing, and may be part of the contract between the authority and the county or private community care provider. The coverage provided under this section shall be self-insurance by the State of Oregon to the limits contained in ORS 30.260 to 30.300.

Counties or private community care providers that have contracted with the authority to provide supervision, care, treatment or training of persons under the jurisdiction of the Psychiatric Security Review Board under ORS 161.315 to 161.351, and the officers and employees of those counties and providers, are not agents of the authority for the purposes of ORS 30.260 to 30.300.