ORS 442.614 Requirements for financial assistance policies

(1)

A nonprofit hospital’s written financial assistance policy described in ORS 442.610 must:

(a)

Provide for adjusting a patient’s costs as follows:

(A)

For a patient whose household income is not more than 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, by 100 percent;

(B)

For a patient whose household income is more than 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines and not more than 300 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, by a minimum of 75 percent;

(C)

For a patient whose household income is more than 300 percent of the federal poverty guidelines and not more than 350 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, by a minimum of 50 percent; and

(D)

For a patient whose household income is more than 350 percent of the federal poverty guidelines and not more than 400 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, by a minimum of 25 percent;

(b)

Apply to all of the hospital’s nonprofit affiliated clinics;

(c)

Be translated into each language spoken by the lesser of 1,000 people or five percent of the population that resides in the nonprofit hospital’s service area;

(d)

Ensure that interpreter services are available to translate the policy into languages other than those described in paragraph (c) of this subsection; and

(e)

Apply to all medically necessary services or supplies.

(2)(a)

A nonprofit hospital’s written financial assistance policy described in ORS 442.610 may not require a patient to apply for medical assistance, as defined in ORS 414.025, before the patient will be screened for or provided financial assistance.

(b)

This subsection does not prohibit a hospital from providing information to patients about their eligibility for medical assistance or assisting patients in applying for medical assistance.

Note: See note under 442.610.