(1) A nonprofit hospital’s written financial assistance policy described in ORS § 442.610 must:

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(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. [2019 c.497 § 2; 2019 c.497 § 3; 2021 c.96 § 1]

See second note under 442.610.