Oregon Statutes 179.620 – Liability of person or estate for cost of care
(1) A person and the personal estate of the person, or a decedent‘s estate, is liable for the full cost of care. Full cost of care is established according to ORS § 179.701.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 179.620
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Institution: means the institutions designated in ORS § 179. See Oregon Statutes 179.010
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(2) While the person is liable for the full cost of care, the maximum amount a person is required to pay toward the full cost of care shall be determined according to the person’s ability to pay. Ability to pay is determined as provided in ORS § 179.640.
(3) Upon the death of a person, the decedent’s estate shall be liable for any unpaid cost of care. The liability of the decedent’s estate is limited to the cost of care incurred on or after July 24, 1979. The decedent’s estate shall not include assets placed in trust for the person by other persons. Collection of any amount from a decedent’s estate shall be pursuant to ORS § 179.740.
(4) Regardless of subsection (1) of this section and ORS § 179.610 (5), assets held in trust by a trustee for a person are subject to laws generally applicable to trusts.
(5) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (3) of this section, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Human Services and the Oregon Health Authority may not collect the cost of care from:
(a) Any assets received by or owing to a person and the personal estate of the person, or the decedent’s estate, as compensation from the state for injury, death or, if the collection is being made by the Department of Corrections, the false imprisonment of the person that occurred when the person was in a state institution listed in ORS § 179.321 or in the Eastern Oregon Training Center and for which the state admits liability or is found liable through adjudication; and
(b) Any real or personal property of the personal estate of the person, or the decedent’s estate, that the person or an authorized representative of the person can demonstrate was purchased solely with assets referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection or partially with such assets, to the extent such assets were used in the purchase. [1959 c.652 § 2; 1961 c.501 § 1; 1973 c.823 122,158; 1979 c.684 § 2; 1989 c.348 § 2; 1999 c.159 § 1; 2001 c.487 § 2; 2009 c.595 § 148; 2013 c.36 § 58]
[1959 c.652 § 3 (1); 1963 c.598 § 1; 1967 c.549 § 3; repealed by 1973 c.546 § 13]
[1969 c.257 2,3,4,5; 1971 c.750 § 3; repealed by 1973 c.546 § 13 and 1973 c.806 § 2a; amended by 1973 c.827 § 22]