169.150
Payment of expenses of keeping prisoners; health care fees. (1) The charges and expenses for
safekeeping and maintaining all persons duly committed to the local
correctional facility of the county for trial, sentenced to imprisonment in the
county local correctional facility, or committed for the nonpayment of any fine
or for any contempt, shall, unless otherwise provided by law, be paid out of
the treasury of the county. The account of the keeper shall be first allowed by
the county court or board of county commissioners of the county from which the
prisoner was committed.
(2) A city or,
notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section or any other provision of law,
the county may charge persons committed to the local correctional facility of
the county or city a reasonable health care fee for any health care services,
medications and equipment provided to the person while committed if the county
or city:
(a) Provides
necessary medical care regardless of the person’s ability to pay;
(b) Provides
equal treatment to all persons committed to the local correctional facility
regardless of a person’s ability to pay;
(c) Establishes a
system that notifies the person of the fees and what services are covered; and
(d) Establishes a
grievance system that allows a person to challenge the deduction of a fee from
the person’s account. [Amended by 1973 c.740 §16; 1995 c.523 §1; 1999 c.801 §1]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
14
cases (
4 in the last 5 years), 1966–2024 · leading case:
State v. Barr
State v. Barr (2024)
orctapp · cites it 2×
“t: “(a) At a rate of $60 per day or its actual daily cost of safekeeping and maintaining the person, whichever is less, multiplied by the total number of days the person was confined to the local correctional facility, including, but not limited to, any period of pretrial…”
Rogue Valley Memorial Hospital v. Jackson County (1981)
orctapp · cites it 5×
“ORS 169.150 plainly provides that: "The charges and expenses for safe-keeping and maintaining all persons duly committed to the local correctional facility of the county for trial, sentenced to imprisonment in the county local correctional facility, or committed for the…”
State v. Johnston (2001)
orctapp · cites it 3×
“t: “(a) At a rate of $60 per day or its actual daily cost of safekeeping and maintaining the person, whichever is less, multiplied by the total number of days the person was confined to the local correctional facility, including, but not limited to, any period of pretrial…”
State v. Schay-Vivero (2024)
orctapp
“151(1) provides, in pertinent part, that “[a] city or, notwithstand- ing ORS 169.150(1), a county may seek reimbursement from a person who is or was committed to the local correctional facility of the county or city upon convic- tion of a crime for any expenses incurred by the…”
Sisters of Charity of Providence v. Washington County (1966)
or
“) “ORS 169.150 The charges and expenses for safekeeping and maintaining all persons duly committed to the jail of the county for trial, sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail, or committed for the nonpayment of any fine or for any contempt, shall, unless otherwise provided…”
Emanuel Hospital v. Multnomah County (1992)
orctapp · cites it 6×
“140 and ORS 169.150, subject to proof that hospital had made reasonable efforts to collect from the patients and that hospital had given sufficient notice to city and county of the claims against them.”
Emanuel Hospital v. Umatilla County (1992)
or
“” 4 ORS 169.150 provides: “The charges and expenses for safekeeping and maintaining all persons duly committed to the local correctional facility of the county for trial, sentenced to imprisonment in the county local correctional facility, or committed for the *399 non-payment…”
Salem Hospital v. Marion County (1988)
orctapp · cites it 3×
“140 and ORS 169.150 do not impose liability on County for the emergency medical expenses of a parole detainee, we do not agree that that precludes imposing liability under ORS 169.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 169.150(1) — 5 cases
State v. Barr (2024)
orctapp
“t: “(a) At a rate of $60 per day or its actual daily cost of safekeeping and maintaining the person, whichever is less, multiplied by the total number of days the person was confined to the local correctional facility, including, but not limited to, any period of pretrial…”
State v. Schay-Vivero (2024)
orctapp
“151(1) provides, in pertinent part, that “[a] city or, notwithstand- ing ORS 169.150(1), a county may seek reimbursement from a person who is or was committed to the local correctional facility of the county or city upon convic- tion of a crime for any expenses incurred by the…”
State v. Johnston (2001)
orctapp
“t: “(a) At a rate of $60 per day or its actual daily cost of safekeeping and maintaining the person, whichever is less, multiplied by the total number of days the person was confined to the local correctional facility, including, but not limited to, any period of pretrial…”
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