Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 179.750 (2026)

Equal care and services for persons in state institutions

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179.750 Equal care and services for persons in state institutions. (1) Discrimination may not be made in the admission, accommodation, care, education or treatment of any person in a state institution because the person does or does not contribute to the cost of the care.

(2) Discrimination may not be made in the provision of or access to educational facilities and services and recreational facilities and services to any person in the state institutions enumerated in ORS 420.005 or Department of Corrections institutions as defined in ORS 421.005 on the basis of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or marital status of the person. This subsection does not require combined domiciliary facilities at the state institutions to which it applies. [1959 c.652 §19; 1973 c.546 §12; 1977 c.363 §1; 1979 c.141 §1; 1989 c.348 §11; 1995 c.422 §134; 2003 c.14 §78; 2007 c.100 §20; 2021 c.367 §10]

179.760 [1959 c.652 §15; repealed by 1973 c.546 §13]

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1990–2007 · leading case: Smith v. Dep't of Corr., 804 P.2d 482 (Or. Ct. App. 1990).

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Smith v. Dep't of Corr., 804 P.2d 482 (Or. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 2× “Petitioners also argue, relying on ORS 179.750, 3 that the rules are unlawfully discriminatory, because they allow inmates with funds to obtain medical care in the general community.”

Potter v. Williams, 162 P.3d 338 (Or. Ct. App. 2007). “Petitioner asserts that the challenged rules violate ORS 179.750; the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, 42 USC sections 2000cc to 2000cc-5 (2000); and Article I, sections 2 and 3, of the Oregon Constitution and the First Amendment to the United States…”

— Or. Rev. Stat. § 179.750(1) — 1 case

Smith v. Dep't of Corr., 804 P.2d 482 (Or. Ct. App. 1990). “Petitioners also argue, relying on ORS 179.750, 3 that the rules are unlawfully discriminatory, because they allow inmates with funds to obtain medical care in the general community.”

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