Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 411.095 (2026)

Notice and hearings for public assistance and medical assistance; rules

✓ current as of May 2026
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      411.095 Notice and hearings for public assistance and medical assistance; rules. (1)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, when the Department of Human Services or the Oregon Health Authority changes a benefit standard that results in the reduction, suspension or closure of a grant of public assistance or a grant of medical assistance, the department or the authority shall mail a notice of intended action to each recipient affected by the change at least 30 days before the effective date of the action.

      (b) If the department or the authority has fewer than 60 days before the effective date to implement a proposed change described in paragraph (a) of this subsection, the department or the authority shall mail a notice of intended action to each recipient affected by the change as soon as practicable but at least 10 working days before the effective date of the action.

      (2) When the federal government changes a benefit or standard that results in the suspension or closure of supplemental nutrition assistance issued under ORS 411.806 to 411.845 or 413.500 for the entire caseload or a significant portion of the caseload of recipients in this state, the department and the authority are not required to mail a notice of intended action to each recipient affected by the change but shall publicize the change using one or more of the following methods:

      (a) Informing the public through the news media.

      (b) Placing posters in the offices that serve affected recipients, in the locations where supplemental nutrition assistance is issued to affected recipients and at other sites frequented by affected recipients.

      (c) Mailing a general notice to the households of affected recipients.

      (3) When the department or the authority conducts a hearing pursuant to ORS 416.310 to 416.340 and 416.510 to 416.830 and 416.990 or when the department or the authority proposes to deny, reduce, suspend or terminate a grant of public assistance, a grant of medical assistance or a support service payment used to support participation in the job opportunity and basic skills program, the department or the authority shall provide an opportunity for a hearing under ORS chapter 183.

      (4) When emergency assistance or the continuation of assistance pending a hearing on the reduction, suspension or termination of public assistance, medical assistance or a support service payment used to support participation in the job opportunity and basic skills program is denied, and the applicant for or recipient of public assistance, medical assistance or a support service payment requests a hearing on the denial, an expedited hearing on the denial shall be held within five working days after the request. A written decision shall be issued within three working days after the hearing is held.

      (5) For purposes of this section, a reduction or termination of services resulting from an assessment for service eligibility as defined in ORS 411.099 is a grant of public assistance.

      (6) Adoption of rules, conduct of hearings and issuance of orders and judicial review of rules and orders shall be in accordance with ORS chapter 183. [1971 c.734 §41; 1987 c.3 §9; 2001 c.900 §247; 2003 c.243 §1; 2003 c.567 §1; 2005 c.414 §1; 2013 c.688 §37a; 2015 c.269 §1]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1973–2017 · leading case: Wheaton v. Kulongoski, 147 P.3d 1163 (Or. Ct. App. 2006).
Wheaton v. Kulongoski, 147 P.3d 1163 (Or. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 38× “That statute provides, in part: "[W]hen the department proposes to deny, reduce, suspend or terminate a grant of general assistance, a grant of public assistance or a support service payment used to support participation in the job opportunity and basic skills program, the…”
Rooklidge v. Dmv, 174 P.3d 1120 (Or. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “095(3) states that, in certain situations, the Department of Human Services "shall provide an opportunity for a hearing under ORS chapter 183"); OAR XXX-XXX-XXXX(1)(n) (a petitioner has the right to a contested case proceeding when "[t]he right to a hearing is otherwise provided…”
Rooklidge v. Driver & Motor Veh. Servs. Branch of the Oregon Dep't of Transp., 174 P.3d 1120 (Or. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “095(3) states that, in certain situations, the Department of Human Services “shall provide an opportunity for a hearing under ORS chapter 183”); OAR 461-025-0310(l)(n) (a petitioner has the right to a contested case proceeding when “[t]he right to a hearing is otherwise provided…”
Kuhn ex rel. Kuhn v. Dep't of Human Servs., 389 P.3d 1167 (Or. Ct. App. 2017). “ORS 411.095(6); ORS 183.482. The order on review, which was issued by an administrative law judge (ALJ) of the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH), upheld DHS’s reduction of transportation service benefits provided to petitioner, a developmentally disabled adult woman, under…”
Nelson v. Adult & Fam. Servs. Div., 601 P.2d 899 (Or. Ct. App. 1979). “095 provides: "(1) Where the Adult and Family Services Division conducts a hearing pursuant to ORS chapter 416 or the Adult and Family Services Division proposes to refuse, suspend or revoke a grant of general assistance as defined in subsection (4) of ORS 411.010 or a grant of…”
Huxford v. Adult & Fam. Servs. Div., 23 P.3d 390 (Or. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 3× “ORS 411.095(1) 6 provides for a right to a contested case hearing whenever AFSD “proposes to refuse, suspend or revoke a grant of * * * public assistance^]” The applicable rule provides for a hearing if AFSD “has not acted on a request or application for public assistance within…”
Hanchett v. Juras, 504 P.2d 1060 (Or. Ct. App. 1973). “010 or a grant of public assistance as defined in subsection (5) of ORS 411.010 opportunity for hearing shall be accorded as provided in ORS 183.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 411.095(1) — 1 case
Huxford v. Adult & Fam. Servs. Div., 23 P.3d 390 (Or. Ct. App. 2001). “ORS 411.095(1) 6 provides for a right to a contested case hearing whenever AFSD “proposes to refuse, suspend or revoke a grant of * * * public assistance^]” The applicable rule provides for a hearing if AFSD “has not acted on a request or application for public assistance within…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 411.095(3) — 3 cases
Wheaton v. Kulongoski, 147 P.3d 1163 (Or. Ct. App. 2006). “That statute provides, in part: "[W]hen the department proposes to deny, reduce, suspend or terminate a grant of general assistance, a grant of public assistance or a support service payment used to support participation in the job opportunity and basic skills program, the…”
Rooklidge v. Dmv, 174 P.3d 1120 (Or. Ct. App. 2007). “095(3) states that, in certain situations, the Department of Human Services "shall provide an opportunity for a hearing under ORS chapter 183"); OAR XXX-XXX-XXXX(1)(n) (a petitioner has the right to a contested case proceeding when "[t]he right to a hearing is otherwise provided…”
Rooklidge v. Driver & Motor Veh. Servs. Branch of the Oregon Dep't of Transp., 174 P.3d 1120 (Or. Ct. App. 2007). “095(3) states that, in certain situations, the Department of Human Services “shall provide an opportunity for a hearing under ORS chapter 183”); OAR 461-025-0310(l)(n) (a petitioner has the right to a contested case proceeding when “[t]he right to a hearing is otherwise provided…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 411.095(6) — 1 case
Kuhn ex rel. Kuhn v. Dep't of Human Servs., 389 P.3d 1167 (Or. Ct. App. 2017). “ORS 411.095(6); ORS 183.482. The order on review, which was issued by an administrative law judge (ALJ) of the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH), upheld DHS’s reduction of transportation service benefits provided to petitioner, a developmentally disabled adult woman, under…”
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