655.515
Benefits, training and medical services under ORS 655.505 to 655.555; rules. If an adult in custody sustains an
injury as described in ORS 655.510, benefits shall be delivered in a manner
similar to that provided for injured workers under the workers’ compensation
laws of this state, except that:
(1) No benefits,
except medical services and any occupational training or rehabilitation
services provided by the Department of Corrections or the Oregon Youth
Authority, shall accrue to the adult in custody until the date of release from
confinement and shall be based upon the condition of the adult in custody at
that time.
(2) Benefits
shall be discontinued during any subsequent period of reconfinement in a penal
institution.
(3) Costs of
rehabilitation services to adults in custody with disabilities shall be paid
out of the Insurance Fund established under ORS 278.425 in an amount approved
by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, which shall be the
reasonable and necessary cost of such services.
(4) Medical
services when the adult in custody is confined in a Department of Corrections
facility shall be those provided by the Department of Corrections, and medical
services when the adult in custody is confined in a youth correction facility
as defined in ORS 420.005 shall be those provided by the Oregon Youth
Authority. After release, medical services shall be paid only if necessary to
the process of recovery and as prescribed by the attending practitioner. No
medical services may be paid after the attending practitioner has determined
that the adult in custody is medically stationary other than for reasonable,
periodic repair or replacement of prosthetic appliances. The department, by
rule, may require that medical and rehabilitation services after release must
be provided directly by the state or its contracted coordinated care
organization. [1963 c.527 §3; 1991 c.566 §8; 1995 c.384 §20; 2007 c.70 §284;
2011 c.602 §55; 2013 c.229 §15; 2019 c.213 §107]
Notes of Decisions
Forshee & Langley Logging v. Peckham, 788 P.2d 487 (Or. Ct. App. 1990).
· cites it 2× “Claimant was temporarily totally disabled as a result of a compensable injury throughout the time that he was incarcerated, and he was entitled to temporary disability compensation.”
Johnson v. RSG Forest Prods., 878 P.2d 449 (Or. Ct. App. 1994).
“See ORS 655.515 [limiting compensation benefits available to inmates injured in authorized employment while committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections].”
Dept. of Just. v. Spear, 783 P.2d 998 (Or. 1989).
“o the Court of Appeals or petition for review to the Supreme Court is initiated by an employer1 7 1 or insurer, and the referee, board or court finds that the compensation awarded to a claimant should not be disallowed or reduced, the employer or insurer shall be required to pay…”
State v. Spear, 767 P.2d 928 (Or. Ct. App. 1989).
· cites it 5× “This is provided for in ORS 655.515, which reads: “ ‘If an inmate sustains * * * [a compensable injury ][ 5 ] * * * *682 benefits shall be paid in the same manner as provided for injured workmen under the workmen’s compensation laws of this state * * *.”
Meyers v. State Accident Ins. Fund, 590 P.2d 285 (Or. Ct. App. 1979).
· cites it 3× “520(2): "When a claim is approved, the State Accident Insurance Fund shall make an initial award conditioned as provided in subsection (1) of ORS 655.515. Upon release of the inmate from confinement, the State Accident Insurance Fund shall reaffirm or modify its initial award in…”
Riley v. Inmate Injury Fund, 829 P.2d 1043 (Or. Ct. App. 1992).
· cites it 3× “Fund contends that when claimant was on temporary leave, he was not “released” as that term is used in ORS 655.515 and, accordingly, he was not entitled to reimbursement from Fund for his medical expenses.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 655.515(1) — 3 cases
Forshee & Langley Logging v. Peckham, 788 P.2d 487 (Or. Ct. App. 1990).
“Claimant was temporarily totally disabled as a result of a compensable injury throughout the time that he was incarcerated, and he was entitled to temporary disability compensation.”
Meyers v. State Accident Ins. Fund, 590 P.2d 285 (Or. Ct. App. 1979).
“520(2): "When a claim is approved, the State Accident Insurance Fund shall make an initial award conditioned as provided in subsection (1) of ORS 655.515. Upon release of the inmate from confinement, the State Accident Insurance Fund shall reaffirm or modify its initial award in…”
Riley v. Inmate Injury Fund, 829 P.2d 1043 (Or. Ct. App. 1992).
“Fund contends that when claimant was on temporary leave, he was not “released” as that term is used in ORS 655.515 and, accordingly, he was not entitled to reimbursement from Fund for his medical expenses.”
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