Chapter 655 — Chapter 655
43 sections in this chapter.
ORS 655.010 [Repealed by 1967 c.359 §704]
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ORS 655.020 [Repealed by 1967 c.359 §704]
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ORS 655.030 [Repealed by 1967 c.359 §704]
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ORS 655.040 [Repealed by 1967 c.359 §704]
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ORS 655.050 [Repealed by 1967 c.359 §704]
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ORS 655.060 [Repealed by 1967 c.359 §704]
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ORS 655.070 [Repealed by 1967 c.359 §704]
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ORS 655.080 [Repealed by 1967 c.359 §704]
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ORS 655.090 [Repealed by 1967 c.359 §704]
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ORS 655.100 [Repealed by 1967 c.359 §704]
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ORS 655.110 [Amended by 1965 c.285 §84; 1967 c.359 §696; renumbered 652.720]
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ORS 655.120 [Repealed by 1967 c.359 §704]
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ORS 655.130 [Amended by 1967 c.359 §697; renumbered 652.710]
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ORS 655.140 [Repealed by 1967 c.359 §704]
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ORS 655.150 [Amended by 1965 c.285 §85; repealed by 1967 c.359 §704]
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ORS 655.160 [Repealed by 1967 c.359 §704]
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ORS 655.170 [Repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
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ORS 655.210 [Repealed by 1965 c.285 §95]
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ORS 655.405 [1963 c.472 §1; 1969 c.247 §5; repealed by 1979 c.814 §1]
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ORS 655.410 [1963 c.472 §§2,5; repealed by 1979 c.814 §1]
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ORS 655.415 [1963 c.472 §4; repealed by 1979 c.814 §1]
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ORS 655.420 [1963 c.472 §6; 1965 c.285 §79a; repealed by 1979 c.814 §1]
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ORS 655.425 [1963 c.472 §9; repealed by 1979 c.814 §1]
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ORS 655.430 [1963 c.472 §7; repealed by 1979 c.814 §1]
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ORS 655.435 [1963 c.472 §3; repealed by 1979 c.814 §1]
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ORS 655.440 [1963 c.472 §§8,13; repealed by 1979 c.814 §1]
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ORS 655.445 [1963 c.472 §§10,12,14; 1967 c.335 §53; 1967 c.637 §§24, 24a; repealed by 1979 c.814 §1]
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ORS 655.450 [1963 c.472 §11; repealed by 1979 c.814 §1]
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ORS 655.460 [1965 c.285 §79c; repealed by 1979 c.814 §1]
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BENEFITS FOR INJURED ADULTS IN CUSTODY OF PENITENTIARY, CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION OR WORK CAMP
ORS 655.505 Definitions for ORS 655.505 to 655.555. As used in ORS 655.505 to 655.555
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(1) “Adult in custody” means a person committed to the physical and legal custody of the Department of Corrections. (2) “Attending practitioner” means Department of Corrections or Oregon Youth Authority medical staff, or specialists assisting Department of Corrections or Oregon Y…
ORS 655.510 Benefits for injuries in authorized employment; establishing injury claim; exclusive remedy. (1) Every adult in custody shall receive benefits as provided in ORS 655.505 to 655.555 for injury sustained in an authorized work or occupational training assignment if the injury
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(a) Is proximately caused by or received in the course of the authorized work or occupational training assignment, with or without negligence of the adult in custody; (b) Is not intentionally self-inflicted; (c) Is not a result of a willful violation of work rules or rules regula…
ORS 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
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(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 c…
ORS 655.520 Filing claim for benefits; rules; initial award; limitations. (1) Claims for entitlement to benefits under ORS 655.505 to 655.555 shall be filed by application with the Oregon Department of Administrative Services as provided by rules adopted by the department, to the extent not inconsistent with ORS 655.505 to 655.555. Such claims shall be filed within the required periods after the injury even though actual benefits may not accrue until release of the adult in custody from confinement. The department may, before acting upon a claim, require further information for determination of eligibility under ORS 655.505 to 655.555
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(2) When a claim is approved, the department shall make an initial estimate of award conditioned as provided in ORS 655.515. Upon release of the adult in custody from confinement, the adult in custody shall apply for an award and the department shall reaffirm or modify its initia…
ORS 655.525 Procedure for review of claims. Except as otherwise provided by rule of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, an adult in custody or the beneficiary of the adult in custody may obtain review of action taken on the claim as provided in ORS 656.283 to 656.304. [1963 c.527 §6; 1965 c.285 §79e; 1983 c.740 §241a; 1995 c.384 §22; 2019 c.213 §109]
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ORS 655.530 Assignment of benefits under ORS 655.505 to 655.555. No benefits payable under ORS 655.505 to 655.555 are subject to assignment prior to their receipt by the person entitled thereto, nor shall they pass by operation of law. These benefits and the right to receive them are also exempt from seizure on execution, attachment or garnishment, or by the process of any court. [1963 c.527 §7]
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ORS 655.535 Charging claims costs. Claims payments and administrative costs of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall be charged by the department to the Department of Corrections or the Oregon Youth Authority pursuant to ORS 278.435. [1963 c.527 §§8,12; 1981 c.211 §1; 1987 c.320 §242; 1991 c.566 §10; 2013 c.229 §16]
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ORS 655.540 Disposition and use of assessments. (1) The assessments paid to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services by the Department of Corrections or the Oregon Youth Authority shall be credited as a component of the Insurance Fund pursuant to ORS 278.425 and 278.435
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(2) Funds credited to the adult in custody injury component of the Insurance Fund for the purposes of ORS 655.505 to 655.555 may be used to effect insurance or reinsurance with any authority or instrumentality, public or private, or otherwise to distribute the liability for compe…
ORS 655.545 Liability for payment of benefits; precedence of expenses; priority among claimants. Liability of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services or the Insurance Fund for the payment of benefits under ORS 655.505 to 655.555 is contingent upon and limited by the availability of reserves in the adult in custody injury component of the Insurance Fund. In the event that the reserves in the adult in custody injury component of the Insurance Fund are not sufficient to meet the benefit payments and administration cost for a given period, the expenses of the department shall have precedence over all other claims. Thereafter, priority among claimants is determined according to the time of filing of the claim. [1963 c.527 §10; 1991 c.566 §12; 2019 c.213 §111]
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ORS 655.550 Assessment of Oregon Department of Administrative Services for costs of Workers’ Compensation Board. The Workers’ Compensation Board may from time to time assess the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for the reasonable cost of services provided by the board under ORS 655.505 to 655.555. [1965 c.285 §79g; 1991 c.566 §13]
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ORS 655.555 Rules for administration of fund for injuries of adults in custody. The Oregon Department of Administrative Services, with the approval of the Department of Corrections and the Oregon Youth Authority, shall adopt rules necessary to administer the adult in custody injury fund. The rules may provide for procedures, benefits and coverage that vary from the workers’ compensation system. [1995 c.384 §24; 1997 c.851 §15; 2013 c.229 §18; 2019 c.213 §112]
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BENEFITS FOR INJURED OCCUPATIONALLY LIMITED TRAINEES
ORS 655.605 Definitions for ORS 655.605 and 655.615. As used in ORS 655.605 and 655.615
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(1) “Department” means the Department of Human Services. (2) “Employer” means any person who provides on-the-job training for trainees in cooperation with the department or the Commission for the Blind even though no wages or salary is paid to the trainee. (3) “Employment” means …
ORS 655.615 Payment of benefits to injured occupationally limited trainees. (1) All clients participating in a work evaluation or work experience program of the Department of Human Services are considered as workers subject to ORS chapter 656 for purposes of this section
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(2) The department shall submit a written statement to the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation that includes a description of the work to be performed by such clients. (3) Upon receiving the written statement, the corporation may fix assumed wage rates for the clients enrol…
ORS 655.990 [Amended by 1965 c.285 §86; 1967 c.359 §698; renumbered as part of 652.990]
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