Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 426 § 426.313 — Payment of care, custody and treatment costs; denial of payment; rules

Payment of care, custody and treatment costs; denial of payment; rules. (1) The cost of emergency psychiatric care, custody and treatment related to or resulting from such psychiatric condition, provided by a hospital or other facility approved by the Oregon Health Authority and the community mental health program director of the county in which the facility is located, except a state hospital, for a person alleged to have a mental illness and to be in need of treatment who is admitted or detained under ORS 426.070, 426.140, 426.228, 426.232 or 426.233, or for a person with mental illness who is admitted or detained under ORS 426.150, 426.223, 426.273, 426.275 or 426.292, shall be paid by the community mental health program in the county of which the person is a resident from state funds provided to the community mental health program for this purpose. The community mental health program is responsible for the cost when state funds provided to the community mental health program are exhausted. The hospital or other facility shall charge to and collect from the person, third party payers or other legally or financially responsible individuals or entities the costs of the emergency care, custody and treatment, as it would for any other patient, and any funds received shall be applied as an offset to the cost of the services provided under this section. (2) If any person is admitted to or detained in a state hospital under ORS 426.070, 426.140,