71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 4083
 
                         House Bill 3732
 
Sponsored by Representative KING; Representatives BACKLUND,
  BARNHART, BATES, CARLSON, DOYLE, HASS, LEONARD, MONNES
  ANDERSON, MORRISETTE, C WALKER, WINTERS, Senators CARTER,
  CORCORAN, FERRIOLI, SHIELDS
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Directs Department of Corrections to implement program to
reduce incidence of hepatitis C in department institutions.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to corrections; amending ORS 423.020.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 423.020 is amended to read:
  423.020. (1) The Department of Corrections is created. The
department shall:
  (a) Supervise the management and administration of the
Department of Corrections institutions, parole and probation
services, community corrections and other functions related to
state programs for corrections;
  (b) Carry out legally mandated sanctions for the punishment of
persons committed to its jurisdiction by the courts of this
state;
  (c) Exercise custody over those persons sentenced to a period
of incarceration until such time as a lawful release authority
authorizes their release;
  (d) Provide adequate food, clothing, health and medical care,
sanitation and security for persons confined;
  (e) Provide persons who are motivated, capable and cooperative
with opportunities for self-improvement and work;
  (f) Conduct investigations and prepare reports for release
authorities;   { - and - }
  (g) Supervise persons sentenced or placed in the community for
the period of time specified and in accordance with conditions of
supervision ordered by the release authority { + ; and
  (h) Implement a program to reduce the incidence of hepatitis C
in department institutions that includes, but is not limited to,
education, testing and treatment + }.
  (2) The Department of Corrections may provide consultation
services related to the criminal justice system to local or
statewide public or private agencies, groups, and individuals, or
initiate such consultation services. Consultation services shall
include, but not be limited to, conducting studies and surveys,
sponsoring or participating in educational programs, and advising
and assisting these agencies, groups or individuals. Nothing in
chapter 320, Oregon Laws 1987, is intended to diminish the
state's efforts to plan, evaluate and deliver effective human
services programs to offenders, either in an institution or on
probation or parole. Therefore, the Department of Corrections and
the Department of Human Services shall continue to jointly
develop and implement needed social and rehabilitative services,
including services for inmates housed in regional minimum
security facilities.
  (3) The Department of Corrections shall be the recipient of all
federal funds paid or to be paid to the state to enable the state
to provide corrections programs and services assigned to the
Department of Human Services before June 15, 1987.
  (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department
may charge a person confined in a Department of Corrections
institution a reasonable health care fee for any health care
services, medications and equipment provided the person during
the person's confinement if the department:
  (a) Provides necessary medical care regardless of the person's
ability to pay;
  (b) Provides equal treatment to all persons confined in a
department institution regardless of a person's ability to pay;
  (c) Establishes a system that notifies the person of the fees
and what services are covered; and
  (d) Establishes a grievance system that allows a person to
challenge the deduction of a fee from the person's account.
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