Chapter 363 Oregon Laws 2005

AN ACT

SB 643

Relating to higher education contracts; and prescribing an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. (1) As used in this section, “personally identifiable information” means a student’s Social Security number and gender or a student’s Social Security number and date of birth.

(2) A state institution of higher education may enter into a contract with a private contractor to provide the service of facilitating the disbursement of funds to students. If a student’s personally identifiable information is necessary to administer the disbursement of funds under the contract, the institution must:

(a) Obtain from a student a written election to receive the contracted services;

(b) Provide any alternative method of disbursement of funds at no additional cost to a student who does not elect to receive those services from a private contractor;

(c) Not release to a private contractor personally identifiable information about a student who elects to receive disbursement services from the private contractor without first obtaining from the student a written consent to release the personally identifiable information; and

(d) Provide to a student a written description of the purposes for which a private contractor may use the student’s personally identifiable information.

SECTION 2. Section 1 of this 2005 Act first applies to contracts entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of this 2005 Act.

SECTION 3. This 2005 Act takes effect on July 1, 2006.

Approved by the Governor June 29, 2005

Filed in the office of Secretary of State June 29, 2005

Effective date July 1, 2006

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