Bill Text: OR SB372 | 2011 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to personal injury protection benefits; and declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Unknown

Status: (Passed) 2011-08-03 - Effective date, September 1, 2011. [SB372 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-SB372-Enrolled.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

                            Enrolled

                         Senate Bill 372

Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Senate Interim Committee on
  Judiciary)

                     CHAPTER ................

                             AN ACT

Relating to personal injury protection benefits; amending ORS
  742.525; and declaring an emergency.

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

  SECTION 1. ORS 742.525 is amended to read:
  742.525. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this
section, a provider shall charge a person who receives personal
injury protection benefits or that person's insurer the lesser
of:
  (a) An amount that does not exceed the amount the provider
charges the general public; or
  (b) An amount that does not exceed the fee schedules for
medical services published pursuant to ORS 656.248 for expenses
of medical, hospital, dental, surgical  { - , ambulance - }  and
prosthetic services.
  (2) For expenses of hospital services that are subject to the
adjusted cost-to-charge ratio specified for a hospital in the
hospital fee schedule published pursuant to ORS 656.248, a
provider of hospital services shall charge a person who receives
personal injury protection benefits or that person's insurer the
greater of:
  (a) The amount of the hospital charges multiplied by the
adjusted cost-to-charge ratio specified for the hospital; or
  (b) Ninety percent of the hospital charges.
  SECTION 2.  { + This 2011 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2011 Act takes effect September 1,
2011. + }
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Passed by Senate June 14, 2011

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                               Robert Taylor, Secretary of Senate

    .............................................................
                              Peter Courtney, President of Senate

Passed by House June 22, 2011

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                                    Bruce Hanna, Speaker of House

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                                   Arnie Roblan, Speaker of House

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Received by Governor:

......M.,............., 2011

Approved:

......M.,............., 2011

    .............................................................
                                         John Kitzhaber, Governor

Filed in Office of Secretary of State:

......M.,............., 2011

    .............................................................
                                   Kate Brown, Secretary of State

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