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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2802
Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession filed (at the request of Governor Tina Kotek for
Department of Consumer and Business Services)
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.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act would change when a lump sum payment for permanent partial disability has
to be made. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.1).
Requires an insurer to make a lump sum payment of a permanent partial disability award if the
worker waives reconsideration of the notice of closure or the award has become final by operation
of law.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to lump sum payments of permanent partial disability awards; amending ORS 656.230.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 656.230 is amended to read:
656.230. (1)(a) When a worker has been awarded compensation for permanent partial disability,
and the worker requests payment of all or part of the award in a lump sum payment, the insurer
or self-insured employer shall make the payment requested [unless the] if:
[(a)] (A) The worker has [not] waived the right to [appeal the adequacy of the award] request
reconsideration of the notice of closure; or
[(b)] (B) The award has [not] become final by operation of law[;].
(b) The insurer or self-insured employer is not required to make the payment requested
if:
[(c)] (A) Payment of compensation has been stayed pending a request for hearing or review un-
der ORS 656.313; [or]
[(d)] (B) The worker is enrolled and actively engaged in training according to rules adopted
pursuant to ORS 656.340 and 656.726[.]; or
(C) The insurer or self-insured employer timely requests reconsideration of the notice
of closure under ORS 656.268 (5)(e).
(2) Any unpaid balance of the award that is not paid in a lump sum payment shall be paid
pursuant to ORS 656.216.
(3) In all cases where the total amount of the award for permanent partial disability does not
exceed $6,000, the insurer or the self-insured employer shall pay [all] the total amount of the award
to the worker in a lump sum payment.
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
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