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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
A-Engrossed
Senate Bill 293
Ordered by the Senate April 2
Including Senate Amendments dated April 2
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the President of the Senate in conformance with pre-
session filing rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part of the President (at the request
of Senate Interim Committee on Health Care)
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. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards.
Digest: The Act tells the DOC to do or not to do some things regarding medical care for
adults in custody. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.7).
[Digest: The Act tells the Department of Corrections to study health care for adults in custody.
(Flesch Readability Score:61.3).]
[Requires the Department of Corrections to study health care for adults in custody. Directs the
department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the ju-
diciary not later than September 15, 2026.]
Requires the Department of Corrections to provide certain medical care to adults in
custody, document the reasons for any denial or refusal of medical care to adults in custody
and refrain from considering the remaining duration of incarceration for adults in custody
in determining medical care.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to health care for adults in custody.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. The Department of Corrections:
(1) Shall provide medical care to adults in custody for pre-existing conditions.
(2) May not consider the remaining duration of incarceration for an adult in custody in
determining medical care for the adult in custody.
(3) Shall document in the medical file of an adult in custody the specific reasons for any
denial or refusal of medical care.
(4) Shall provide adults in custody access to, at a minimum, prescriptions listed on the
formulary adopted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in effect on June 1,
2025.
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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