Bill Text: OR HB2717 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to investigation of public assistance overpayment; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2717 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB2717-Introduced.html


     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 1021

                         House Bill 2717

Sponsored by Representative HANNA

                             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.

  Permits Director of Human Services and Director of Oregon
Health Authority to suspend public assistance to recipient who
fails without good cause to provide documentation to investigator
in connection with possible overpayment of public assistance.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to investigation of public assistance overpayment;
  amending ORS 411.593; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 411.593 is amended to read:
  411.593. (1) In connection with any public assistance
investigation or hearing, the Director of Human Services, the
Director of the Oregon Health Authority or any examiner, referee
or other officer duly appointed to conduct the investigation or
hearing may by subpoena compel the attendance and testimony of
witnesses and the production of books, accounts, documents and
other papers, and may administer oaths, take depositions and fix
the fees and mileage of witnesses.
  (2) The Department of Human Services and the Oregon Health
Authority shall provide for defraying the expenses of such
investigations or hearings, which may be held in any part of the
state.
   { +  (3) After giving a recipient of public assistance notice
and an opportunity for a contested case hearing under ORS chapter
183, the Director of Human Services or the Director of the Oregon
Health Authority may suspend the public assistance provided for
the needs of the recipient if the recipient fails without good
cause to provide documentation of eligibility for public
assistance that is requested by an investigator in connection
with possible overpayment of public assistance to the recipient.
The suspension shall remain in effect until the recipient
provides the requested documentation or provides other valid
verification of eligibility. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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