# Oregon — State minimum standards for hospital financial assistance (charity care)

For Oregon, statute is 442.614; income level for free care is not more than 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines; highest income the rule still protects is not more than 400 percent of the federal poverty guidelines; required discounts by income band is (B) For a patient whose household income is more than 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines and not more than 300 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, by a minimum of 75 percent; (C) For a patient whose household income is more than 300 percent of the federal poverty guidelines and not more than 350 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, by a minimum of 50 percent; and (D) For a patient whose household income is more than 350 percent of the federal poverty guidelines and not more than 400 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, by a minimum of 25 percent;; which hospitals must comply is A nonprofit hospital’s written financial assistance policy described in ORS 442.610 must, verified against its source on 2026-08-30.

- **State:** Oregon _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute:** 442.614 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Income level for free care:** not more than 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Highest income the rule still protects:** not more than 400 percent of the federal poverty guidelines _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Required discounts by income band:** (B) For a patient whose household income is more than 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines and not more than 300 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, by a minimum of 75 percent; (C) For a patient whose household income is more than 300 percent of the federal poverty guidelines and not more than 350 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, by a minimum of 50 percent; and (D) For a patient whose household income is more than 350 percent of the federal poverty guidelines and not more than 400 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, by a minimum of 25 percent; _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Which hospitals must comply:** A nonprofit hospital’s written financial assistance policy described in ORS 442.610 must _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Deadline to apply:** Any time up to 12 months after a patient pays for the services that the hospital provided. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Basis for the income test:** federal poverty guidelines _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Notes:** (b) Apply to all of the hospital’s nonprofit affiliated clinics; _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> (A) For a patient whose household income is not more than 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, by 100 percent; (B) For a patient whose household income is more than 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines and not more than 300 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, by a minimum of 75 percent; (C) For a patient whose household income is more than 300 percent of the federal poverty guidelines and not more than 350 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, by a minimum of 50 percent; and (D) For a patient whose household income is more than 350 percent of the federal poverty guidelines and not more than 400 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, by a minimum of 25 percent;

## Source

- https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors442.html

Last verified: 2026-08-30. Review by: 2027-02-22.
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