As used in ORS 179.610 to 179.770, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) “Agency” means either the Department of Human Services for a person in a state institution described in ORS 179.321 (1) or the Department of Corrections for a person in a Department of Corrections institution as defined in ORS 421.005.
(2) “Authorized representative” means an individual or entity appointed under authority of ORS chapter 125, as guardian or conservator of a person, who has the ability to control the person’s finances, and any other individual or entity holding funds or receiving benefits or income on behalf of any person.
(3) “Care” means all services rendered by the state institutions as described in ORS 179.321 or by the Department of Human Services or the Department of Corrections on behalf of those institutions. These services include, but are not limited to, such items as medical care, room, board, administrative costs and other costs not otherwise excluded by law.
(4) “Decedent’s estate” has the meaning given “estate” in ORS 111.005 (15).
(5) “Person,” “person in a state institution” or “person at a state institution,” or any similar phrase, means an individual who is or has been at a state institution described in ORS 179.321.
(6) “Personal estate” means all income and benefits as well as all assets, including all personal and real property of a living person, and includes assets held by the person’s authorized representative and all other assets held by any other individual or entity holding funds or receiving benefits or income on behalf of any person. [Subsections (1) and (2) enacted as 1959 c.652 §1; subsection (3) enacted as 1959 c.652 §3 (2); 1969 c.597 §43; 1971 c.411 §2; 1973 c.546 §1; 1973 c.806 §1; 1977 c.384 §4; 1989 c.348 §1; 1995 c.664 §89; 2001 c.487 §1; 2003 c.14 §77]
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