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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>To Oregon Mortuary & Cemetery Board Interested Persons:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I hope that you are all having a wonderful holiday season.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As I shared in early November 2021, <b><a href="https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2120/Enrolled">HB 2120
</a></b>was signed by Governor Brown on June 23, 2021 and becomes effective on <b>
January 1, 2022</b>. This bill will increase the death filing fee from $20 to $30 and the additional $10 will be allocated entirely to the Indigent Disposition Program (IDP) Fund, which will ensure that the IDP Fund remains sustainable at least through 2026.
Additionally, the Board will continue to review the current financial condition of the IDP Fund on a regular basis and make appropriate adjustments/recommendations, if necessary.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#C00000">Therefore, all licensed facilities who make arrangements and collect the $20 death filing fee will need to begin collecting the $30 death filing fee
<u>for all deaths occurring on or after January 1, 2022</u>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For those who are unaware, the purpose of the IDP Fund is to provide funeral establishments and immediate disposition companies with reimbursement for costs incurred while providing services for the disposition of indigent decedents. The
IDP Fund has been in existence since the Oregon State Legislature assigned responsibility for reimbursement to the Health Division in 1993. Prior to that legislation, the applicable county was responsible for the costs associated with an indigent’s disposition
– according to <a href="https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors146.html">
<b>ORS 146</b></a>, in certain circumstances, counties are still responsible for paying the expenses of unclaimed decedents. In 2015, the Oregon Legislature reworked the requirements of the program, moving management to the Oregon Mortuary & Cemetery Board
(OMCB) and amending the required process that a funeral establishment or immediate disposition company must complete before cremating or burying an indigent decedent. These changes went into effect on January 1,<span style="letter-spacing:-1.55pt">
</span>2016.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As a reminder, <a href="https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors097.html">
<b>ORS 97.170(1)</b></a> defines “Indigent person” as:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">… a<i> deceased person who does not have a death or final expense benefit or insurance policy that pays for disposition of the deceased person’s body or other means to pay for disposition of the deceased person’s body and:</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>(a) Who does not have a relative or other person with the legal right to direct and the means to pay for disposition of the deceased person’s body;<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>(b) Whose relative, or other person, with the legal right to direct the disposition of the deceased person’s body does not pay or arrange to pay for, or refuses to direct, the disposition of the deceased person’s body within 10 days
of being notified of the death; or<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>(c) For whom no person other than a person described in paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection wishes to direct and pay for the disposition of the deceased person’s body.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you & have a great New Year’s Eve celebration. <span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">
😊</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chad<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#1F497D">Chad Dresselhaus</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span style="color:#1F497D">Proud Veteran of the United States Navy</span></i><span style="color:#1F497D">
</span><img border="0" width="53" height="53" style="width:.55in;height:.55in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D7FBD9.33DD11C0"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Oregon Mortuary & Cemetery Board (OMCB)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#1F497D">800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 430<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:#1F497D">Portland, OR 97232<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Direct Line</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D">: (971) 673-1502 |
<b>Fax</b>: (971) 673-1501<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Email</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D">:
<a href="mailto:Chad.W.Dresselhaus@omcb.oregon.gov">Chad.W.Dresselhaus@omcb.oregon.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:red">**<u>Please note the new email address</u>**<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Website</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D">:
<a href="https://www.oregon.gov/omcb/Pages/default.aspx">https://www.oregon.gov/omcb/Pages/default.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#31859C">The mission of the Board is to protect public health, safety and welfare by fairly and efficiently performing its licensing, inspection and enforcement duties; by promoting
professional behavior and standards in all facets of the Oregon death care industry; and, by maintaining constructive relationships with licensees, those they serve and others with an interest in the Board's activities. In order to protect the public, it
is the Board's responsibility to insure that all of Oregon's death care facilities are properly licensed. The Board is self-supporting and derives its financing from licensing, examination, and a portion of the death certificate filing fee (not the fees derived
from the purchase of a certified copy of a death certificate).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#4F6228">Kuri Gill </span>
</b><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#4F6228">(she, her, hers) </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">| Oregon Heritage Grants & Outreach Coordinator</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#4F6228"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:3.0pt;color:#A6A6A6">___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Oregon Heritage, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Desk: (503)986-0685 cell: (503)383-6787<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">725 Summer St NE, Ste C<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Salem, Oregon 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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