Oregon legislation · 2025 Legislative Measures
Oregon SB991: Relating to temporary total disability benefits.
Status: Introduced, June 27, 2025
Digest: The Act removes two bases for a worker to say no to a temp modified job without the loss of workers' comp benefits so that more such jobs qualify. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7). Deletes two bases for a worker to refuse an offer of modified employment without losing temporary total disability benefits to increase possible modified employment placements.
What the bill says
A bill FOR AN ACT Relating to temporary total disability benefits; amending ORS 656.268.
From the introduced text, February 5, 2025:
A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to temporary total disability benefits; amending ORS 656.268. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. ORS 656.268 is amended to read: 656.268. (1) One purpose of this chapter is to restore the injured worker as soon as possible and as near as possible to a condition of self support and maintenance as an able-bodied worker. The insurer or self-insured employer shall close the worker's claim, as prescribed by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, and determine the extent of the worker's permanent disability, provided the worker is not enrolled and actively engaged in training according to rules adopted by the director pursuant to ORS 656.340 and 656.726, when one of the following conditions is met: (a) The worker has become medically stationary and there is sufficient information to determine permanent disability. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a physician or nurse practitioner may not retroactively determine a worker to be medically stationary more than 60 days prior to the date of the determination except in the case of claims that are subject to subsection (13) of this section. An insurer or self-insured employer must mail or deliver written notice to a worker and to the worker's attorney, if the worker is represented, within …
Sponsors
- Diane Linthicum (R, 28) · primary sponsor
- Richard Anderson (R, 5)
- Todd Nash (R, 29)
- Noah Robinson (R, 2)
- Lona Thatcher (R, 11)
- Suzanne Weber (R, 16)
- Gerald Wright (R, 9)
- David Smith (R, 1)
Latest actions
- : In committee upon adjournment.
- : Referred to Labor and Business.
- : Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
Subjects: Labor and Business
Common questions
- What is SB991?
- SB991 is a bill in the Oregon Legislature (2025 Legislative Measures): Relating to temporary total disability benefits.
- What does SB991 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR AN ACT Relating to temporary total disability benefits; amending ORS 656.268.
- What is the status of SB991?
- Introduced as of June 27, 2025. Latest action: In committee upon adjournment. (June 27, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB991?
- Diane Linthicum (R, 28), with 7 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB991?
- On the Oregon Legislature website: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/991
Source: official Oregon record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.