(1) With respect to any claim against the estate of a deceased person, the Department of Human Services and the Oregon Health Authority may:
- (a) Secure payment of the claim in whole or in part by the acceptance of assignments, conveyances, notes, mortgages and other transfers of property or interests therein.
- (b) Waive the claim to the extent that the department or the authority finds that enforcement would tend to defeat the purpose of the public assistance or medical assistance laws.
- (2) To the extent that the need for aid resulted from a crime committed against the recipient, a claim for recovery of the amount of such aid defeats the purpose of the public assistance or medical assistance laws.
[1963 c.114 §2; 1985 c.522 §6; 2011 c.720 §153; 2013 c.688 §86]