ORS 426.330: Presentation and payment of claims.

(1) The special funds authorized for the use of the superintendent of the Oregon State Hospital to better enable the superintendent promptly to meet the advances and expenses necessary in the matter of transferring patients to the Oregon State Hospital are continued in existence. The superintendent shall present the superintendent’s claims monthly, with vouchers that show the expenditures from the special funds during the preceding month, to the Oregon Health Authority for the transfer of patients to the Oregon State Hospital.

      (2) Against the funds appropriated to cover the cost of transporting patients, the State Treasurer shall pay the claims of the superintendent that have been approved by the Oregon Health Authority.