Oregon Revised Statutes Privileges and Benefits of Veterans and Service Personnel § 408.335

(1) When requested to do so by the Director of Veterans' Affairs, the Attorney General shall represent, on behalf of all of the members of the class, one or more members of the class of veterans, spouses and surviving spouses of veterans and minor children of veterans who allege injuries caused by exposure to or contact with causative agents, and appear for them in any court or before any administrative agency in any proceeding to compel release of individual medical records, United States Department of Veterans Affairs medical and claim files or any other information relating to causative agents during military service.

(2) When requested to do so by the Director of Veterans' Affairs, the Attorney General shall represent, on behalf of all of the members of the class of veterans, one or more veterans in any proceeding to compel the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to comply with the requirements of the Veterans' Health Care, Training, and Small Business Loan Act of 1981, P.L. 97-72 (38 U.S.C. 610 et seq.) or any other public law, regulation or administrative directive and to release any records or reports prepared under that Act relating to exposure to dioxin or other toxic substances found in a herbicide or defoliant used for military purposes.

(3) The expenses incurred by the Attorney General under this section shall be paid from the General Fund.

(4) The Attorney General shall seek a judgment ordering the payment of all expenses incurred by the Attorney General from the agency against which the action was brought.