House Bill 2009

Establishes Oregon Health <i>Authority</i>] <b>Policy</b> Board and Oregon Health Authority and specifies duties, functions and powers. Transfers health functions to authority from Department of Human Services. <i>Creates Quality Care Institute in Oregon Health Authority.</i>] Directs authority to develop and submit to Legislative Assembly for approval Oregon Health Insurance Exchange plan. <b>Abolishes Oregon Health Fund Board and Oregon Health Policy Commission. Specifies that premium rates for small employer, portability or individual health benefit plan are subject to approval by Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services. Creates criteria and procedures by which director approves, disapproves or modifies premium rates.</b> Establishes Oregon Health Authority Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to authority for purpose of carrying out functions of authority. Establishes Health Information Technology Oversight Council within authority for purposes relating to health information technology. Creates Statewide Health Improvement Program within authority for purposes relating to prevention of chronic disease and reduction in utilization of expensive and invasive acute treatments. Establishes patient centered primary care home program in Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research for purposes relating to patient centered primary care homes. Directs office to create and maintain healthcare workforce database for purpose of providing information about Oregon's healthcare workforce to state agencies and Legislative Assembly. Directs office to convene stakeholder workgroup to develop uniform standards for health insurers licensed in Oregon. Allows Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt by rule standards developed by workgroup. Allows office to adopt rules requiring certain hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to publicly report proposed capital projects. Directs Administrator of Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research to establish and maintain program that requires certain entities to report health care data. Requires administrator to facilitate collaborative effort with authority, Department of Human Services, Department of Consumer and Business Services and interested stakeholders to use data to develop comprehensive health care information system. Directs Health Resources Commission to conduct comparative effectiveness research of certain new and existing health treatments, procedures and services. Directs Health Services Commission to develop or identify evidence-based health care guidelines and to disseminate guidelines to providers, consumers and purchasers of health care. Directs authority to establish and operate statewide registry of physician orders for life-sustaining treatment for purposes of ensuring that medical treatment preferences for individuals nearing end of life are honored. Establishes Oregon POLST Registry Advisory Committee to advise authority. Requires carrier of health benefit plan and licensed third party administrator to annually submit to Department of Consumer and Business Services data concerning number of covered lives of carrier or administrator. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

• House of Representatives, third reading38–22

  Passed · Jun 8

• Senate, third reading23–6

  Passed · Jun 11 · 1 present

• House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

  Adopted Apr 28

• House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

  Adopted Jun 3

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In the House of Representatives Jan 12 – Jun 8

1. Jan 12Introduced
2. Sent to Health Care
3. Jan 26Heard in Health Care
4. Jan 28Heard in Health Care
5. Feb 4Heard in Health Care
6. Feb 9Heard in Health Care
7. Feb 11Heard in Health Care
8. Feb 23Heard in Health Care
9. Feb 27Heard in Health Care
10. Mar 4Heard in Health Care
11. Mar 13Heard in Health Care
12. Mar 16Heard in Health Care
13. Mar 18Heard in Health Care
14. Mar 20Heard in Health Care
15. Mar 25Heard in Health Care
16. Mar 30Heard in Health Care
17. Apr 8Heard in Health Care
18. Apr 9Health Care reported it without a recommendation, and that it go to Health Care
19. Sent to Health Care
20. Apr 13Heard in Health Care
21. Apr 14Heard in Health Care
22. Apr 17Heard in Health Care
23. Apr 20Heard in Health Care
24. Apr 22Heard in Health Care
25. Apr 28Health Care recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
26. Sent to Ways and Means
27. May 4Sent to Human Services Subcommittee
28. May 28Heard in Human Services Subcommittee
29. May 29Heard in Human Services Subcommittee
30. Jun 1Heard in Human Services Subcommittee
31. Returned to Ways and Means
32. Jun 2Heard in Ways and Means
33. Jun 3Ways and Means recommended it as amended
34. Jun 4Read a second time
35. Jun 8Passed the House of Representatives, 38 to 22

In the Senate Jun 9 – Jun 11

1. Jun 9Arrived in the Senate and sent to Ways and Means
2. Jun 10Ways and Means recommended it
3. Read a second time
4. Jun 11Passed the Senate, 23 to 6

To the Governor Jun 18 – Jun 26

1. Jun 18Signed in the House of Representatives
2. Jun 19Signed in the Senate
3. Jun 26Signed by the Governor
4. Became chapter 595 of Oregon Laws 2009, in force from June 26, 2009