Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Health Care Committee on June 29, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.
2009 Regular Session
House Bill 2523
Establishes Oregon Health Access Fund and specifies permissible expenditures by Department of Human Services from fund.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Establishes Oregon Health Access Fund and specifies permissible expenditures by Department of Human Services from fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to department. Creates Core Health Safety Net Integrity program in department to provide moneys to support health care safety net and community-based, patient-centered health care services to individuals facing barriers to accessing care. Requires withholding amount from wages and salaries of eligible employees based on amount of employer contributions to benefit plans for which no employee contribution is required. Amount withheld is considered salary for purposes of retirement and pension benefits but is not taxable under state income tax or, as permitted by federal law, Social Security and federal income tax. Applies prospectively to collective bargaining agreements.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
8 co-sponsors
Tim Freeman, George Gilman, Bruce Hanna, Andy Olson, Dennis Richardson, Jim Thompson, Jim Weidner, Gene Whisnant
In the Senate
Sponsor
2 co-sponsors
Its course
February 3 to June 29, 2009, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action4 actions on 4 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 3 to Jun 29 · stopped146 days
Waiting for a committeeFeb 3 to Feb 107 days
Health CareFeb 10 to Jun 29 · stopped139 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislative Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Health Care24–35
May 29 · 1 present
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Feb 3 – Jun 29
- Feb 3Introduced
- Feb 10Sent to Health Care
- Jun 29Died when the session ended
All 4 actions, as published
- Feb 3First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Feb 10Referred to Health Care with subsequent referral to Revenue, then Ways and Means.House of Representatives
- May 29Motion to withdraw from Committee on Health Care failed.House of Representatives
- Jun 29In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives