l9n/ Oregon

2011 Regular Session

Senate Bill 972

Directs Oregon Health Authority to develop plan for providing health care coverage for all Oregonians, including recommendations for constitutionally-dedicated sales tax, assumptions regarding private sector health care delivery options and elimination of need of employers to provide health insurance coverage to employees, and options to eliminate plan deductibles for persons below certain levels of federal poverty guidelines.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Ways and Means Committee on June 30, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Directs Oregon Health Authority to develop plan for providing health care coverage for all Oregonians, including recommendations for constitutionally-dedicated sales tax, assumptions regarding private sector health care delivery options and elimination of need of employers to provide health insurance coverage to employees, and options to eliminate plan deductibles for persons below certain levels of federal poverty guidelines. Directs authority to submit plan to interim health care committees of Legislative Assembly no later than 60 days preceding date of convening of 2012 regular session of Legislative Assembly. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Chip Shields

Its course

April 4 to June 30, 2011, 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 action8 actions on 6 days

In the SenateApr 4 to Jun 30 · stopped87 days

Waiting for a committeeApr 4 to Apr 40 days

Health Care, Human Services and Rural Health PolicyApr 4 to May 430 days

Ways and MeansMay 4 to Jun 30 · stopped57 days

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 Senate Apr 4 – Jun 30

  1. Apr 4Introduced
  2. Sent to Health Care, Human Services and Rural Health Policy
  3. Apr 7Heard in Health Care, Human Services and Rural Health Policy
  4. Apr 14Heard in Health Care, Human Services and Rural Health Policy
  5. Apr 18Heard in Health Care, Human Services and Rural Health Policy
  6. May 4Health Care, Human Services and Rural Health Policy recommended it
  7. Sent to Ways and Means
  8. Jun 30Died when the session ended
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Apr 4Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  2. Apr 4Referred to Health Care, Human Services and Rural Health Policy, then Finance and Revenue.Senate
  3. Apr 7Public Hearing held.Senate
  4. Apr 14Work Session held.Senate
  5. Apr 18Work Session held.Senate
  6. May 4Recommendation: Do pass and subsequent referral to Finance and Revenue be rescinded.Senate
  7. May 4Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President.Senate
  8. Jun 30In committee upon adjournment.Senate