l9n/ Oregon

2015 Regular Session

Senate Bill 119

Requires insurer offering health benefit plans to provide annual notice to policyholders of specified information about Department of Consumer and Business Services' rate review process.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Health Care Committee on July 6, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Requires insurer offering health benefit plans to provide annual notice to policyholders of specified information about Department of Consumer and Business Services' rate review process. Requires insurers to provide opportunity for enrollees to subscribe to electronic mailing list for rate filings. Requires department and Oregon Health Authority to jointly develop standards and metrics for health insurers' cost containment strategies and incorporate standards into premium rate review process. Requires department and authority to establish process for jointly expanding or refining cost containment strategies that may be considered in reviewing rate filings. Applies to rate filings for coverage beginning on or after January 1, 2017. Requires department to establish by rule, and using public process, methodology for projecting medical cost trends for use by insurers in calculating proposed rates. Requires department to specify exceptions to use of methodology. Applies to rate filings for coverage beginning on or after January 1, 2017. Requires Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to post to website of department detailed explanation for approval of any health insurance rate filing that increases rates. Makes consideration of certain criteria related to approval of such rate increases mandatory. Declares emergency, effective October 1, 2015.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 12 to July 6, 2015, 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the SenateJan 12 to Jul 6 · stopped175 days

Waiting for a committeeJan 12 to Jan 208 days

Health CareJan 20 to Jul 6 · stopped167 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 Jan 12 – Jul 6

  1. Jan 12Introduced
  2. Jan 20Sent to Health Care
  3. Jul 6Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Jan 12Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  2. Jan 20Referred to Health Care.Senate
  3. Jul 6In committee upon adjournment.Senate