l9n/ Oregon

2015 Regular Session

Senate Bill 665

Creates Hospital Rate Commission in Oregon Health Authority to review hospital charges billed by certain hospitals and recommend to Oregon Health Authority whether to approve charges as reasonable based on prescribed criteria.

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.

Creates Hospital Rate Commission in Oregon Health Authority to review hospital charges billed by certain hospitals and recommend to Oregon Health Authority whether to approve charges as reasonable based on prescribed criteria. Specifies membership and duties of commission. Imposes civil penalty on hospital that bills unreasonable charges. Allows persons filing complaint with commission to recover reasonable attorney fees and costs if authority determines that charge to person for hospital services was unreasonable. Requires hospitals to pay fee to commission. Creates Hospital Rate Commission Fund consisting of fees and fines collected by commission. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to commission for carrying out provisions of Act.

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

February 17 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 action4 actions on 4 days

In the SenateFeb 17 to Jul 6 · stopped139 days

Waiting for a committeeFeb 17 to Feb 192 days

Health CareFeb 19 to Jul 6 · stopped137 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 Feb 17 – Jul 6

  1. Feb 17Introduced
  2. Feb 19Sent to Health Care
  3. Mar 25Heard in Health Care
  4. Jul 6Died when the session ended
All 4 actions, as published
  1. Feb 17Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  2. Feb 19Referred to Health Care.Senate
  3. Mar 25Public Hearing held.Senate
  4. Jul 6In committee upon adjournment.Senate