Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Rules Committee on June 30, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.
2019 Regular Session
House Bill 3397
Permits Oregon Health Authority to take steps necessary to ensure that authority pays lowest cost for prescription drugs purchased for recipients of medical assistance, including by entering into agreement with third party to be purchasing agent .
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
<i>Requires</i>]<b> Permits</b> Oregon Health Authority to <i>enter</i>]<b> take steps necessary to ensure that authority pays lowest cost for prescription drugs purchased for recipients of medical assistance, including by entering</b> into agreement with third party to be purchasing agent <i>to assist authority in purchasing prescription drugs for medical assistance recipients</i>]. Establishes Oregon Medicaid Purchasing Cooperative to advise authority, purchasing agent and, with respect to purchasing drugs, Practitioner-Managed Prescription Drug Plan. Requires authority to develop and issue request for proposals for purchasing agent and to be advised by cooperative in selecting purchasing agent. 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.
Its course
March 25 to June 30, 2019, 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 action15 actions on 13 days
In the House of RepresentativesMar 25 to Jun 30 · stopped97 days
Waiting for a committeeMar 25 to Mar 261 day
Health CareMar 26 to Apr 1621 days
Ways and MeansApr 16 to May 21 · moved on35 days
Human ServicesMay 21 to Jun 10 · moved on20 days
Ways and MeansJun 10 to Jun 199 days
RulesJun 25 to Jun 30 · stopped5 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislative Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Rules37–20
Jun 25 · 3 present
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Apr 16
House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Jun 19
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 Mar 25 – Jun 30
- Mar 25Introduced
- Mar 26Sent to Health Care
- Apr 2Heard in Health Care
- Apr 9Heard in Health Care
- Apr 16Health Care recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
- Sent to Ways and Means
- May 21Sent to Human Services Subcommittee
- Jun 10Heard in Human Services Subcommittee
- Returned to Ways and Means
- Jun 14Heard in Ways and Means
- Jun 19Ways and Means recommended it as amended
- Jun 20Read a second time
- Jun 25Sent to Rules
- Jun 30Died when the session ended
All 15 actions, as published
- Mar 25First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Mar 26Referred to Health Care with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
- Apr 2Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
- Apr 9Work Session held.House of Representatives
- Apr 16Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
- Apr 16Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
- May 21Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services.House of Representatives
- Jun 10Public Hearing and Work Session held.House of Representatives
- Jun 10Returned to Full Committee.House of Representatives
- Jun 14Work Session held.House of Representatives
- Jun 19Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed.House of Representatives
- Jun 20Second reading.House of Representatives
- Jun 24Rules suspended. Carried over to June 25, 2019 Calendar.House of Representatives
- Jun 25Motion to refer to Rules carried. Referred.House of Representatives
- Jun 30In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives