Became law as Chapter 35, Oregon Laws 2024, signed March 27, 2024, 51 days after it was filed. In force from January 1, 2025.
2024 Regular Session
House Bill 4113
Requires an insurer, a pharmacy benefit manager and a health care service contractor to count payments made by or on behalf of an enrollee for the costs of certain prescription drugs when calculating the enrollee's contribution to an out-of-pocket maximum, deductible, copayment, coinsurance or other required cost-sharing for the drugs.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Digest: The Act applies to insurers and other entities that pay for drugs for people who have insurance. The Act requires insurers and others to count toward any costs that an insured person must pay for their drugs, the amounts paid from coupons or by other third parties. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.5). Requires an insurer, a pharmacy benefit manager[<i>, the Public Employees' Benefit Board, the Oregon Educators Benefit Board</i>] and a health care service contractor to count payments made by or on behalf of an enrollee for the costs of certain prescription drugs when calculating the enrollee's contribution to an out-of-pocket maximum, deductible, copayment, coinsurance or other required cost-sharing for the drugs.
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
Chief co-sponsor
19 co-sponsors
Tom Andersen, Ben Bowman, Farrah Chaichi, Mark Gamba, Ken Helm, John Lively, Rob Nosse, Hai Pham, Thuy Tran, Jules Walters, Dacia Grayber, Julie Fahey, Jason Kropf, Nathan Sosa, Travis Nelson, Zach Hudson, Nancy Nathanson, Ricki Ruiz, Courtney Neron Misslin
In the Senate
Sponsor
3 co-sponsors
Its course
February 5 to March 28, 2024, 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 action19 actions on 16 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 5 to Feb 2015 days
Waiting for a committeeFeb 5 to Feb 50 days
Behavioral Health and Health CareFeb 5 to Feb 1510 days
In the SenateFeb 20 to Mar 514 days
Waiting for a committeeFeb 20 to Feb 211 day
Health CareFeb 21 to Mar 19 days
With the GovernorMar 5 to Mar 2722 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislative Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
House of Representatives, third reading58–0
Passed · Feb 20 · 2 present
Senate, third reading30–0
Passed · Mar 5
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Feb 15
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 5 – Feb 20
- Feb 5Introduced
- Sent to Behavioral Health and Health Care
- Feb 7Heard in Behavioral Health and Health Care
- Feb 14Heard in Behavioral Health and Health Care
- Feb 15Behavioral Health and Health Care recommended it as amended
- Feb 16Read a second time
- Feb 20Passed the House of Representatives, 58 to 0
In the Senate Feb 21 – Mar 5
- Feb 21Arrived in the Senate
- Sent to Health Care
- Feb 28Heard in Health Care
- Mar 1Health Care recommended it
- Read a second time
- Mar 5Passed the Senate, 30 to 0
To the Governor Mar 6 – Mar 28
- Mar 6Signed in the House of Representatives
- Mar 7Signed in the Senate
- Mar 27Signed by the Governor
- Mar 28Became chapter 35 of Oregon Laws 2024, in force from January 1, 2025
All 19 actions, as published
- Feb 5First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Feb 5Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care.House of Representatives
- Feb 7Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
- Feb 14Work Session held.House of Representatives
- Feb 15Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed.House of Representatives
- Feb 16Second reading.House of Representatives
- Feb 19Rules suspended. Carried over to February 20, 2024 Calendar.House of Representatives
- Feb 20Third reading. Carried by Levy E. Passed.House of Representatives
- Feb 21First reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
- Feb 21Referred to Health Care.Senate
- Feb 28Public Hearing and Work Session held.Senate
- Mar 1Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.Senate
- Mar 1Second reading.Senate
- Mar 4Carried over to 03-05 by unanimous consent.Senate
- Mar 5Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed.Senate
- Mar 6Speaker signed.House of Representatives
- Mar 7President signed.Senate
- Mar 27Governor signed.House of Representatives
- Mar 28Chapter 35, (2024 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2025.House of Representatives