l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 2216

Directs the Oregon Health Authority to assess current fee-for-service billing practices and non-fee-for-service payment pathways for community health workers serving medical assistance recipients to identify improvements for ensuring adequate and sustainable funding.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Digest: The Act tells OHA to study ways to improve how community health workers are paid. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5). Directs the Oregon Health Authority to assess current fee-for-service billing practices and non-fee-for-service payment pathways for community health workers serving medical assistance recipients to identify improvements for ensuring adequate and sustainable funding. Directs the authority to provide technical assistance to coordinated care organizations<b>, organizations that serve medical assistance recipients who are not enrolled in a coordinated care organization</b> and community health worker organizations in establishing billing structures or alternative payment pathways for community health worker services. Sunsets January 2, 2027. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.

Its course

January 13 to June 27, 2025, 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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 13 to Jun 27 · stopped165 days

Waiting for a committeeJan 13 to Jan 174 days

Behavioral Health and Health CareJan 17 to Apr 780 days

Ways and MeansApr 7 to Jun 27 · stopped81 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Apr 7

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 Jan 13 – Jun 27

  1. Jan 13Introduced
  2. Jan 17Sent to Behavioral Health and Health Care
  3. Mar 6Heard in Behavioral Health and Health Care
  4. Apr 1Heard in Behavioral Health and Health Care
  5. Apr 7Behavioral Health and Health Care recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
  6. Sent to Ways and Means
  7. Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 13First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
  2. Jan 17Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
  3. Mar 6Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
  4. Apr 1Work Session held.House of Representatives
  5. Apr 7Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
  6. Apr 7Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
  7. Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives