l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 2943

Directs the Oregon Health Authority to establish a voluntary pilot program where participating hospitals may screen an eligible individual for hepatitis C, HIV and syphilis when the eligible individual undergoes a blood test or analysis as part of medical care received within an emergency department.

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.

<b>Digest: Tells OHA to make a pilot program where a hospital may conduct certain STI tests when a person has other blood tests done at the ED, unless the person opts out of the test. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.3).</b> [<i>Digest: Directs a hospital to conduct an HIV test and a syphilis test when a person has other blood tests done at the ED, unless the person opts out of the test. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4).</i>] [<i>Directs a hospital to conduct HIV and syphilis screening when an individual undergoes a blood test or analysis as part of medical care received within an emergency department, unless the individual declines a test. Provides for exceptions.</i>] [<i>Requires health insurance coverage of HIV and syphilis screening conducted at a hospital emergency department.</i>] <b>Directs the Oregon Health Authority to establish a voluntary pilot program where participating hospitals may screen an eligible individual for hepatitis C, HIV and syphilis when the eligible individual undergoes a blood test or analysis as part of medical care received within an emergency department. Requires a participating hospital to give the eligible individual notice and opportunity to decline the tests. Defines "eligible individual." <b>Directs the authority to submit a report on the outcomes and findings from the pilot program to the committees or interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health care not later than September 15, 2029. <b>Requires health insurance coverage of the tests conducted under the pilot program.</b> Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Health Authority to cover costs incurred by counties in carrying out investigation and outreach related to the increase in HIV and syphilis screening. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

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

4 co-sponsors

Cyrus Javadi, Farrah Chaichi, Jules Walters, Hoa Nguyen

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. Feb 11Heard 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. Feb 11Public 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