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.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3439
Requires individual and group health benefit plans and benefit plans offered by the Public Employees' Benefit Board and the Oregon Educators Benefit Board to reimburse services provided by naturopathic physicians within the scope of their practice if the services are reimbursed when provided by licensed physicians, physician associates or nurse practioners.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Digest: Makes insurers pay naturopathic doctors the same as a doctor, PA or NP when they do the same work. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.3). Requires individual and group health benefit plans and benefit plans offered by the Public Employees' Benefit Board and the Oregon Educators Benefit Board to reimburse services provided by naturopathic physicians within the scope of their practice if the services are reimbursed when provided by licensed physicians, physician associates or nurse practioners. Requires reimbursement paid to a naturopathic physician in independent practice to be in the same amount as reimbursement paid to a physician, physician associate or nurse practioner.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 28 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 action9 actions on 8 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 28 to Jun 27 · stopped150 days
Waiting for a committeeJan 28 to Jan 302 days
Behavioral Health and Health CareJan 30 to Apr 868 days
Ways and MeansApr 8 to Jun 27 · stopped80 days
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Apr 8
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 28 – Jun 27
- Jan 28Introduced
- Jan 30Sent to Behavioral Health and Health Care
- Feb 27Heard in Behavioral Health and Health Care
- Mar 4Heard in Behavioral Health and Health Care
- Apr 1Heard in Behavioral Health and Health Care
- Apr 8Behavioral Health and Health Care recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
- Sent to Ways and Means
- Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 9 actions, as published
- Jan 28First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Jan 30Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care.House of Representatives
- Feb 13Public Hearing cancelled.House of Representatives
- Feb 27Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
- Mar 4Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
- Apr 1Work Session held.House of Representatives
- Apr 8Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
- Apr 8Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker.House of Representatives
- Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives