Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Behavioral Health and Health Care Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3613
Creates the Office of Pharmaceutical Purchasing within the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to support multiagency and multistate collaborative purchasing of pharmaceuticals, drive down the cost of prescription drugs for residents of this state and manage the Oregon Prescription Drug Program.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Digest: Creates the OPP and moves the OPDP to OPP. Makes some changes to OPDP and PMPDP. Takes effect 91 days after session ends. (Flesch Readability Score: 88.4). Creates the Office of Pharmaceutical Purchasing within the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to support multiagency and multistate collaborative purchasing of pharmaceuticals, drive down the cost of prescription drugs for residents of this state and manage the Oregon Prescription Drug Program. Creates an advisory board within the Office of Pharmaceutical Purchasing to assist in coordinating pharmaceutical purchasing across state agencies and programs. Transfers the Oregon Prescription Drug Program from the Oregon Health Authority to the Office of Pharmaceutical Purchasing and modifies the program, including by requiring certain agencies and coordinated care organizations to participate. Clarifies that a uniform Practitioner-Managed Prescription Drug Plan and preferred drug list should be used in both fee-for-service reimbursements and prescription drugs provided by coordinated care organizations. 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
Sponsor
Its course
February 18 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 action3 actions on 3 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 18 to Jun 27 · stopped129 days
Waiting for a committeeFeb 18 to Feb 202 days
Behavioral Health and Health CareFeb 20 to Jun 27 · stopped127 days
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 18 – Jun 27
- Feb 18Introduced
- Feb 20Sent to Behavioral Health and Health Care
- Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published
- Feb 18First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Feb 20Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
- Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives