l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 1162

Requires an individual or entity to obtain a certificate of need from the Oregon Health Authority before the individual or entity may establish a new hospice program or expand or relocate a hospice program into a new service area.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate'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 says that a new or expanding hospice program must obtain a certificate of need. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6). Requires an individual or entity to obtain a certificate of need from the Oregon Health Authority before the individual or entity may establish a new hospice program or expand or relocate a hospice program into a new service area. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Aaron Woods

In the House of Representatives

    1 co-sponsor

    Tom Andersen

    Its course

    February 27 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 SenateFeb 27 to Jun 27 · stopped120 days

    Waiting for a committeeFeb 27 to Mar 34 days

    Health CareMar 3 to Apr 1543 days

    Ways and MeansApr 15 to Jun 27 · stopped73 days

    Amendments

    Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

    • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

      Adopted Apr 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 Senate Feb 27 – Jun 27

    1. Feb 27Introduced
    2. Mar 3Sent to Health Care
    3. Apr 1Heard in Health Care
    4. Apr 3Heard in Health Care
    5. Apr 15Health 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. Feb 27Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
    2. Mar 3Referred to Health Care.Senate
    3. Apr 1Public Hearing held.Senate
    4. Apr 3Work Session held.Senate
    5. Apr 15Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.)Senate
    6. Apr 15Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President.Senate
    7. Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.Senate