l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 909

Directs the Oregon Health Authority and the Department of Human Services to disregard parental income when determining a child's eligibility for medical assistance if the child has a physical disability or chronic illness that requires a hospital or nursing home level of care.

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 expands services for children with complex needs. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.5). [<i>Directs the Oregon Health Authority to provide flexible and innovative home and community-based services and supports through the medical assistance program to children and youth that have a serious emotional disturbance.</i>] Directs the <b>Oregon Health</b> Authority and the Department of Human Services to disregard parental income when determining a child's eligibility for medical assistance if the child has a physical disability or chronic illness that requires a hospital or nursing home level of care [<i>or the child meets the level of care criteria for admission to a facility providing psychiatric services to individuals under 21 years of age. Directs the authority or the department to notify the parents of a child found eligible for medical assistance based on a disregard of parental income that the disregard constitutes parental consent for an education provider to be notified that the child receives medical assistance and to bill for the cost of school-based health services</i>]. <b>Directs the authority to prescribe the level of care criteria for admission to a facility providing psychiatric services to individuals under 21 years of age. Provides that individuals who meet those criteria are eligible for medical assistance.</b> Directs the authority to seek any necessary federal approval.<b> Becomes operative on the date that notice of federal approval is received.</b> 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

Its course

January 21 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 7 days

In the SenateJan 21 to Jun 27 · stopped157 days

Waiting for a committeeJan 21 to Jan 210 days

Human ServicesJan 21 to Apr 1887 days

Ways and MeansApr 18 to Jun 27 · stopped70 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Apr 18

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 Jan 21 – Jun 27

  1. Jan 21Introduced
  2. Sent to Human Services
  3. Feb 27Heard in Human Services
  4. Apr 1Heard in Human Services
  5. Apr 3Heard in Human Services
  6. Apr 9Heard in Human Services
  7. Apr 18Human Services recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
  8. Sent to Ways and Means
  9. Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 9 actions, as published
  1. Jan 21Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  2. Jan 21Referred to Human Services.Senate
  3. Feb 27Public Hearing held.Senate
  4. Apr 1Work Session held.Senate
  5. Apr 3Work Session held.Senate
  6. Apr 9Work Session held.Senate
  7. Apr 18Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.)Senate
  8. Apr 18Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President.Senate
  9. Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.Senate