Behavioral Health and Health Care

Senate Bill 873 · Repeals a license issued by the Oregon Medical Board to certain physicians licensed to practice in other jurisdictions.

Sent March 14, 2025 · Reported out after 59 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

Senate Bill 874 · Removes the term "Oriental medicine" and similar terms, and replaces them with "Traditional Eastern medicine."

Sent March 14, 2025 · Reported out after 74 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3916 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority to award grants to certain recipients for certain workforce development activities.

Sent March 11, 2025 · Reported out after 35 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 3912 · Requires an individual who uses the title "doctor" in connection with a health care profession to designate on specified material, including social media and professional name badges, the health care profession in which the individual earned a doctoral degree.

Sent March 10, 2025 · Reported out after 29 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3748 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to establish a program for the purpose of providing to credentialing organizations access to information that is necessary to credential or recredential health care practitioners.

Sent March 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 115 days

House Bill 3752 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study reimbursement rates in the state's medical assistance program.

Sent March 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 115 days

House Bill 3760 · Allows the Health Licensing Office to issue to a qualified applicant a license to practice art therapy as a provisional licensed art therapist.

Sent March 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 115 days

House Bill 3761 · Allows the Health Licensing Office to issue to a qualified applicant a license to practice art therapy as a provisional licensed art therapist.

Sent March 4, 2025 · Reported out after 36 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3799 · Creates a method by which a health care practitioner may offer to treat a patient who has a terminal disease or severe chronic disease with an investigational product not approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration.

Sent March 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 115 days

House Bill 3817 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority and the Department of Veterans' Affairs to study the consumption of ibogaine by certain individuals for the purpose of treating specified disorders.

Sent March 4, 2025 · Reported out after 43 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 3819 · Allows the State Board of Massage Therapists to post a placard on the exterior of a massage facility found to have committed specified violations.

Sent March 4, 2025 · Reported out after 8 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3824 · Allows a physical therapist to perform dry needling.

Sent March 4, 2025 · Reported out after 41 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3845 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study Medicaid supplemental reimbursement for ground emergency medical transportation services.

Sent March 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 115 days

House Bill 3889 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study mental health.

Sent March 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 115 days

House Bill 3891 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study behavioral health.

Sent March 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 115 days

House Bill 3893 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study health care.

Sent March 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 115 days

House Bill 3902 · Directs the Oregon State Board of Nursing to establish an advisory committee to study the nursing educator shortage and make recommendations to address the issues identified by the committee.

Sent March 4, 2025 · Reported out after 43 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 3675 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study staffing plans for hospitals.

Sent February 27, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 120 days

House Bill 3692 · Repeals the requirement that certain health insurers and medical assistance programs provide health care benefits for gender-affirming health care services.

Sent February 27, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 120 days

House Bill 3722 · Renames the Cover All People program as the Cover All Children program and removes program eligibility for adults who would qualify for the state medical assistance program but for their immigration status.

Sent February 27, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 120 days

House Bill 3725 · Modifies requirements for certain claims processes for health care providers and insurers.

Sent February 27, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 120 days

House Bill 3727 · Allows a physician or physician associate to use telemedicine to practice medicine or provide health care services under specified circumstances to a patient located out of state.

Sent February 27, 2025 · Reported out after 39 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3735 · Directs the Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office to hire permanent staff to convene affinity group task forces to develop recommendations on addressing health inequities.

Sent February 27, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 120 days

Senate Bill 834 · Prohibits state hospitals from providing inpatient services to individuals who are under 18 years of age.

Sent February 27, 2025 · Reported out after 74 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3650 · Establishes the Latino Health System Task Force.

Sent February 21, 2025 · Reported out after 46 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 3561 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study hospital financial assistance.

Sent February 20, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 127 days

House Bill 3572 · Directs the Emergency Medical Services Program to develop a state emergency medical services 10-year strategic plan.

Sent February 20, 2025 · Reported out after 49 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 3574 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study the effectiveness of current laws and rules governing the certificate of need process in this state.

Sent February 20, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 127 days

House Bill 3590 · Prohibits out-of-network providers from balance billing for pediatric care in certain circumstances.

Sent February 20, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 127 days

House Bill 3591 · Requires a group or individual health benefit plan, policy or contract, including plans offered by the Public Employees' Benefit Board or the Oregon Educators Benefit Board, to reimburse out-of-network providers the same as in-network providers for pediatric care and prohibits additional out-of-pocket costs for pediatric care.

Sent February 20, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 127 days

House Bill 3601 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study mental health.

Sent February 20, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 127 days

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.

Sent February 20, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 127 days

House Bill 3621 · Prohibits abortions unless a health care provider first performs an ultrasound on the pregnant person, except in the case of a medical emergency.

Sent February 20, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 127 days

House Bill 3535 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority to establish a toll-free pregnancy resources hotline to provide information and assistance to pregnant persons seeking abortions in this state.

Sent February 12, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 135 days

House Bill 3547 · Exempts institutions for mental diseases from the requirement to obtain a certificate of need from the Oregon Health Authority.

Sent February 12, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 135 days

House Bill 3554 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority to establish a primary care provider loan repayment program to provide loan repayment subsidies to specified primary care providers.

Sent February 12, 2025 · Reported out after 56 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 3557 · Requires a hospital to establish, update and make public a list of standard charges that lists the regular rates or prices established by the hospital for items or services and shoppable services offered or provided by the hospital.

Sent February 12, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 135 days

House Bill 3517 · Requires a policy or certificate of health insurance or health care services contract offered by a health care service contractor in this state, state medical assistance and health benefit plans offered by the Public Employees' Benefit Board and the Oregon Educators Benefit Board to cover certain treatments for an obesity diagnosis with certain requirements.

Sent February 7, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 140 days

House Bill 3494 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to establish minimum reimbursement rates for behavioral health services provided to medical assistance recipients.

Sent February 6, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 141 days

House Bill 3509 · Creates the Community Escrow Fund in the State Treasury to hold coordinated care organization restricted reserves.

Sent February 6, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 141 days

House Bill 3511 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority to develop and implement a program to award grants to community-based organizations to conduct a public health campaign on the negative health effects of using betel nuts.

Sent February 6, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 141 days

House Bill 3338 · Directs the Health Evidence Review Commission to evaluate gender-affirming treatment.

Sent January 30, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 148 days

House Bill 3339 · Enacts the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact.

Sent January 30, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 148 days

House Bill 3351 · Enacts the interstate Counseling Compact.

Sent January 30, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 148 days

House Bill 3375 · Directs the Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission to inventory and assess existing primary prevention programs and youth substance use screening, intervention and referral programs.

Sent January 30, 2025 · Reported out after 21 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 3379 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study Medicaid supplemental reimbursement for ground emergency medical transportation services.

Sent January 30, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 148 days

House Bill 3380 · Increases the tax credit allowed to rural volunteer emergency medical services providers from $250 per tax year to $1,000 per tax year.

Sent January 30, 2025 · Reported out after 75 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 3421 · Requires certain policies and certificates of health insurance and medical assistance managed plans to cover biomarker testing with certain rules and requirements.

Sent January 30, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 148 days

House Bill 3430 · Establishes an income tax credit for independent physicians.

Sent January 30, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 148 days

House Bill 3437 · Prohibits distributing, selling, attempting to sell or offering to sell flavored inhalant delivery system products or flavored tobacco products in this state.

Sent January 30, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 148 days

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.

Sent January 30, 2025 · Reported out after 68 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 3248 · Prohibits an abortion unless a health care provider first determines the probable gestational age of the unborn child, except in the case of a medical emergency.

Sent January 24, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 154 days

House Bill 3280 · Establishes a Task Force on Rural Medical Training Facilities.

Sent January 24, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 154 days

House Bill 3282 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to contract with a third party to examine restructuring of the authority to improve efficiency and responsiveness.

Sent January 24, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 154 days

House Bill 3294 · Directs that a hospital shall comply with either the nurse staffing plan for a unit if a nurse staffing plan for the unit has been adopted or, if a nurse staffing plan for the unit has not been adopted, the applicable statutory nurse-to-patient staffing ratio for the unit.

Sent January 24, 2025 · Reported out after 74 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3304 · Requires the Oregon Educators Benefit Board to study the adequacy of benefits offered to education workers.

Sent January 24, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 154 days

House Bill 3321 · Directs the Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission to develop and implement plans, including a statewide primary prevention strategy, that address the entire youth continuum of care and are designed to prevent the onset of substance use.

Sent January 24, 2025 · Reported out after 27 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3324 · Provides that a health care facility is not a manufacturer, distributor, seller or lessor of a product for purposes of a product liability civil action if the health care facility was not involved in the design or manufacture of the product.

Sent January 24, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 154 days

House Bill 3326 · Establishes the Seniors Emergency Dental Program in the Oregon Health Authority to provide certain emergency dental services to eligible low-income seniors without any corresponding copayments, deductibles or cost sharing required.

Sent January 24, 2025 · Reported out after 82 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 3330 · Provides protections for a person who refuses to participate in a procedure related to abortion, physician-assisted suicide or gender-affirming treatment if the refusal is based on a person's ethical, moral or religious convictions.

Sent January 24, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 154 days

House Bill 2010 · Extends the assessment on earnings from health plan premiums, the assessment on payments by the Oregon Health Authority to managed care organizations, the assessment on hospitals and the Oregon Reinsurance Program.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 28 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2011 · Prohibits health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers from restricting coverage of physician-administered prescription drugs that are obtained by nonparticipating pharmacies.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2013 · Includes outpatient facilities with a certified substance use disorder program that employ certified alcohol and drug counselors as providers for the purposes of mental health treatment insurance coverage.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 88 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2014 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study hospital discharges.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2015 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to conduct studies and adopt rules relating to residential treatment facilities, residential treatment homes, secure residential treatment facilities and secure residential treatment homes.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 88 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2016 · Requires the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists to establish a schedule of violations and remove from the board's website and publicly accessible publications, other than from a searchable electronic database designed to enable licensure or registration verification, information related to a licensee's or associate's violations after a specified time.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 87 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2021 · Modifies the certificate of need process to allow only applicants to challenge proposed decisions of the Oregon Health Authority.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2022 · Excludes facilities providing rehabilitation services to individuals with brain injuries or spinal cord injuries from the requirement to obtain a certificate of need from the Oregon Health Authority.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2023 · Establishes certain health insurance coverage for applied behavior analysis therapy for certain intellectual and developmental disability diagnoses with the same requirements for coverage as autism spectrum disorder diagnoses.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2024 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority to award grants to eligible entities to foster the recruitment and retention of behavioral health care providers at the entities.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 88 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2026 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study behavioral health.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2027 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study mental health.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2028 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study the funding formula under Ballot Measure 110 (2020).

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 34 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 2029 · Imposes requirements and restrictions on insurer and coordinated care organization audits of claims for reimbursement submitted by behavioral health treatment providers.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 89 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 2040 · Establishes a complaint process for health care providers to submit complaints to the Department of Consumer and Business Services or the Oregon Health Authority regarding health insurers or coordinated care organizations.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2041 · Requires insurers to reimburse mental health professionals at the same rate as physicians and other mental health professionals for the same services.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2042 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to develop, implement and administer a program to support consumer engagement efforts aimed at increasing and optimizing consumer involvement in planning and decision-making surrounding the access to, and the delivery of, behavioral health services in this state.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2056 · Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Health Authority for distribution to community mental health programs.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 82 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 2057 · Prohibits insurers offering policies or certificates of health insurance and pharmacy benefit managers from requiring that a claim for reimbursement of a prescription drug include a modifier or other indicator that the drug is a 340B drug.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2059 · Establishes the Residential Behavioral Health Capacity Program within the Oregon Health Authority to fund behavioral health programs that are determined by the authority to increase residential behavioral health capacity throughout this state.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 88 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2103 · Directs the State Board of Pharmacy to adopt rules to classify xylazine as a Schedule IV controlled substance.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2122 · Requires a residential care facility to provide a resident with an itemized monthly bill and reimburse a resident for any services for which the resident paid that the facility did not provide.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2132 · Directs the Department of Human Services to establish medical assistance reimbursement rates for residential care facilities that are commensurate with rates for assisted living facilities.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2143 · Defines "five-needle protocol."

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2147 · Provides funding to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to be distributed to Oregon Health and Science University for purposes of the Addiction Medicine Fellowship program.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 82 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 2148 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to establish a fee-for-service rate for all medical assistance recipients at a certain rate for certain services.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2149 · Requires pharmacy services administrative organizations operating in this state to be licensed by the Department of Consumer and Business Services and creates rules for licensing requirements.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 87 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 2199 · Exempts receipts from the sale of prescription drugs by all licensed retail pharmacies from commercial activity subject to the corporate activity tax.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2202 · Modifies certain statutes to clarify roles and responsibilities for the delivery of behavioral health services and to update terminology.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 89 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 2203 · Requires a behavioral health employer to develop and implement a written safety plan and to provide safety trainings to workers.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 89 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 2204 · Adds podiatric physicians and surgeons to the types of providers eligible for the tax credit allowed to rural medical care providers.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2205 · Requires a contract entered into between the Oregon Health Authority and a coordinated care organization to be for an initial term of no less than five years and to be the same length for all coordinated care organizations contracting with the authority.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 87 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2206 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to convene a work group to study adult residential mental health services provided by facilities to medical assistance recipients enrolled in coordinated care organizations and the feasibility of transferring the financial risk and administration of those services from the authority to coordinated care organizations.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 88 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 2207 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority to adopt standards for external quality reviews of coordinated care organizations that are aligned with standards published by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2208 · Requires a coordinated care organization to collaborate with local public health authorities, community mental health programs, local planning committees and hospitals in conducting a community health assessment and adopting a community health improvement plan.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 89 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2209 · Establishes new criteria and a new process for proposed amendments to contracts entered into between the Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2210 · Establishes the Task Force on Provider Credentialing to make recommendations for expanding and improving a provider credentialing database maintained by the Oregon Health Authority.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 2211 · Defines a "dental subcontractor."

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 82 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2212 · Establishes the Task Force on the Prioritized List of Health Services.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 88 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 2213 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority to establish a minimum medical loss ratio for coordinated care organizations at 85 percent.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2214 · Modifies the minimum financial requirements for coordinated care organizations.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2215 · Specifies the process the Oregon Health Authority must follow in determining a global budget for a coordinated care organization.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 2216 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority to assess current fee-for-service billing practices and non-fee-for-service payment pathways for community health workers serving medical assistance recipients to identify improvements for ensuring adequate and sustainable funding.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 2217 · Modifies the membership requirements for coordinated care organizations' community advisory councils.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2218 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations to reimburse hospitals for inpatient psychiatric services provided to medical assistance recipients at rates no less than the reimbursement rates for inpatient psychiatric rehabilitation provided by the Oregon State Hospital.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2219 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations, to the extent permitted by federal law, to establish reimbursement rates for labor and delivery services provided by hospitals to medical assistance recipients that are no less than the costs to provide the services.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2220 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study hospitals.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2221 · Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study health insurance.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2222 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority to prescribe criteria for mobile integrated health care providers to enroll as providers in the state medical assistance program.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 2223 · Requires coordinated care organizations to contract with providers outside of a particular geographic area when the area has limited access to a medical assistance care or service.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2224 · Modifies the membership of the metrics and scoring subcommittee of the Health Plan Quality Metrics Committee to include a member with expertise in public health or population health data.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2225 · Establishes minimum amounts of reimbursement for primary care, optometry, dental care and behavioral health services provided to recipients of medical assistance.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2229 · Extends the term of a contract entered into between the Oregon Health Authority and a coordinated care organization to 10 years and allows the authority to reevaluate a contract after the initial five years.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2238 · Extends the term of a contract entered into between the Oregon Health Authority and a coordinated care organization to 10 years and allows the authority to reevaluate a contract after the initial five years.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2239 · Authorizes the Oregon Health Authority, a coordinated care organization or a county to contract with a recovery residence to provide housing supports to individuals with substance use disorders only if the recovery residence has been certified by a recovery residence certifying organization.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 88 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 2252 · Requires a person that intends to register to do business in this state as a pharmacy benefit manager to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services that the person is not owned or operated by an insurer or an affiliate of an insurer.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2253 · Requires pharmacy benefit managers to act as fiduciaries to enrollees when negotiating drug prices and tells the Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt rules explaining the fiduciary duty requirements and to establish a complaint process for reporting breaches of fiduciary duty.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2268 · Requires a person that advertises, solicits, markets, sells or offers a health care cost sharing arrangement in this state or enters into a health care cost sharing arrangement with a resident must register with the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2270 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority to increase by 30 percent the reimbursement rates for addiction medicine services.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 82 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 2292 · Requires health benefit plans and medical assistance managed plans to provide coverage with no cost-sharing for additional treatment for human immunodeficiency virus and prohibits requiring prior authorization.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2311 · Provides that the Oregon Health Authority is not required to use administrative law judges from the Office of Administrative Hearings for contested case hearings involving the Oregon State Hospital.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 34 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 2317 · Requires the governing body of a coordinated care organization to include at least one representative of a federally qualified health center and at least one senior public health official.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2318 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to review studies on temperature excursions during the transit of mail order drugs.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2353 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study behavioral health services and supports for older adults and individuals with disabilities.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2357 · Enacts the interstate Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2365 · Adds mental health professionals, naturopathic physicians, pharmacists, medical laboratory scientists and medical laboratory technicians to the types of providers eligible for the tax credit allowed to rural medical care providers.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 2367 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study issues related to telemedicine.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2372 · Requires a health care practitioner to exercise the proper degree of care to preserve the health and life of a child born alive, regardless of whether the birth was the result of an induced abortion.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2381 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority to establish and administer the Pregnancy Launch Program to provide certain services to specified persons.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2382 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to establish a grant program for the purpose of making grants to entities that provide services related to encouraging and assisting pregnant persons in carrying their pregnancies to term.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2385 · Prohibits drug manufacturers from interfering directly or indirectly with a pharmacy or drug outlet acquiring 340B drugs, delivering 340B drugs to certain health care providers or dispensing 340B drugs.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2387 · Allows licensees of certain health professional regulatory boards to provide psilocybin services as licensed psilocybin service facilitators while providing the health care or behavioral health care services the provider is authorized to provide.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 81 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2390 · Increases the amount of income tax credit allowed to rural medical providers.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2429 · Modifies provisions authorizing unemancipated minors to consent to health care services without parental consent.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2457 · Establishes the Rare Disease Advisory Council.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 38 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 2536 · Prohibits health benefit plans from requiring step therapy prior to covering a prescription drug for the treatment of metastatic cancer and associated conditions.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2540 · Requires certain health insurers to credit any amount an enrollee pays directly to a provider toward out-of-pocket costs and deductibles in certain circumstances.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 54 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2542 · Establishes the Oregon Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2549 · Expands the rural health care income tax credit to include pharmacist services performed in rural communities.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2552 · Creates workplace violence prevention requirements for certain health care entities.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2554 · Enacts the interstate Social Work Licensure Compact.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2564 · Revises the insurance rate review process.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 63 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2573 · Modifies the requirements for the Senior Emergency Medical Services Innovation Program.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 89 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2585 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority to establish a process to receive and review scope of practice requests for specified health care professions.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2591 · Allows the Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules to include as eligible providers physicians who practice anesthesiology and certified registered nurse anesthetists in the health care provider incentive program.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 81 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate

House Bill 2594 · Requires a dental laboratory to register with the Health Licensing Office.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2595 · Establishes Parkinson's disease registry.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2597 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations to reimburse dental care organizations for dental services provided to medical assistance recipients at a rate no less than 59.8 percent of the average rate paid by insurers nationwide.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 87 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 2599 · Requires the Prescription Drug Affordability Board to make recommendations to the Legislative Assembly regarding aligning prescription drug price transparency.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2653 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study options to maximize federal funding for the ground emergency medical transport program.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2676 · Enacts the interstate Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2678 · Directs the Department of Human Services to establish an Exceptional Home Care Worker Certification program.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2685 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority to provide information on the screening protocol for cytomegalovirus to hospitals and birthing centers.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2690 · Establishes the Health Insurance Mandate Review Advisory Committee, staffed by the Legislative Policy and Research Director, to meet during interims between sessions of the Legislative Assembly to review a specified number of proposed measures sponsored by or submitted to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health if the measure requires health insurance policies to reimburse specified health care providers or to reimburse the cost of a specific service.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 2741 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority to maintain a state public health laboratory, administer a newborn bloodspot screening program and implement additional programs related to newborn bloodspot screening.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 54 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2748 · Prohibits a nonhuman entity from using specified nursing titles and abbreviations.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 38 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2750 · Establishes the Task Force on Improving Safety in Health Care Settings and directs the task force to report to an interim committee of the Legislative Assembly related to health care no later than December 15, 2026.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2789 · Prohibits the Oregon Health Authority under specified circumstances from requiring, as a condition of reimbursing the cost of the service, a primary care provider to order a covered care management service provided by a licensed registered nurse to a medical assistance recipient.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 38 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2794 · Directs a health care facility to establish and maintain procedures that a staff member may use to submit to the health care facility a complaint regarding a medical supply or equipment that the staff member believes in good faith is faulty or dangerous.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2796 · Requires a hospital or hospital system in this state to make publicly available certain financial data.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2798 · Requires a hospital licensed or hospital system operating in this state to make publicly available its expenses from the preceding year.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2818 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study potential changes to the coordinated care organization quality incentive program administered by the authority.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2824 · Requires coordinated care organization drug outlets to dispense a seven-day supply of a prescription drug to a veteran with a disability, at no cost to the veteran, if the veteran is unable to obtain the prescription drug through the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2917 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study potential changes to the prioritized list of health services compiled by the Health Evidence Review Commission under ORS 414.690.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2918 · Requires a hospital to report on a quarterly basis to the Oregon Health Authority its daily cash on hand.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2919 · Requires a hospital to report on an annual basis to the Oregon Health Authority the percentage of medical assistance program payments and the amount of other public funds that were invested in stocks.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2920 · Requires a hospital to report to the Oregon Health Authority and make publicly available securities data and disclosures that the hospital provides to the federal Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2929 · Modifies the Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission's membership, functions and powers.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 34 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2936 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study marketplace affordability.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2937 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority to maintain a state public health laboratory, administer a newborn bloodspot screening program and implement additional programs related to newborn bloodspot screening.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2939 · Prohibits a hospital from closing or ceasing, reducing or relocating health services without first providing notice 275 days in advance.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2940 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority to implement a program for providing to emergency departments in real time notifications that identify patients with hemoglobinopathies and provide information on how to contact a hematologist.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 89 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2942 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations to reimburse pharmacies and pharmacists in the same manner as other health care providers for certain services related to HIV treatment.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

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.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 2948 · Allows a school administrator or other staff member who is not a nurse to supervise a school nurse or registered nurse in a school setting for purposes not related to the practice of nursing.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 46 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 2954 · Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Health Authority for distribution to local health departments and federally recognized Indian tribes in Oregon to provide addiction prevention services.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 34 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 2955 · Requires medical assistance to include continuous glucose monitors for specified recipients of medical assistance.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 2959 · Requires health insurance coverage of specified fertility services and treatments with exemption for certain insurers.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2993 · Directs the Oregon Medical Board and Oregon State Board of Nursing to offer language education to health care providers regulated by the boards and make available patient forms in languages patients can comfortably communicate.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2994 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority to establish a medical science liaison position to develop recommendations for advancing health equity and justice.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 2998 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules to require behavioral health providers that are certified or licensed by the authority to screen for racial trauma during an initial assessment.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 3017 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study the risks to human health of chemicals in menstrual, intimate care and incontinence products.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 3019 · Requires the Oregon Medical Board to study licensing certain providers who received training outside of the United States.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 3042 · Specifies additional reasons for which the Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine may impose discipline.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 54 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3043 · Defines "monitoring agreement" and "workplace monitor" for purposes of the impaired health professional program.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 54 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3044 · Defines "Advanced Practice Registered Nurse," "diagnosing" and "medication aide."

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 54 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3045 · Authorizes the State Board of Pharmacy to require a person under investigation by the board to undergo a mental, physical, chemical dependency or competency evaluation.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 54 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3046 · Clarifies that a pharmacist may prescribe, dispense and administer medications for treatment of opioid use disorder.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 3051 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority to study fitness to proceed and requires the authority to provide the results of the study to the appropriate interim committees of the Legislative Assembly no later than May 1, 2026.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 13 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 3060 · Enacts the PA Licensure Compact.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 3064 · Requires certain health insurers, the Oregon Educators Benefit Board and the Public Employees' Benefit Board to cover treatment for perimenopause, menopause and postmenopause.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 46 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3080 · Modifies provisions regarding who can act as a health care representative for an incapacitated person who has not appointed a health care representative or does not have an advance directive.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 34 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 3082 · Requires prescription drug manufacturers to report to the Department of Consumer and Business Services the total number of consumers to which the manufacturer offered a patient assistance program who participated in the program, notwithstanding any increase in the price of the prescription drug for which the manufacturer offered the program.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 3085 · Establishes the Emergency Behavioral Health Services for Children program in the Oregon Health Authority to promote timely delivery of behavioral health services to children who present to hospital emergency departments in behavioral health crises.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 3086 · Requires the Public Employees' Benefit Board to count payments made by or on behalf of an enrollee for the cost of certain prescription drugs when calculating the enrollee's contribution to an out-of-pocket maximum, deductible, copayment, coinsurance or other required cost-sharing for the drugs.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 3092 · Requires the Oregon Educators' Benefit Board to count payments made by or on behalf of an enrollee for the cost of certain prescription drugs when calculating the enrollee's contribution to an out-of-pocket maximum, deductible, copayment, coinsurance or other required cost-sharing for the drugs.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 3127 · Requires use of the state electronic reporting system to report deaths to the Center for Health Statistics.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 38 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3134 · Requires additional reporting about prior authorization to the Department of Consumer and Business Services from insurers offering a health benefit plan and tells the department to make this data publicly available.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 87 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3146 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority to administer a pilot program to provide low-barrier emergency housing for houseless or unsafely housed individuals on waiting lists for residential substance use disorder treatment or withdrawal management programs.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 3176 · Requires home health agencies and home hospice programs to establish home health and home hospice staffing committees to develop staffing plans.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 3192 · Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Health Authority for the purpose of screening newborns for five specific diseases under the Northwest Regional Newborn Bloodspot Screening Program.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 3197 · Requires the Legislative Revenue Officer to study the taxation of the sale of beer and wine.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 38 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 3211 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to develop and make available a nonopioid directive form.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3212 · Creates additional rules and requirements for pharmacy benefit managers and a policy or certificate of health insurance or other contract providing for the reimbursement of the cost of a prescription drug.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 88 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 3214 · Expands the definition of "debilitating medical condition" for the medical use of marijuana.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 89 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 3220 · Directs the Oregon State Board of Nursing to adopt rules to require a certain student-to-faculty ratio in the clinical component of nursing education programs.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 3221 · Prohibits a person or government entity that is not registered with the Oregon Health Authority from using a business or trade name with the terms "urgent" or "urgent care" or from holding itself out using the terms "urgent" or "urgent care" in any external sign or advertisement.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 82 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 3223 · Prohibits a mail-order, specialty or online pharmacy from transferring prescription drugs intended for dispensation to a patient to a pharmacy located in this state unless the pharmacy has agreed to receive the prescription drugs.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 3225 · Specifies qualifications for a physician who is among the majority of the shareholders or directors of a professional corporation organized for the purpose of practicing medicine.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 3226 · Includes pharmacy services administrative organizations within the definition of pharmacies for the purpose of ensuring that pharmacy benefit managers are subject to laws regulating their activities even if their contracts are with pharmacy services administrative organizations.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3227 · Voids noncompetition agreements, nondisclosure agreements nondisparagement agreements and nonsolicitation agreements between certain business entities and medical professionals, with specified exceptions, and prohibits the business entities from retaliating against the medical professional for violating the void agreements.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

House Bill 3229 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority to expedite the process for enrolling behavioral health providers in the medical assistance program and study the feasibility of developing and implementing an automated, online tool for behavioral health provider enrollment applications.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

House Bill 3242 · Requires health insurers to pay providers who are joining an in-network practice the same as in-network providers during the credentialing period.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 46 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3243 · Prohibits balance billing for ambulance ground transportation services in certain circumstances and creates rules for health benefit plan reimbursement of ambulance services.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 89 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

House Bill 3245 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority to study a methodology for calculating a coordinated care organization's global budget and report the authority's findings to the Legislative Assembly.

Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 89 days · did not pass the House of Representatives