Committees · 2025 Regular Session
Health Care
Members
As the committee stood at the end of the term. Each name leads to the member's page.
Deb PattersonChair
Democrat · 10th District
Cedric HaydenVice-chair
Republican · 6th District
Democrat · 18th District
Republican · 28th District
Democrat · 17th District
Bills
Bills sent to the committee in the 2025 Regular Session.
Bills sent140
9% of the bills the Senate sent to committees
Reported out61%
85 of 140; 55 stopped in committee
Time in committee62 days
most between 43 and 83 days
Amendments offered0
committee amendments
In every session
Each session over its whole term. The 2026 is so far.
202617 bills
reported 65% · typically 9 days, most 8–17 · 0 amendments · 5 members
2025140 bills
reported 61% · typically 62 days, most 43–83 · 0 amendments · 5 members
202415 bills
reported 80% · typically 9 days, most 8–10 · 0 amendments · 5 members
2023121 bills
reported 59% · typically 54 days, most 31–75 · 0 amendments · 5 members
202212 bills
reported 58% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 5 members
2021100 bills
reported 73% · typically 49 days, most 37–72 · 0 amendments · 5 members
202015 bills
reported 73% · typically 8 days, most 8–14 · 0 amendments · 5 members
2019122 bills
reported 66% · typically 46 days, most 28–69 · 0 amendments · 5 members
20188 bills
reported 100% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 5 members
2017115 bills
reported 57% · typically 40 days, most 27–58 · 0 amendments · 5 members
201619 bills
reported 63% · typically 8 days, most 4–10 · 0 amendments · 5 members
2015149 bills
reported 70% · typically 45 days, most 28–58 · 0 amendments · 5 members
Bills it was sent
Each time a bill was sent to the committee in the 2025 Regular Session, newest first.
140 bills
Senate Bill 1214 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations to reimburse certain rural hospitals at rates no less than 150 percent of the rates paid as of the effective date of the Act.
Sent June 9, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 18 days
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 May 8, 2025 · Reported out after 19 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3409 · Allows insurers offering policies or certificates of health insurance and pharmacy benefit managers to require that a claim for reimbursement of a prescription drug include a modifier or other indicator that the drug is a 340B drug unless certain requirements are met.
Sent May 7, 2025 · Reported out after 28 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
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 April 24, 2025 · Reported out after 26 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3824 · Allows a physical therapist to perform dry needling.
Sent April 23, 2025 · Reported out after 63 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3942 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority to provide for an expedited licensure process for health care facilities, except long term care facilities and residential facilities that primarily serve persons under 21 years of age.
Sent April 23, 2025 · Reported out after 26 days · then passed the Senate, 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 April 21, 2025 · Reported out after 43 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
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 April 21, 2025 · Reported out after 30 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2211 · Defines a "dental subcontractor."
Sent April 15, 2025 · Reported out after 31 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
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 April 15, 2025 · Reported out after 38 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
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 April 15, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 73 days
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 April 15, 2025 · Reported out after 29 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3042 · Specifies additional reasons for which the Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine may impose discipline.
Sent April 15, 2025 · Reported out after 34 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
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 April 15, 2025 · Reported out after 35 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
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 April 15, 2025 · Reported out after 43 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
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 April 15, 2025 · Reported out after 29 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
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 April 15, 2025 · Reported out after 62 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2143 · Defines "five-needle protocol."
Sent April 14, 2025 · Reported out after 36 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2594 · Requires a dental laboratory to register with the Health Licensing Office.
Sent April 14, 2025 · Reported out after 35 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2564 · Revises the insurance rate review process.
Sent March 27, 2025 · Reported out after 41 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
120 more
Senate Bill 1 · Allows for the provision of epinephrine in schools by methods other than injections.
Sent March 24, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 95 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 March 18, 2025 · Reported out after 50 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3044 · Defines "Advanced Practice Registered Nurse," "diagnosing" and "medication aide."
Sent March 18, 2025 · Reported out after 50 days · then passed the Senate, 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 March 18, 2025 · Reported out after 83 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 1188 · Directs the Oregon Public Guardian and Conservator to establish a grant program to increase the availability of community-based guardianship programs and county public guardian and conservators for people with complex health care needs who are experiencing hospital discharge difficulties.
Sent March 18, 2025 · Reported out after 30 days · did not pass the Senate
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 March 12, 2025 · Reported out after 63 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
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 March 12, 2025 · Reported out after 56 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2748 · Prohibits a nonhuman entity from using specified nursing titles and abbreviations.
Sent March 6, 2025 · Reported out after 82 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
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 March 6, 2025 · Reported out after 74 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3127 · Requires use of the state electronic reporting system to report deaths to the Center for Health Statistics.
Sent March 6, 2025 · Reported out after 82 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 1137 · Requires health benefit plans to cover autologous breast reconstruction procedures and related services with specific requirements related to out-of-pocket costs, cost-sharing, utilization review, reimbursement rates and network adequacy.
Sent March 3, 2025 · Reported out after 43 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 1161 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority to issue a license to an organ procurement organization to operate an organ transport vehicle.
Sent March 3, 2025 · Reported out after 46 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
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.
Sent March 3, 2025 · Reported out after 43 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 1174 · Directs the Health Licensing Office to issue a nutritionist license to a qualified applicant.
Sent March 3, 2025 · Reported out after 45 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 1181 · Prohibits the increased cost or denial of a Medicare supplement insurance policy due to a preexisting condition and establishes open enrollment standards for Medicare supplement policies.
Sent March 3, 2025 · Reported out after 43 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 1026 · Prohibits the provision of abortion services to a nonresident, unmarried person under 18 years of age without parental consent.
Sent February 18, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 129 days
Senate Bill 1030 · Requires a residential care facility, including a facility with a memory care endorsement and an assisted living facility, to make available to residents at least one on-site vaccine clinic per year.
Sent February 18, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 129 days
Senate Bill 1031 · Requires a physician who prescribes drugs for a chemical abortion to provide certain information to a person to whom such drugs are prescribed.
Sent February 18, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 129 days
Senate Bill 1050 · Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to Southern Coos Hospital and Health Center to expand access to primary, specialty and pharmacy services in and around Bandon, Oregon.
Sent February 18, 2025 · Reported out after 51 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 1060 · 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 18, 2025 · Reported out after 57 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 1012 · 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 February 11, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 136 days
Senate Bill 1000 · Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay.
Sent February 10, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 137 days
Senate Bill 1001 · Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to the Coast Community Health Center, or a successor entity, to provide health care services and apprenticeships.
Sent February 10, 2025 · Reported out after 59 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 945 · Establishes medical assistance eligibility for individuals under age 26 who have aged out of foster care in Oregon or another state.
Sent February 6, 2025 · Reported out after 42 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 966 · Enacts the interstate Nurse Licensure Compact.
Sent January 30, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 148 days
Senate Bill 942 · Requires individual and group health benefit plans to cover a child over the age of 26 in certain circumstances.
Sent January 28, 2025 · Reported out after 77 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 943 · Changes the definitions of "audiologist" and "practice of audiology."
Sent January 28, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 150 days
Senate Bill 950 · Allows the State Board of Sign Language Interpreters to establish by rule criteria for the issuance of a supervisory sign language interpreter license.
Sent January 28, 2025 · Reported out after 69 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 951 · Prohibits a management services organization or a shareholder, director, officer or employee of a management services organization from owning or controlling shares in, serving as a director or officer of, being an employee of, working as an independent contractor with or otherwise managing, directing the management of or participating in managing a professional medical entity with which the management services organization has a contract for management services.
Sent January 28, 2025 · Reported out after 66 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 883 · Prohibits a state agency from enforcing rules requiring vaccination against COVID-19.
Sent January 21, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 157 days
Senate Bill 899 · Prohibits physicians from performing irreversible gender reassignment surgery on a minor.
Sent January 21, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 157 days
Senate Bill 22 · Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study affordability in health care.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 23 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study behavioral health.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 24 · Requires the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, in consultation with the Department of Corrections and the labor union representing staff employed in health services at the Department of Corrections, to conduct a market study biennially related to the wages and benefits of health services job classifications at the Department of Corrections institutions.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 88 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 25 · Requires the Department of Human Services to study emergency departments.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 27 · Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Health Authority and the Department of Human Services for certain programs, reimbursements and incentive payments to support the health care workforce.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 88 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 28 · Requires certain health insurers to reimburse the cost of primary care providers in an independent practice at the same rate as primary care providers within a hospital-based or hospital-affiliated system for the same services.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 88 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 29 · Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study health insurance plans.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 30 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study hospital discharges.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 35 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study medical assistance.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 36 · Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study patient billing.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 37 · Requires the State Board of Pharmacy to study pharmacy.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 38 · Requires the State Board of Pharmacy to study prescription drugs.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 39 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study primary care in Oregon.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 40 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study public health.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 42 · Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Health Authority from the General Fund for the Vaccine Access Program.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 88 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 56 · Requires the state medical assistance program and health insurance policies and certificates to cover computerized tomography coronary calcium score scans for individuals 40 years of age or older.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 61 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 61 · Prohibits the recovery of reimbursements paid on claims in the medical assistance program if the provider can verify that the patient visit occurred or the service or item was provided.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 140 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations to increase reimbursement rates for inpatient psychiatric services provided by hospitals to medical assistance recipients.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 154 · Requires the Universal Health Plan Governance Board to study universal health care.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 161 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority to award grants to certain recipients for certain workforce development activities.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 282 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study environmental health.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 283 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority and the Department of Human Services to provide certain payments to hospitals, long term care facilities, residential care facilities and federally qualified health centers to support the health care workforce.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 88 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 284 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study health care.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 90 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 285 · Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study health insurance plans.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 286 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study hospital discharge challenges.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 287 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study medical assistance.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 288 · Requires the State Board of Pharmacy to study pharmacy.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 289 · Modifies, from quarterly to annually, the timing of the Department of Consumer and Business Services' requirement to report certain information to the Prescription Drug Affordability Board.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 61 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 290 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study public health.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 291 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study oral health.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 293 · Requires the Department of Corrections to provide certain medical care to adults in custody, document the reasons for any denial or refusal of medical care to adults in custody and refrain from considering the remaining duration of incarceration for adults in custody in determining medical care.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 75 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 294 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study emergency departments.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 295 · Makes permanent a pharmacist's ability to test for and treat COVID-19.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 74 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 296 · Directs the Department of Human Services and the Oregon Health Authority to study ways to expedite the eligibility determination process for long term care services and supports.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 61 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 376 · Defines "rural" for purposes of the rural health care provider incentive program.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 379 · Removes the sunset on the exemption for receipts from the sale of prescription drugs by certain pharmacies.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 19 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 383 · Prohibits public bodies and private entities from requiring a person to receive an experimental medical intervention or vaccination or to possess an immunity passport, immunity pass or other evidence certifying a vaccination or immunity status.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 384 · Requires health care practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care to preserve the health and life of a child born alive after an abortion or attempted abortion.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 388 · Requires the Oregon Health Policy Board to produce and provide to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health by December 31, 2026, a comprehensive report regarding the success in achieving the aims of the Oregon Integrated and Coordinated Health Care Delivery System.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 441 · Removes the requirements for notification of substitution and records retention for prescribed biological products.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 442 · Establishes the COFA Shared Services Office to assist COFA citizens in applying for and accessing benefits and services.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 88 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 447 · Requires a pharmacy to notify a person to whom a prescription drug is dispensed that the drug manufacturer may offer a patient assistance program.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 448 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study medication-induced movement disorders and submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to public health and health care no later than December 31, 2025.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 449 · Establishes the Task Force on Health Care Training Partnerships 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
Senate Bill 451 · Prohibits cost-sharing on certain health insurance coverage of cervical cancer screenings and follow-up examinations.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 55 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 476 · Requires professional licensing boards to provide culturally responsive training to specified staff members and publish guidance on pathways to professional authorization for internationally educated individuals.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 75 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 506 · Prohibits the Department of Corrections, Oregon Youth Authority or Oregon Health Authority from paying for or providing, directly or indirectly, gender-affirming care to individuals in the custody of a correctional facility in this state.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 528 · Appropriates moneys to be used for regional health equity coalitions.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 70 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 529 · Directs the Oregon Health Authorityto contract directly withcommunity health registered nurses and community-based organizations to provide services to medical assistance recipients.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 73 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 530 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to adjust for inflation the amount of any grant awarded to a regional health equity coalition.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 74 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 531 · Directs the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to distribute moneys to the Oregon Wellness Program for specified purposes.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 48 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 532 · Requires dental insurers to follow certain rules for payment and denial of claims.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 88 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 533 · Creates a civil penalty for drug manufacturers that interfere directly or indirectly with certain entities acquiring 340B drugs, delivering 340B drugs to certain health care providers or dispensing 340B drugs.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 535 · Requires health insurance coverage of specified fertility services and treatments with exemption for certain insurers.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 89 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 536 · Provides that a licensed physician associate or nurse practitioner may be a medical examiner.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 60 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 537 · Creates workplace violence prevention requirements for certain health care entities.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 83 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 538 · Requires the Department of Human Services to pay parents to provide attendant care services for children with developmental disabilities who have very high behavioral health or medical needs.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 61 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 539 · Requires a hospital or the hospital's health system to report annually to the Oregon Health Authority certain information regarding facility fees that are charged or billed for patient visits at the hospital's or health system's hospital-based facilities.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 126 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 540 · Requires a drug manufacturer or wholesaler to state on the label of an orally administered drug any ingredients derived from gluten-containing grains.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 542 · Makes certain findings related to gluten.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 549 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority or a coordinated care organization to make a determination on a request for prior authorization for medical assistance coverage for the cost to repair complex rehabilitation technology within 72 hours after receiving the request.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 88 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 597 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority to establish a grant program to provide financial support to certified dental sealant programs that promote and engage in oral health care coordination activities.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 74 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 598 · Requires certain health insurance providers to ensure that coverage for a nonopioid prescription drug is available as an alternative for an opioid prescription drug and to use the same utilization review requirements and cost-sharing provisions for opioid and nonopioid drugs when they are prescribed for the same treatment.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 88 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 609 · 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 · Reported out after 88 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 628 · Requires a physician or physician associate to attempt to obtain a patient's informed consent for dismissal to seek emergency medical treatment or for transfer of care to another physician or physician associate.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 629 · Requires the Oregon Medical Board to consider a reasonable person standard in determining what constitutes unprofessional conduct.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 666 · 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 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 672 · Prohibits the Department of Corrections, Oregon Youth Authority or Oregon Health Authority from paying for or providing, directly or indirectly, gender-affirming care to individuals in the custody of a correctional facility in this state.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 683 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority to conduct a study every two years to count the number of licensed and actively practicing primary care physicians in this state.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 88 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 699 · Expands the health insurance coverage of prosthetic and orthotic devices and exempts the Public Employees' Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board from the expansion of covered services unless the boards provide notice to the Department of Consumer and Business Services.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 88 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 701 · Directs the Department of Education to establish a pilot project to provide telehealth services in K-12 schools in the 2025-2026 school year.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 716 · Requires a policy or certificate of health insurance to reimburse medical care provided at an eligible urgent care center in an amount that is 20 percent higher for the same services when the services are provided at an urgent care center that is not eligible.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 88 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 718 · Establishes the Parkinson's disease registry.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 48 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 727 · Modifies the definition of "health care provider" for purposes of laws concerning job-protected leave.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 53 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 756 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations to reimburse the cost of clinically validated blood pressure cuffs prescribed to medical assistance recipients.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 772 · Establishes the Indian Health Scholarship Program to provide free tuition and fees for qualifying Indian health profession students in exchange for the student's commitment to work at a tribal service site after graduation.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 89 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 778 · Requires the Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations to provide reimbursement for air ambulance services provided to medical assistance recipients at rates in accordance with the national Ambulance Inflation Factor.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 813 · Adds employees of the Oregon Youth Authority or a county juvenile department to the list of people who are authorized to petition the circuit court for an order compelling a third party to complete a test for communicable diseases under certain circumstances.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 39 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 822 · Expands network adequacy requirements to health benefit plans offered to large employers and modifies requirements.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 88 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 824 · Requires certain carriers that offer health benefit plans in this state to report additional information to the Department of Consumer and Business Services and requires the department to keep this information confidential.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 88 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 835 · Directs the Oregon Health Authority, in collaboration withthe nine federally recognized Indian tribes in Oregon, to adopt rules governing the collection, storage and use of data on tribal affiliation.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 83 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 837 · Modifies laws governing the emergency health care provider registry to allow a broader range of volunteer services and allow deployment of volunteers outside of declared emergencies.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 118 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 841 · Authorizes the Oregon Health Authority to enter into an agreement with a federally recognized Indian tribe in Oregon or a tribal epidemiology center in Oregon to allow the tribe or center to accept reports of reportable diseases and investigate cases of reportable diseases.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 84 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 842 · Increases for hospitals the annual license fees to be obtained by the Oregon Health Authority.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 81 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 844 · Changes the date by which the Oregon Health Authority report on opioid and opiate overdoses is due to the Legislative Assembly.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 83 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 846 · Modifies the requirements for how the Oregon Health Authority monitors the progress of coordinated care organizations in improving access to and the quality of health care for children and youth in the areas served by the coordinated care organizations.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 74 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 850 · Appropriates moneys to be used for regional health equity coalitions.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 873 · Repeals a license issued by the Oregon Medical Board to certain physicians licensed to practice in other jurisdictions.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 52 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 874 · Removes the term "Oriental medicine" and similar terms, and replaces them with "Traditional Eastern medicine."
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 52 days · then passed the Senate, and became law