HB 3076 Oregon House · 2019 Regular Session

Relating to hospitals.

Summary
Requires nonprofit hospitals and their nonprofit affiliated clinics to establish financial assistance policies meeting specified criteria, including reducing charges to low-income patients. Establishes consumer rights with respect to billing and charges for services provided by nonprofit hospitals and their nonprofit affiliated clinics. Requires hospital to post certain information on website, including information regarding its community health needs assessment and three-year strategy to address health care needs of community. Requires Oregon Health Authority to establish community benefit spending floor for hospitals and affiliated clinics. Specifies process for setting community benefit spending floor and factors to be considered. Requires hospital to annually report to authority specified information regarding hospital, its health care facilities and its affiliated clinics. Prohibits insurer from prohibiting hospital from waiving all or part of copayments or deductibles as condition of reimbursement for services under policy or certificate of insurance.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
Jun 2019
House Passage
Jun 2019
Senate Passage
Jun 2019
Signed into Law
Jun 2019
Introduced Feb 25, 2019 Signed Jun 25, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jun 17, 2019 · House May 20, 2019

How they voted

208
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 29
Jun 17, 2019
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
I Independent1
1 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican10
1 Yea 8 Nay 1
80% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
8
Committee
6
Jun 25, 2019
Signed into law
Governor signed.
lower
Jun 19, 2019
Upper · Passed
President signed.
upper
Jun 19, 2019
Lower · Passed
Speaker signed.
lower
Jun 18, 2019
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
lower
Jun 17, 2019
Upper · Passed
Third reading. Carried by Fagan. Passed.
upper
Jun 12, 2019
Upper · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.)
upper
May 21, 2019
Committee
Referred to Rules.
upper
May 21, 2019
Introduced
First reading. Referred to President's desk.
upper
May 20, 2019
Lower · Passed
Third reading. Carried by Salinas. Passed.
lower
May 16, 2019
Lower · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed.
lower
Apr 16, 2019
Committee
Referred to Rules by order of Speaker.
lower
Apr 16, 2019
Committee
Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Rules.
lower
Mar 1, 2019
Committee
Referred to Health Care.
lower
Feb 25, 2019
Introduced
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
lower
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors

Sponsors