Relating to home visiting; and prescribing an effective date.
Summary
Directs Oregon Health Authority to design, implement and maintain voluntary statewide program to provide nurse home visiting services to families with infants up to six months of age. Specifies desired outcomes and services. Requires authority to adopt rules specifying criteria for coverage of newborn nurse home visiting service coverage by health benefit plans. Requires health benefit plans to cover nurse home visiting services to enrollees with newborns without cost-sharing. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Jun 2019
Senate Passage
Jun 2019
House Passage
Jun 2019
Signed into Law
Jul 2019
Introduced Jan 14, 2019
Signed Jul 15, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jun 13, 2019 · House Jun 19, 2019
How they voted
22–5
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 29
Jun 13, 2019
D
Democratic18
94% Yea
I
Independent1
0% Nay
R
Republican10
50% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
9
Committee
8
Jul 15, 2019
Signed into law
Governor signed.
upper
Jun 25, 2019
Lower · Passed
Speaker signed.
lower
Jun 24, 2019
Upper · Passed
President signed.
upper
Jun 19, 2019
Lower · Passed
Third reading. Carried by Schouten. Passed.
lower
Jun 18, 2019
Lower · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass.
lower
Jun 17, 2019
Committee
Referred to Ways and Means.
lower
Jun 17, 2019
Introduced
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
lower
Jun 13, 2019
Upper · Passed
Third reading. Carried by Steiner Hayward. Passed.
upper
Jun 11, 2019
Upper · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.)
upper
Jun 4, 2019
Upper · Passed
Returned to Full Committee.
upper
May 28, 2019
Committee
Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services.
upper
Mar 26, 2019
Committee
Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President.
upper
Mar 26, 2019
Upper · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.)
upper
Jan 16, 2019
Committee
Referred to Health Care.
upper
Jan 14, 2019
Introduced
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
upper
4 primary · 19 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill Hansell
RRepublican
P
DS
Duane Stark
RRepublican
P
ES
Elizabeth Steiner
DDemocratic
P
SS
Sheri Schouten
DDemocratic
Co
AK
Alissa Keny-Guyer
DDemocratic
Co
CR
Chuck Riley
DDemocratic
Co
Cliff Bentz
RRepublican
Co
Ginny Burdick
DDemocratic
Co
James Manning
DDemocratic
Co
Janeen Sollman
DDemocratic
Co
Jeff Golden
DDemocratic
Co
Jennifer Williamson
DDemocratic
Co
Julie Fahey
DDemocratic
Co
Kathleen Taylor
DDemocratic
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