Relating to containing the cost of health care; and declaring an emergency.
Summary
Establishes Health Care Cost Growth Benchmark program to control growth of health care expenditures in this state. Establishes Health Care Cost Growth Benchmark Implementation Committee to recommend to Oregon Health Policy Board specifications for program. Requires board to adopt final plan and Oregon Health Authority and Department of Consumer and Business Services to implement program to extent of board's statutory authority ] , except for provisions regarding imposition of performance improvement action plans or other escalating enforcement actions when provider or payer fails to remain at or below benchmark . Requires report, by November ] September 15, 2020, to Legislative Assembly on plan and legislative changes needed to fully implement plan ] Oregon Health Policy Board for approval, and to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to health, on committee's recommendations and legislative concept for enforcement provisions . Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
Jun 2019
Senate Passage
Jun 2019
House Passage
Jun 2019
Signed into Law
Jul 2019
Introduced Feb 28, 2019
Signed Jul 15, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jun 14, 2019 · House Jun 19, 2019
How they voted
28–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 29
Jun 14, 2019
D
Democratic18
100% Yea
I
Independent1
0% Nay
R
Republican10
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
8
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 Nosse. 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 14, 2019
Upper · Passed
Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed.
upper
Jun 11, 2019
Upper · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
upper
May 30, 2019
Upper · Passed
Returned to Full Committee.
upper
May 20, 2019
Committee
Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services.
upper
Apr 4, 2019
Committee
Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President.
upper
Apr 4, 2019
Committee
Recommendation: Do Pass and be referred to Ways and Means.
upper
Mar 2, 2019
Committee
Referred to Health Care.
upper
Feb 28, 2019
Introduced
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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