Healthcare

signed · Oregon · Senate Apr 14, 2026

SB 1575: Relating to hospice licensure; and declaring an emergency.

Adds new requirements for obtaining an initial license to operate and maintain a hospice program. [ Requires a hospice program to apply for a new initial license after a change in ownership. ] Prohibits individuals who have been excluded from participation in Medicare or Medicaid or have been found liable for fraud or abuse from holding an ownership interest in a hospice program. Requires the Oregon Health Authority to complete rulemaking within 24 months. Subject to exceptions, prohibits the authority from issuing new hospice licenses until rulemaking is complete. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill sets strict hospice licensure requirements, bans fraudsters from ownership, and mandates quality rulemaking to protect patients and strengthen hospice care standards.85% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

signed · Oregon · House Apr 13, 2026

HB 4075: Relating to hospital finance; and declaring an emergency.

] [ Authorizes ] Requires the State Treasurer to [ loan ] use up to [ 20 percent of ] $44 million from the Unclaimed Property and Estates Fund to guarantee a loan made to a rural [ hospitals ] hospital for financial stabilization. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareAuthorizes loans from Unclaimed Property Fund to stabilize rural hospitals, directly funding healthcare infrastructure to prevent service disruptions.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

signed · Oregon · House Apr 6, 2026

HB 4160: Relating to procedures for medical emergencies in schools; and prescribing an effective date.

Directs schools to have a cardiac emergency response plan as part of the procedures for responding to medical emergencies. Prescribes the requirements of a cardiac emergency response plan, including requirements related to automated external defibrillators. Takes effect July 1, [ 2026 ] 2027 .

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareMandates cardiac emergency response plans with AEDs in schools, improving immediate access to life-saving healthcare during emergencies.90% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

signed · Oregon · House Apr 6, 2026

HB 4047: Relating to rural emergency hospitals; and prescribing an effective date.

Requires the Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules and procedures to allow a hospital to apply for a license as a rural emergency hospital. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareEnables rural hospitals to obtain emergency care licensing, improving access to healthcare services in underserved areas without restricting or defunding programs.90% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

signed · Oregon · House Apr 6, 2026

HB 4039: Relating to medical assistance; and declaring an emergency.

] Requires the Oregon Health Authority to develop a transparent and data-driven process for developing capitation rates for coordinated care organizations. [ Requires the Oregon Health Policy Board to establish a process for public review of and comment on the authority's rate development process. Requires the authority to commission an independent review of the current rate development process and report back to the Legislative Assembly. ] Requires the authority to prepare a medical assistance cost impact statement before adopting rules other than procedural rules. [ Prohibits the authority from adopting a new rule, program or contractual requirement that will cost $1 million or more during a biennium. Sunsets on January 2, 2028. ] [ Imposes a three-year moratorium on the requirement for a coordinated care organization to spend a portion of the organization's annual net income or reserves on addressing health disparities and the social determinants of health. ] Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareRequires transparent, data-driven rate development for medical assistance, ensuring stable funding for coordinated care organizations and public oversight.90% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

signed · Oregon · House Apr 6, 2026

HB 4070: Relating to health care; and prescribing an effective date.

] Requires the Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations to ensure that access to behavioral health treatment in the medical assistance program is comparable to access to medical and surgical treatment and that limitations are applied to behavioral health treatment no more stringently than to medical and surgical treatment. Prohibits the authority or a contracted external quality review organization, under certain circumstances, from making a negative finding about or imposing a penalty on a coordinated care organization based on documents or templates created by the authority for use by a coordinated care organization. Modifies certain statutes to clarify roles and responsibilities for the delivery of behavioral health services and to update terminology. Modifies the types of providers that may be reimbursed in the state medical assistance program for the cost of health services delivered using telemedicine. Becomes operative on January 1, 2027. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareRequires equal access to behavioral health treatment as medical care, supporting mental health services by prohibiting burdensome access barriers.92% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

signed · Oregon · House Apr 6, 2026

HB 4156: Relating to medical assistance reimbursement of emergency medical services; and declaring an emergency.

Modifies the requirements for Medicaid supplemental reimbursements paid to emergency medical services providers. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareModifies Medicaid reimbursement requirements for emergency services, ensuring continued provider payments and access to critical healthcare services.85% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

signed · Oregon · Senate Mar 17, 2026

SB 1527: Relating to health care.

SB 1527 requires Oregon’s Public Employees’ Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board to cover cervical cancer screenings and necessary follow-up tests (like colposcopy or biopsies) without cost-sharing for their members. The bill amends Oregon health insurance laws to mandate this coverage under specific benefit plans. It applies to health benefit plans issued, renewed, or extended on or after the bill’s effective date. The law ensures these screenings and follow-up care are fully covered at no cost to enrollees. This directly affects public employees and educators enrolled in these state benefit programs.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareMandates coverage of cervical cancer screenings without cost-sharing, expanding access to preventive care under Oregon health insurance laws.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

signed · Oregon · House Mar 17, 2026

HB 4068: Relating to residential treatment homes for transition aged youth; and declaring an emergency.

Modifies the definition of "transition aged youth residential treatment home" to include young adults between the ages of 17 and 25. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareExpands access to residential treatment homes for mental health services by including 17-25 year olds, improving patient access to youth mental health care.92% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

failed · Oregon · House Mar 7, 2026

HB 4087: Relating to infants born alive.

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. Allows specified persons to bring an action against a health care practitioner for violations. Allows the court to order that the identity or personally identifiable information of specified persons is protected from disclosure.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareMandates healthcare practitioners to preserve infant health/life post-birth, protecting patient rights in a specific medical scenario without restricting coverage or funding.85% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

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