Relating to health care financing.
Summary
Requires Oregon Health Authority, in consultation with stakeholders, to propose to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to health, by January 1, 2020, long term solutions to financing health care in Oregon. ] Declares emergency, effective on passage. ] Requires employers with 50 or more employees to expend amount established by Oregon Health Policy Board toward providing health care to employees. Describes types of expenditures that may be applied toward required health care expenditures. Requires employer to pay health care access contribution, in amount equal to difference between employer's required and actual health care expenditures, to Department of Consumer and Business Services if employer's health care expenditures are less than employer's required health care expenditures. Establishes Employer Participation Program in department to use health care access contributions to provide financial assistance to covered employees of employers that pay health care access contributions for costs of health insurance premiums and to improve access to state medical assistance program. Requires Department of Revenue, in collaboration with Department of Consumer and Business Services, to establish requirements for employers to report certain information about health care expenditures to Department of Revenue. Requires Department of Revenue to report information to Department of Consumer and Business Services. Authorizes Department of Revenue to impose civil penalty on employer that fails to report required information or fails to pay health care access contribution if employer's health care expenditures are less than exployer's required health care expenditures.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2019
Last action Jul 1, 2019
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
1
Committee
4
Jul 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
In committee upon adjournment.
lower
Apr 11, 2019
Committee
Referred to Revenue by order of Speaker.
lower
Apr 11, 2019
Committee
Without recommendation as to passage, with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Revenue.
lower
Jan 15, 2019
Committee
Referred to Health Care.
lower
Jan 14, 2019
Introduced
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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