SB 770 Oregon Senate · 2019 Regular Session

Relating to statewide health care coverage; and declaring an emergency.

Summary
Establishes Task Force on Universal Health Care Commission ] charged with recommending to Legislative Assembly design of Health Care for All Oregon Plan, administered by Health Care for All Oregon Board to provide publicly funded, equitable, affordable, comprehensive and high quality health care to all Oregon residents. Specifies membership and duties of commission ] task force . Requires recommendations to be guided by specified values and principles. Prescribes requirements for plan design and items that commission ] task force must consider. Requires commission to first meet by November 1, 2019, and provide first report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to health by March 15, 2020. Requires commission ] members of task force to be appointed by May 31, 2020, and task force to submit to 2021 regular session of Legislative Assembly final recommendations by February 1, 2021, or report on work that remains to be completed ] for design of Health Care for All Oregon Plan and Health Care for All Oregon Board . Requires Oregon Health Authority to develop plan for Medicaid Buy-In program. Specifies elements that must be included in plan, to extent feasible. Requires authority to provide report to Legislative Assembly, no later than May 1, 2020, containing discussion of potential eligibility requirements for Medicaid Buy-In program or public option, options for targeting specified groups, recommendations for legislative changes necessary to implement plan and any federal approval that would be required to implement plan. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
Jun 2019
Senate Passage
Jul 2019
House Passage
Jul 2019
Signed into Law
Jul 2019
Introduced Feb 12, 2019 Signed Jul 23, 2019
Floor votes · House Jun 30, 2019

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
25
Key actions
9
Committee
8
Jul 23, 2019
Signed into law
Governor signed.
upper
Jul 10, 2019
Lower · Passed
Speaker signed.
lower
Jul 3, 2019
Upper · Passed
President signed.
upper
Jun 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Nosse, Fahey. Passed.
lower
Jun 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass.
lower
Jun 30, 2019
Committee
Referred to Ways and Means.
lower
Jun 30, 2019
Introduced
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
lower
Jun 30, 2019
Upper · Passed
Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr, Dembrow. Passed.
upper
Jun 21, 2019
Upper · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.)
upper
Jun 17, 2019
Upper · Passed
Returned to Full Committee.
upper
Jun 14, 2019
Committee
Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction.
upper
Apr 16, 2019
Committee
Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
upper
Apr 16, 2019
Upper · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.)
upper
Feb 14, 2019
Committee
Referred to Health Care, then Ways and Means.
upper
Feb 12, 2019
Introduced
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
upper
7 primary · 35 co-sponsors

Sponsors