Healthcare

signed · Oregon · House Apr 6, 2026

HB 4053: Relating to emergency medical services; and prescribing an effective date.

Establishes the Emergency Medical Services Program Fund. Changes the name of the Pediatric Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee to the Emergency Medical Services for Children Advisory Committee. Directs the Oregon Health Authority to establish by rule minimum educational requirements for licensure as an emergency medical services provider. Prohibits a person from using certain titles or initials unless the person is licensed at a level that corresponds to the title or initials. Becomes operative on January 1, 2027. Establishes the Long Term Care and Senior Care Emergency Medical Services Advisory Subcommittee within the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee to provide advice and recommendations to the committee on issues related to long term care and senior care. Becomes operative on January 1, 2029. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareEstablishes EMS Program Fund, mandates provider education standards, creates advisory committees to enhance emergency medical services.92% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

signed · Oregon · House Apr 6, 2026

HB 4107: Relating to urgent care centers.

Requires an urgent care center to make publicly available specified information about the urgent care center, offer specified services and, except in certain circumstances, have at least one licensed health care provider on site during the hours of operation. Defines "urgent care center."

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareRequires licensed providers on site and service standards for urgent care centers, enhancing patient access and safety in health services.95% 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 4088: Relating to health; and declaring an emergency.

Declares this state's policy to protect engagement in certain activities relating to reproductive health care and gender-affirming treatment. Prohibits cooperation with law enforcement agencies of the federal government or other states in actions involving legally-protected reproductive or gender-affirming health care activities. Modifies provisions regarding interstate actions involving legally-protected reproductive or gender-affirming health care activities. Makes specified records and information confidential. Provides protection from disciplinary action for direct entry midwives who provide reproductive health care and gender-affirming treatment under specified circumstances. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareProtects access to reproductive and gender-affirming healthcare by prohibiting state cooperation with enforcement actions against these services.95% 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 absent

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 absent

signed · Oregon · House Mar 17, 2026

HB 4083: Relating to behavioral health care providers; and prescribing an effective date.

] Requires the Oregon Health Authority to, no later than June 30, 2027, adopt a uniform process for credentialing [ organizational ] behavioral health providers and [ establish a centralized portal for processing applications ] select an existing electronic credentialing system . Prohibits a coordinated care organization from requiring a behavioral health provider to comply with any additional credentialing procedures. Requires a coordinated care organization to begin using the selected electronic credentialing system no later than July 1, 2027. Requires the authority to minimize unnecessary administrative burden for individual and organizational behavioral health providers who serve medical assistance recipients and to report biennially to the Governor and the Legislative Assembly. Allows certain licensed behavioral health care providers to provide supervision for other behavioral health care providers who hold different license types. [ Provides that the Mental Health Regulatory Agency will provide administrative and regulatory oversight and centralized service for the State Board of Licensed Social Workers. ] Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareRequires uniform credentialing for behavioral health providers, prohibits extra requirements, and minimizes admin burden to improve access to mental health services.90% 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

passed · Oregon · House Mar 7, 2026

HB 4028: Relating to behavioral health.

] Imposes requirements and restrictions on insurer and coordinated care organization audits of claims for reimbursement submitted by behavioral health treatment providers. Becomes operative on January 1, 2027. Adds information that certain carriers must annually report to the Department of Consumer and Business Services regarding compliance with behavioral health parity requirements. [ Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. ].

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareRequires insurers to comply with behavioral health parity, mandates audit transparency and annual reporting to protect provider reimbursement and patient access to mental health services.95% confidence | Rep's Stance ✓ Voted Yes ✓ Supports Healthcare

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