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04, 2024
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03, 2024
SB 1508
This bill updates health care provisions. The Oregon Health Authority is to determine the types of health care services provided for recipients of medical assistance. Such assistance will be subjected to revisions and revisions based on legislative funding. The bill also involves setting standards for health care services, determining fees, and perhaps requiring co-payment from recipients. Health services will be provided based on global budgets set by the authority and approved by the Governer. The bill also covers the duties, roles, and composition of the Health Evidence Review Commission and Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee [...]
27
03, 2024
HB 4149
This bill relates to pharmacy benefits and regulations for Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) in Oregon. The act requires PBMs to be licensed and alters the definition of a PBM. It modifies the way PBMs can audit drug stores and mandates yearly reporting to the Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS). The act also changes the insurance coverage of 340B drugs, a federal program that allows eligible healthcare providers to purchase outpatient drugs at discounted prices. The bill safeguards certain information provided to or developed by the Oregon Prescription Drug Program (OPDP) from public [...]
27
03, 2024
HB 4139
This bill relates to the certificate of need program managed by the Oregon Health Authority (OHA). This bill excludes new hospitals providing inpatient psychiatric services, inpatient rehabilitation services, or inpatient or outpatient substance use treatment, from the requirement to obtain a certificate of need from the OHA. It also excludes the construction of new long-term care facilities from this requirement. Additionally, this bill sets procedures for applying for a certificate of need, rules for issuing a recommendation, and guidelines for an informal hearing if the recommendation is disputed. It explains the circumstances under which [...]
27
03, 2024
HB 4089
This bill regards health care in the state of Oregon, particularly focusing on the work schedules of health care employees and the financial transparency and reporting of hospitals. The bill requires these institutions to maintain and adhere to predictive scheduling of on-call shifts and to report quarterly their financial data to Oregon Health Authority (OHA), including the hospital's daily cash on hand. This financial data as well the specifics about employees' work schedules must also be made publicly available. The bill empowers the OHA to impose penalties on hospitals that fail to comply with [...]
27
03, 2024
HB 4028
This bill is related to health care and specifically addresses the issue of drug accessibility in Oregon. The bill has two major components. Firstly, the bill restricts the actions of drug manufacturers by preventing them from making it harder for pharmacies or drug outlets to acquire or deliver specific drugs, known as 340B drugs. These 340B drugs refer to drugs offered at reduced prices under the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program, which requires drug manufacturers to offer drugs at reduced prices to health care organizations that care for underserved populations. Secondly, the bill mandates [...]
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03, 2024
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03, 2024
20
02, 2024
HB 4069
Establishes the Aligning for Health Pilot Program, administered by the Oregon Health Authority, to test alternative methods for paying for health care.
20
02, 2024
HB 4130
Prohibits a shareholder, director or officer of a professional corporation organized for the purpose of practicing medicine, or a professional corporation organized for the purpose of allowing physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners to jointly render professional health care services, from participating in managing the professional corporation, or voting shares in the professional corporation on any issue or corporate action that bears on the ownership, management or governance of the professional corporation, if the shareholder, director or officer is simultaneously a shareholder, director, member, officer or employee of a management services organization with which [...]