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HB2918 • 2025

Requires a hospital to report on a quarterly basis to the Oregon Health Authority its daily cash on hand.

Requires a hospital to report on a quarterly basis to the Oregon Health Authority its daily cash on hand.

Healthcare
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Representative Nelson, Representative Gamba,, Senator Manning Jr,
Last action
2025-06-27
Official status
In House Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Requires a hospital to report on a quarterly basis to the Oregon Health Authority its daily cash on hand.

Digest: Requires a hospital to report on a quarterly basis to the OHA its daily cash on hand.

What This Bill Does

  • Digest: Requires a hospital to report on a quarterly basis to the OHA its daily cash on hand.
  • Allows the OHA to impose penalties for failure to comply with the law.
  • (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8).
  • Requires a hospital to report on a quarterly basis to the Oregon Health Authority its daily cash on hand.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-27 House

    In committee upon adjournment.

  2. 2025-01-17 House

    Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care.

  3. 2025-01-13 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: Requires a hospital to report on a quarterly basis to the OHA its daily cash on hand. Allows the OHA to impose penalties for failure to comply with the law. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8).
Requires a hospital to report on a quarterly basis to the Oregon Health Authority its daily cash on hand. Allows the authority to impose penalties for failure to comply with the law.
Relating to: Relating to health care.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2918
Sponsored by Representative NELSON; Senator MANNING JR (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: Requires a hospital to report on a quarterly basis to the OHA its daily cash on hand.
Allows the OHA to impose penalties for failure to comply with the law. (Flesch Readability
Score: 61.8).
Requires a hospital to report on a quarterly basis to the Oregon Health Authority its daily cash
on hand. Allows the authority to impose penalties for failure to comply with the law.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to health care.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
Section 2 of this 2025 Act is added to and made a part of ORS chapter 442.
SECTION 2. (1) A hospital licensed in this state shall report the information prescribed
by subsection (2) of this section to the Oregon Health Authority in the form and manner
prescribed by the authority.
(2)(a) On a quarterly basis, a hospital shall report its cash on hand. Cash on hand is
calculated as total assets available for general expenditures for the previous completed four
calendar quarters divided by the daily operating expenses during the same period.
(b) As used in this subsection:
(A) “Assets” means cash and cash equivalents such as securities.
(B) “Daily operating expenses” means a hospital’s total operating expenses for the pre-
vious completed four calendar quarters divided by 365.25.
(3) The authority shall adopt rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this section,
including but not limited to civil penalties that may be imposed in accordance with ORS
183.745 for a hospital’s failure to comply with the requirements of this section.
(4) The information that must be reported to the authority under this section is in ad-
dition to and not in lieu of the reporting requirements in ORS 442.386 or 442.425 or other
similar provisions.
NOTE: Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [ italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 1865