HB2919 • 2025

Requires a hospital to report on an annual basis to the Oregon Health Authority the percentage of medical assistance program payments and the amount of other public funds that were invested in stocks.

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

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Requires a hospital to report on an annual basis to the Oregon Health Authority the percentage of medical assistance program payments and the amount of other public funds that were invested in stocks.

Digest: Makes a hospital report on an annual basis to the OHA certain data on stock assets.

What This Bill Does

Digest: Makes a hospital report on an annual basis to the OHA certain data on stock assets.
Allows the OHA to impose penalties for failure to comply with the law.
(Flesch Readability Score: 60.8).
Requires a hospital to report on an annual basis to the Oregon Health Authority the percentage of medical assistance program payments and the amount of other public funds that were invested in stocks.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 House
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-01-17 House
Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care.
2025-01-13 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: Makes a hospital report on an annual basis to the OHA certain data on stock assets. Allows the OHA to impose penalties for failure to comply with the law. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.8).
Requires a hospital to report on an annual basis to the Oregon Health Authority the percentage of medical assistance program payments and the amount of other public funds that were invested in stocks. 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 2919
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: Makes a hospital report on an annual basis to the OHA certain data on stock assets.
Allows the OHA to impose penalties for failure to comply with the law. (Flesch Readability Score:
60.8).
Requires a hospital to report on an annual basis to the Oregon Health Authority the percentage
of medical assistance program payments and the amount of other public funds that were invested in
stocks. 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) On an annual basis, a hospital shall report the percentage of medical assistance pro-
gram payments and the amount of other public funds that were invested in stocks.
(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 1890