HB3379 • 2025

Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study Medicaid supplemental reimbursement for ground emergency medical transportation services.

Healthcare

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Representative Grayber
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 the Oregon Health Authority to study Medicaid supplemental reimbursement for ground emergency medical transportation services.

Digest: The Act tells OHA to study Medicaid payments for GEMT services.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act tells OHA to study Medicaid payments for GEMT services.
(Flesch Readability Score: 64.9).
Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study Medicaid supplemental reimbursement for ground emergency medical transportation services.
Directs the authority to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health not later than September 15, 2026.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 House
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-01-30 House
Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
2025-01-28 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act tells OHA to study Medicaid payments for GEMT services. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9).
Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study Medicaid supplemental reimbursement for ground emergency medical transportation services. Directs the authority to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health not later than September 15, 2026.
Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
Relating to: Relating to medical assistance reimbursement of emergency medical services.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3379
Sponsored by Representative GRAYBER
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: The Act tells OHA to study Medicaid payments for GEMT services. (Flesch Readability
Score: 64.9).
Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study Medicaid supplemental reimbursement for
ground emergency medical transportation services. Directs the authority to submit findings to the
interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health not later than September 15, 2026.
Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to medical assistance reimbursement of emergency medical services.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
The Oregon Health Authority shall study Medicaid supplemental reimburse-
ment for ground emergency medical transportation services. The authority shall submit a
report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, and may include recommendations for legis-
lation, to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health no later than
September 15, 2026.
SECTION 2. Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.
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 4255