HB3574 • 2025

Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study the effectiveness of current laws and rules governing the certificate of need process in this state.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Representative Nathanson
Last action: 2025-06-27
Official status: In House Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study the effectiveness of current laws and rules governing the certificate of need process in this state.

Digest: The Act tells OHA to study certificate of need laws.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act tells OHA to study certificate of need laws.
(Flesch Readability Score: 69.7).
Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study the effectiveness of current laws and rules governing the certificate of need process in this state.
Directs the authority to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health no later than September 15, 2026.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 House
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-02-20 House
Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
2025-02-18 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act tells OHA to study certificate of need laws. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.7).
Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study the effectiveness of current laws and rules governing the certificate of need process in this state. Directs the authority to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health no later than September 15, 2026.
Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
Relating to: Relating to certificate of need laws.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3574
Sponsored by Representative NATHANSON
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 certificate of need laws. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.7).
Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study the effectiveness of current laws and rules
governing the certificate of need process in this state. Directs the authority to submit findings to
the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health no later than September 15,
2026.
Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to certificate of need laws.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
(1) The Oregon Health Authority shall study:
(a) The effectiveness of current laws and rules governing the certificate of need process
in this state in lowering the cost of and ensuring access to quality health care; and
(b) The ability of hospitals in this state to meet current and projected future needs.
(2) No later than September 15, 2026, the authority shall report to the interim commit-
tees of the Legislative Assembly related to health, in the manner provided in ORS 192.245,
on the potential benefits and risks of amending or repealing current laws or rules governing
certificates of need.
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.
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