Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Health Authority from the General Fund for the Vaccine Access Program.

Plain English Breakdown

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

Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Health Authority from the General Fund for the Vaccine Access Program.

<b>Digest: The Act gives moneys to OHA for the Vaccine Access Program.

What This Bill Does

• <b>Digest: The Act gives moneys to OHA for the Vaccine Access Program.
• (Flesch Readability Score: 72.6).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act tells OHA to study vaccine financing.
• (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2).</i>] [<i>Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study vaccine financing.
• Directs the authority to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health not later than September 15, 2026.</i>] [<i>Sunsets on January 2, 2027.</i>] <b>Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Health Authority from the General Fund for the Vaccine Access Program.</b> Relating to: Relating to vaccine financing.

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.

Official Summary Text

<b>Digest: The Act gives moneys to OHA for the Vaccine Access Program. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.6).</b>
[<i>Digest: The Act tells OHA to study vaccine financing. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2).</i>]
[<i>Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study vaccine financing. Directs the authority to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health not later than September 15, 2026.</i>]
[<i>Sunsets on January 2, 2027.</i>]
<b>Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Health Authority from the General Fund for the Vaccine Access Program.</b>
Relating to: Relating to vaccine financing.
Current location: In Senate Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
A-Engrossed
Senate Bill 42
Ordered by the Senate April 15
Including Senate Amendments dated April 15
Sponsored by Senator PATTERSON (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. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards.
Digest: The Act gives moneys to OHA for the Vaccine Access Program. (Flesch Read-
ability Score: 72.6).
[Digest: The Act tells OHA to study vaccine financing. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2). ]
[Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study vaccine financing. Directs the authority to submit
findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health not later than Septem-
ber 15, 2026. ]
[Sunsets on January 2, 2027. ]
Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Health Authority from the General Fund for the
Vaccine Access Program.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to vaccine financing.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropri-
ated to the Oregon Health Authority, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, out of the
General Fund, the amount of $6,800,000, which shall be allocated as follows:
(1) $5,000,000 for the purchase of vaccines through the authority’s Vaccine Access Pro-
gram; and
(2) $1,800,000 for the operation of the Vaccine Access Program.
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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