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SB591 • 2025

Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study the long term care facility assessment.

Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study the long term care facility assessment.

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Senator Meek
Last action
2025-06-27
Official status
In Senate 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 the long term care facility assessment.

Digest: The Act tells OHA to study Oregon's long term care facility assessment.

What This Bill Does

  • Digest: The Act tells OHA to study Oregon's long term care facility assessment.
  • (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9).
  • Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study the long term care facility assessment.
  • 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

  • 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 Senate

    In committee upon adjournment.

  2. 2025-01-17 Senate

    Referred to Human Services.

  3. 2025-01-13 Senate

    Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act tells OHA to study Oregon's long term care facility assessment. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9).
Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study the long term care facility assessment. 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 the long term care facility assessment.
Current location: In Senate Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 591
Sponsored by Senator MEEK (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: The Act tells OHA to study Oregon’s long term care facility assessment. (Flesch Read-
ability Score: 64.9).
Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study the long term care facility assessment. 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 the long term care facility assessment.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
The Oregon Health Authority shall study the long term care facility as-
sessment. The authority shall submit a report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, and
may include recommendations for legislation, 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.
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