---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to health care; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Prohibits nonprofit hospital from requiring patient to apply for medical assistance before screening for or providing financial assistance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2360"
citation: "Oregon HB 2360 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrea Salinas", "Lew Frederick", "Ricki Ruiz"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d09b96e-266e-4cc2-9936-e2010966b671"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2360"
source_hash: "34653de5938023600c28c95a53a9eef0f1f4bc18e64d96ddec45a802d89621e0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
---

# Oregon HB 2360 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to health care; and declaring an emergency.

Prohibits nonprofit hospital from requiring patient to apply for medical assistance before screening for or providing financial assistance.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2360/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2360/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2360/A-Engrossed)
4. **HHC Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/18463)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2360/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Motion to suspend the rules passed. Ayes, 55; Excused, 5--Alonso Leon, Bynum, Clem, Smith G, Speaker Kotek.. — **55–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Campos. Passed. — **54–1** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Jama. Passed. — **22–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andrea Salinas — primary (person)
- Lew Frederick — primary (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — primary (person)
- Andrea Valderrama — cosponsor (person)
- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)
- Wlnsvey Campos — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20T04:40:25+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-09T23:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-15T13:29:12+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22T18:30:20+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24T18:08:50+00:00** Carried over to March 29, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-03-29T18:12:26+00:00** Carried over to March 30, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-03-31T03:44:01+00:00** Carried over to March 31, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-01T03:58:35+00:00** Carried over to April 1, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-02T04:09:35+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 5, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-06T04:04:34+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 6, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-07T04:05:06+00:00** Carried over to April 7, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-08T03:53:10+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 8, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-08T19:06:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Campos. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08T19:05:00+00:00** Motion to suspend the rules passed. Ayes, 55; Excused, 5--Alonso Leon, Bynum, Clem, Smith G, Speaker Kotek..
- **2021-04-12T18:26:27+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T20:29:47+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-05T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-14T15:12:14+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-14T17:41:24+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-17T19:18:43+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Jama. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-17T19:19:43+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-05-19T16:13:57+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-19T19:31:42+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-26T22:51:09+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 96, (2021 Laws): Effective date May 26, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d09b96e-266e-4cc2-9936-e2010966b671`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).