---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to palliative care."
description: "Requires Oregon Health Authority to establish and administer program to provide<b>, through coordinated care organizations,</b> palliative care services<b>,</b> <i>and support provision of home- and community-based end of life care. Specifies eligibility, services and provider qualifications</i>]<b> as determined by interdisciplinary team, to patients in their choice of residences</b>."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2981"
citation: "Oregon HB 2981 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marty Wilde", "Rob Nosse"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-21T17:03:02+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8ce35c3-8ff6-4852-875e-6855a08eee61"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2981"
source_hash: "797032f2f5b0a704f90313554cf2dfafb803ca224b077ddb38bcc013e0be518b"
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 2981 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to palliative care.

Requires Oregon Health Authority to establish and administer program to provide<b>, through coordinated care organizations,</b> palliative care services<b>,</b> <i>and support provision of home- and community-based end of life care. Specifies eligibility, services and provider qualifications</i>]<b> as determined by interdisciplinary team, to patients in their choice of residences</b>.

## 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/HB2981/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2981/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2981/A-Engrossed)
4. **HHC Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/18796)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2981/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **26–3** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marty Wilde — primary (person)
- Rob Nosse — primary (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21T17:03:02+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26T16:12:34+00:00** Referred to Health Care with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-18T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-14T22:23:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14T22:23:14+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03T13:15:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07T15:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2021-06-07T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-11T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-15T02:29:38+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-15T18:51:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-15T23:08:27+00:00** Rules suspended. Rules suspended. Carried over to June 16, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-06-16T18:56:44+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-16T19:10:23+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16T20:34:22+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21T15:15:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-21T17:59:25+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-22T17:46:24+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-24T16:39:09+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-26T15:59:48+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-22T17:47:24+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-07-14T19:16:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 462, (2021 Laws): Effective date January 01, 2022.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8ce35c3-8ff6-4852-875e-6855a08eee61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).