---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to services provided by registered nurses; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Prohibits the Oregon Health Authority under specified circumstances from requiring, as a condition of reimbursing the cost of the service, a primary care provider to order a covered care management service provided by a licensed registered nurse to a medical assistance recipient. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 2789"
citation: "Oregon HB 2789 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deb Patterson", "Travis Nelson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-11T23:37:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f2b1740-1461-4fae-9d60-89c97afd2a81"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2789"
source_hash: "7c165d559e2ffe4717229dd0aea81d002aa8ed56b25add0a42433e94ebbdc082"
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 2789 (2025R1) — Relating to services provided by registered nurses; and prescribing an effective date.

Prohibits the Oregon Health Authority under specified circumstances from requiring, as a condition of reimbursing the cost of the service, a primary care provider to order a covered care management service provided by a licensed registered nurse to a medical assistance recipient. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2789/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2789/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Nelson. Passed. — **55–2** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Deb Patterson — primary (person)
- Travis Nelson — primary (person)
- Nancy Nathanson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17T20:47:46+00:00** Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-02-20T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-02-24T23:30:35+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25T19:45:35+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-27T20:06:57+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 4, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-03-04T19:50:05+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Nelson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-06T18:55:18+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06T20:18:31+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-13T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-19T16:47:46+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-19T18:21:23+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-20T19:31:29+00:00** Carried over to 05-21 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-05-21T19:20:04+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-22T18:57:42+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-22T22:08:01+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-28T20:48:30+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-11T23:37:45+00:00** Chapter 204, (2025 Laws): effective on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f2b1740-1461-4fae-9d60-89c97afd2a81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).