---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to health care providers."
description: "Requires approval from Department of Consumer and Business Services or Oregon Health Authority before any mergers, acquisitions, contracts or affiliations of health care entities and other entities if entities <i>had $25 million or more</i>]<b> meet or exceed specified thresholds</b> in average net patient revenue or in gross amount of premiums in preceding three fiscal years <i>or net patient revenue of $10 million or more</i>]. Specifies exceptions and procedures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2362"
citation: "Oregon HB 2362 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrea Salinas", "Deb Patterson", "Elizabeth Steiner Hayward"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50e9071f-cbaa-406c-be82-f2c6d898ca7b"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2362"
source_hash: "5c35b39b1955cdf5521e904d3981fd489d6b7a6c2d114390bec3b653116c3b77"
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 2362 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to health care providers.

Requires approval from Department of Consumer and Business Services or Oregon Health Authority before any mergers, acquisitions, contracts or affiliations of health care entities and other entities if entities <i>had $25 million or more</i>]<b> meet or exceed specified thresholds</b> in average net patient revenue or in gross amount of premiums in preceding three fiscal years <i>or net patient revenue of $10 million or more</i>]. Specifies exceptions and procedures.

## 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/HB2362/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2362/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2362/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2362/B-Engrossed)
5. **HHC Amendment -8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/20030)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2362/House%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
7. **JWM Amendment -A19** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21540)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2362/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–4** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **28–18** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Salinas. Passed. — **32–23** (pass) · lower
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Steiner Hayward. Passed. — **16–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andrea Salinas — primary (person)
- Deb Patterson — primary (person)
- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — primary (person)
- Andrea Valderrama — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Gelser Blouin — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)
- Susan McLain — cosponsor (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — 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`
- **2021-02-09T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-06T22:16:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-15T20:30:45+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15T20:30:46+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-18T01:44:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-18T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2021-06-18T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-21T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-23T16:21:30+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-24T17:33:17+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-25T18:52:05+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Salinas. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-25T21:00:20+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25T21:24:15+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-26T15:41:39+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-26T17:41:37+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-26T19:03:07+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Steiner Hayward. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-29T20:32:46+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-30T21:39:37+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-07-27T22:29:39+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 615, (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/50e9071f-cbaa-406c-be82-f2c6d898ca7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).