---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to health care; and declaring an emergency."
description: "<i>Allows volunteer qualified health care providers to administer health care services in this state during health care emergency.</i>] Allows Public Health Director to direct and deploy volunteer <b>emergency</b> health care providers <i>during health care emergency</i>] <b>under specified circumstances</b>. Requires Oregon Health Authority to provide workers' compensation coverage for volunteer <b>emergency</b> health care providers. <i>Defines \"health care emergency.</i>]"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2022R1"
identifier: "SB 1529"
citation: "Oregon SB 1529 (2022R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-01T15:05:58+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-01T17:10:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a1e20fe-f102-4d34-a3ce-c5c643719825"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Measures/Overview/SB1529"
source_hash: "ec0c16950e0854b4f86235259872742e678243ea5f5e27b938053189dd6736da"
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 SB 1529 (2022R1) — Relating to health care; and declaring an emergency.

<i>Allows volunteer qualified health care providers to administer health care services in this state during health care emergency.</i>] Allows Public Health Director to direct and deploy volunteer <b>emergency</b> health care providers <i>during health care emergency</i>] <b>under specified circumstances</b>. Requires Oregon Health Authority to provide workers' compensation coverage for volunteer <b>emergency</b> health care providers. <i>Defines "health care emergency.</i>]

## 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/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1529/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1529/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1529/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1529/B-Engrossed)
5. **HHC Amendment -A9** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/22358)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1529/House%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
7. **SHC Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21905)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1529/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **18–8** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — **18–7** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Prusak. Passed. — **53–5** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01T15:05:58+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01T16:27:56+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2022-02-09T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-14T23:23:20+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15T19:41:29+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-16T19:59:36+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-16T20:58:38+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-18T03:32:01+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2022-02-23T23:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-25T20:07:21+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28T23:19:59+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01T23:55:22+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prusak. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T20:09:23+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2022-03-04T22:12:42+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-08T19:50:55+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-17T16:43:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-01T17:03:00+00:00** Chapter 37, 2022 Laws.
- **2022-04-01T17:10:00+00:00** Effective date, March 17, 2022.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a1e20fe-f102-4d34-a3ce-c5c643719825`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).