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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to health care; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Establishes Oregon Essential Workforce Health Care Program in Oregon Health Authority to provide <i>health care to employees of</i>]<b> supplemental payments, as approved by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to </b>long term care facilities, residential <i>care</i>] facilities and in-home care agencies that<b> elect to</b> participate <i>in medical assistance program. Directs authority to contract with entity to administer program</i>] <b>and meet specified requirements, to be used to provide health care benefits to employees of facilities</b>."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 800"
citation: "Oregon SB 800 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rachel Prusak", "Rob Wagner"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-03T17:12:46+00:00"
last_action: "2021-08-20T17:10:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5af74e7b-6b0e-4bd1-8196-57a59b6d14a6"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB800"
source_hash: "341bcbef5c2828d0d292edd8a5a8f7b8afb9cf53cdfc44420a8f8df95a533d92"
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 800 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to health care; and declaring an emergency.
Establishes Oregon Essential Workforce Health Care Program in Oregon Health Authority to provide <i>health care to employees of</i>]<b> supplemental payments, as approved by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to </b>long term care facilities, residential <i>care</i>] facilities and in-home care agencies that<b> elect to</b> participate <i>in medical assistance program. Directs authority to contract with entity to administer program</i>] <b>and meet specified requirements, to be used to provide health care benefits to employees of facilities</b>.
## 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/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB800/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB800/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB800/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB800/B-Engrossed)
5. **JWM Amendment -A7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21573)
6. **SHC Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/20302)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB800/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB800/Enrolled)
## Votes
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Prusak. Passed. — **533** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **40** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **406** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Wagner. Passed. — **199** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Rachel Prusak — primary (person)
- Rob Wagner — primary (person)
- Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Kotek — cosponsor (person)
- Wlnsvey Campos — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-03T17:12:46+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T20:03:08+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-12T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-23T20:54:45+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-23T20:54:46+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-13T15:25:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-18T22:01:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21T15:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2021-06-21T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-22T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-23T20:13:27+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-24T18:12:30+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-24T20:29:16+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Wagner. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-24T22:18:47+00:00** Rules suspended. First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24T23:36:54+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25T20:40:59+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-25T21:26:13+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-25T22:39:58+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Prusak. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-29T19:32:41+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-07-01T17:35:29+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-24T20:30:16+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-07-19T22:29:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20T17:05:08+00:00** Chapter 595, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-08-20T17:10:35+00:00** Effective date, July 19, 2021.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5af74e7b-6b0e-4bd1-8196-57a59b6d14a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).