Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
6.6 KiB
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| Bill | Relating to hospital discharge challenges; and declaring an emergency. | Directs the Department of Human Services and the Oregon Health Authority to study ways to expedite the eligibility determination process for long term care services and supports. Directs the department and the authority to study needed changes to the regulatory framework for certain facilities that serve residents with complex medical or behavioral health conditions. Directs the department and the authority to study options to expand medical respite programs and to partner with coordinated care organizations and insurers that offer Medicare Advantage Plans for individuals who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid to promote timely and appropriate hospital discharges. Directs the authority to establish a post-hospital extended care benefit to cover a medical assistance recipient's stay in a skilled nursing facility for up to 100 days and seek any necessary federal approval. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | us/states/or | Oregon Legislative Assembly | 2025R1 | SB 296 | Oregon SB 296 (2025R1) |
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enacted | 8 | 23 | 4 | 2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00 | 2025-08-13T17:23:16+00:00 | openstates | ocd-bill/e38f66e3-c01f-403e-9f1d-2b12e6409e44 | https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB296 | d1c7d0fdc90a2c9e4d2edafacb7bb64bfd89203c8a8c2a778c54e2503a9f6ef6 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Oregon SB 296 (2025R1) — Relating to hospital discharge challenges; and declaring an emergency.
Directs the Department of Human Services and the Oregon Health Authority to study ways to expedite the eligibility determination process for long term care services and supports. Directs the department and the authority to study needed changes to the regulatory framework for certain facilities that serve residents with complex medical or behavioral health conditions. Directs the department and the authority to study options to expand medical respite programs and to partner with coordinated care organizations and insurers that offer Medicare Advantage Plans for individuals who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid to promote timely and appropriate hospital discharges. Directs the authority to establish a post-hospital extended care benefit to cover a medical assistance recipient's stay in a skilled nursing facility for up to 100 days and seek any necessary federal approval. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Senate Amendments to Introduced (filed) — source
- A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- B-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- JWM Amendment -A6 (committee substitute) — source
- SHC Amendment -2 (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. — 49–0 (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 44–0 (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — 29–0 (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00 Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
introduction, reading-1, referral-committee - 2025-01-17T22:13:22+00:00 Referred to Health Care, then Ways and Means.
referral-committee - 2025-02-11T23:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
- 2025-03-13T22:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
- 2025-03-19T21:17:12+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.)
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-19T21:17:13+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
referral-committee - 2025-06-07T23:51:00+00:00 Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services.
referral-committee - 2025-06-11T20:03:00+00:00 Returned to Full Committee.
- 2025-06-11T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
- 2025-06-17T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
- 2025-06-19T22:43:27+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.)
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-06-20T20:01:33+00:00 Second reading.
reading-2 - 2025-06-23T18:11:12+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed.
passage, reading-3 - 2025-06-23T22:48:28+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
introduction, reading-1, referral-committee - 2025-06-23T23:09:35+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means.
referral-committee - 2025-06-25T17:32:37+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass.
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-06-26T01:29:22+00:00 Second reading.
reading-2 - 2025-06-26T21:03:33+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed.
passage, reading-3 - 2025-06-27T22:58:40+00:00 President signed.
passage - 2025-06-28T04:01:10+00:00 Speaker signed.
passage - 2025-08-01T01:16:45+00:00 Governor signed.
executive-signature - 2025-08-13T17:18:34+00:00 Chapter 617, 2025 Laws.
- 2025-08-13T17:23:16+00:00 Effective date, July 31, 2025.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e38f66e3-c01f-403e-9f1d-2b12e6409e44. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).