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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to telemedicine; and declaring an emergency."
description: "<i>Requires Oregon Health Authority to ensure</i>]<b> Prescribes requirements for</b> reimbursement<b> by Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations</b> of health services delivered using telemedicine."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2508"
citation: "Oregon HB 2508 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee Beyer", "Rachel Prusak"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
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/92a3555e-441b-4e70-a58e-1820eb8b5b66"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2508"
source_hash: "79396f411eb0b9fbe6885604a1951d112d330e406f4960b694b45f05a3a0ac80"
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 2508 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to telemedicine; and declaring an emergency.
<i>Requires Oregon Health Authority to ensure</i>]<b> Prescribes requirements for</b> reimbursement<b> by Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations</b> of health services delivered using telemedicine.
## 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/HB2508/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2508/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2508/A-Engrossed)
4. **HHC Amendment -6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/19196)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2508/Enrolled)
## Votes
- Heard and Reported Out — **41** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **90** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Prusak. Passed. — **561** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. — **226** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Lee Beyer — primary (person)
- Rachel Prusak — primary (person)
- Andrea Valderrama — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Kennemer — cosponsor (person)
- Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Witt — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Clem — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Gorsek — cosponsor (person)
- Christine Drazan — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Bonham — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Duane Stark — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Zika — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Nathanson — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly Boshart Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Kotek — 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`
- **2021-02-04T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-01T19:38:49+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05T18:04:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07T04:05:06+00:00** Carried over to April 7, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-08T03:53:10+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 8, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-09T03:59:54+00:00** Carried over to April 9, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-10T02:51:56+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 10, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-11T01:13:11+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 12, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-13T04:23:16+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 13, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-14T04:08:45+00:00** Carried over to April 14, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-14T19:35:19+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prusak. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T20:17:12+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19T19:07:56+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-28T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-10T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-18T15:08:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-18T17:26:24+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-19T19:01:25+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-19T19:02:25+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Boquist, Heard.
- **2021-05-20T19:02:53+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-25T17:04:30+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-01T21:24:13+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-25T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 117, (2021 Laws): Effective date June 01, 2021.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92a3555e-441b-4e70-a58e-1820eb8b5b66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).