republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2023r1/hb-2725.md

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Bill	Relating to pharmacy benefit managers; and declaring an emergency.	<b>Prohibits pharmacy benefit manager from retroactively denying or reducing payment on claim after adjudication unless pharmacy and pharmacy benefit manager agree that payment was incorrect due to clerical error.</b> Prohibits pharmacy benefit manager from imposing fees on <i>rural</i>] pharmacies after point of sale. <b>Requires pharmacy benefit manager, if denying or reducing reimbursement on claim, to provide notice to pharmacy of specific claim that is denied or reduced and explanation for denial or reduction.</b>	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2023R1	HB 2725	Oregon HB 2725 (2023R1)	bill		enacted	Bill Hansell Christine Goodwin Nancy Nathanson	5	30	5	2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00	2023-08-15T22:20:56+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/c922f582-ae17-4d06-9876-adab6d655c0b	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB2725	32f062a8a9dcae74d49c61f5144e33f99a785be0aa9c09fda3345cc3b34d0d8f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 2725 (2023R1) — Relating to pharmacy benefit managers; and declaring an emergency.

Prohibits pharmacy benefit manager from retroactively denying or reducing payment on claim after adjudication unless pharmacy and pharmacy benefit manager agree that payment was incorrect due to clerical error. Prohibits pharmacy benefit manager from imposing fees on rural] pharmacies after point of sale. Requires pharmacy benefit manager, if denying or reducing reimbursement on claim, to provide notice to pharmacy of specific claim that is denied or reduced and explanation for denial or reduction.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. House Amendments to Introduced (filed) — source
2. Introduced (filed) — source
3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. HRULES Amendment -2 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — 22–2 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out — 34–0 (pass) · legislature
• Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Goodwin. Passed. — 56–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bill Hansell — primary (person)
• Christine Goodwin — primary (person)
• Nancy Nathanson — primary (person)
• Anna Scharf — cosponsor (person)
• Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
• Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
• Cyrus Javadi — cosponsor (person)
• Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
• Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
• Ed Diehl — cosponsor (person)
• James Hieb — cosponsor (person)
• Jami Cate — cosponsor (person)
• Kim Thatcher — cosponsor (person)
• Kim Wallan — cosponsor (person)
• Lily Morgan — cosponsor (person)
• Lucetta Elmer — cosponsor (person)
• Lynn Findley — cosponsor (person)
• Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
• Rep Smith DB — cosponsor (person)
• Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
• Suzanne Weber — cosponsor (person)
• Travis Nelson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-01-13T19:56:52+00:00 Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care. referral-committee
• 2023-01-25T01:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2023-01-25T23:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2023-03-27T22:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2023-04-04T16:02:03+00:00 Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Rules.
• 2023-04-04T16:02:04+00:00 Referred to Rules by order of Speaker. referral-committee
• 2023-05-04T20:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2023-05-23T22:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2023-05-25T15:56:07+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-25T15:56:08+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. referral-committee
• 2023-05-31T15:41:00+00:00 Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services. referral-committee
• 2023-06-07T15:03:00+00:00 Returned to Full Committee.
• 2023-06-07T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2023-06-12T16:32:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2023-06-13T18:45:03+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-14T18:06:41+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2023-06-14T22:54:20+00:00 Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Goodwin. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2023-06-15T18:26:05+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-06-15T20:39:58+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2023-06-14T22:55:20+00:00 Vote explanation(s) filed by Pham H.
• 2023-06-20T19:53:40+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-21T00:07:02+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2023-06-22T02:43:40+00:00 Carried over to 06-22 by unanimous consent.
• 2023-06-23T01:43:22+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2023-06-25T23:01:27+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2023-06-27T18:54:47+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2023-06-23T01:44:22+00:00 Vote explanation(s) filed by Smith DB.
• 2023-08-01T01:00:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2023-08-15T22:20:56+00:00 Chapter 509, (2023 Laws): Effective date July 31, 2023.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c922f582-ae17-4d06-9876-adab6d655c0b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).