republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2023r1/hb-3412.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to medical practitioners in workers' compensation claims."
description: "Authorizes physician assistants to provide same level of service as nurse practitioners for workers' compensation claims in managed care organization setting. Increases from 60 days to 180 days period beginning on first visit on initial claim that physician assistant may be primarily responsible for treatment of worker's compensable injury."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "HB 3412"
citation: "Oregon HB 3412 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dacia Grayber"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-28T18:14:25+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-23T20:16:48+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/342e2e45-a43c-48d3-b6a7-2ec581d26976"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB3412"
source_hash: "a85778775ecc8d203e14436cf22dce43c1716b09d2fe4064dbadfcefcc83a03e"
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 3412 (2023R1) — Relating to medical practitioners in workers' compensation claims.

Authorizes physician assistants to provide same level of service as nurse practitioners for workers' compensation claims in managed care organization setting. Increases from 60 days to 180 days period beginning on first visit on initial claim that physician assistant may be primarily responsible for treatment of worker's compensable injury.

## 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/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3412/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3412/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3412/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3412/B-Engrossed)
5. **HBL Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/23264)
6. **SLB Amendment -A2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/24592)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3412/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3412/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Grayber. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — **16–12** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **57–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dacia Grayber — primary (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Nelson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-28T18:14:25+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03T17:30:17+00:00** Referred to Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-03-22T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-03-27T16:35:37+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28T18:28:40+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29T19:08:58+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 30, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-03-30T19:28:07+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 3, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-04-03T19:49:10+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 4, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-04-04T19:47:51+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 5, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-04-05T18:36:38+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Grayber. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T19:50:17+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11T18:44:09+00:00** Referred to Labor and Business. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-04-25T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-04-28T22:06:18+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-01T17:53:58+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02T20:09:05+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-03T18:50:42+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2023-05-02T20:10:05+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Anderson, Boquist, Findley, Hansell, Linthicum, Smith DB.
- **2023-05-08T19:46:35+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-05-03T18:51:42+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Elmer.
- **2023-05-10T18:08:41+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-05-17T00:16:10+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-23T20:16:48+00:00** Chapter 87, (2023 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/342e2e45-a43c-48d3-b6a7-2ec581d26976`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).