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| Bill | Relating to staffing plans for health care provider entities; and declaring an emergency. | Requires hospitals to establish professional and technical staff and service staff staffing committees, meeting specified criteria, to develop staffing plans, in addition to nurse staffing committee. Prescribes methods for resolving disputes arising in development of staffing plans. Establishes minimum nurse-to-patient staffing ratios for direct care registered nurses and provides exceptions. Imposes penalties for failure to adopt hospital staffing plans or to comply with staffing plans or requirements for development of staffing plans. Requires Oregon Health Authority to post staffing plans to authority's website and to establish method for filing complaints through authority's website regarding hospital's failure to adopt or to comply with staffing plans. <b>Establishes mechanism for employees or exclusive representatives of employees of hospitals to seek enforcement by Bureau of Labor and Industries of rules adopted by bureau regarding meal periods and rest periods.</b> Prescribes complaint process. Adds enforcement tools for authority to enforce nurse staffing requirements. Prohibits imposition of new provisions regarding civil penalties for violations occurring before June 1, 2025. | us/states/or | Oregon Legislative Assembly | 2023R1 | HB 2697 | Oregon HB 2697 (2023R1) |
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Oregon HB 2697 (2023R1) — Relating to staffing plans for health care provider entities; and declaring an emergency.
Requires hospitals to establish professional and technical staff and service staff staffing committees, meeting specified criteria, to develop staffing plans, in addition to nurse staffing committee. Prescribes methods for resolving disputes arising in development of staffing plans. Establishes minimum nurse-to-patient staffing ratios for direct care registered nurses and provides exceptions. Imposes penalties for failure to adopt hospital staffing plans or to comply with staffing plans or requirements for development of staffing plans. Requires Oregon Health Authority to post staffing plans to authority's website and to establish method for filing complaints through authority's website regarding hospital's failure to adopt or to comply with staffing plans. Establishes mechanism for employees or exclusive representatives of employees of hospitals to seek enforcement by Bureau of Labor and Industries of rules adopted by bureau regarding meal periods and rest periods. Prescribes complaint process. Adds enforcement tools for authority to enforce nurse staffing requirements. Prohibits imposition of new provisions regarding civil penalties for violations occurring before June 1, 2025.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- House Amendments to Introduced (filed) — source
- Introduced (filed) — source
- A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- B-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- HBHHC Amendment -2 (committee substitute) — source
- House Amendments to A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- JWM Amendment -A6 (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 7–3 (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 40–4 (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — 19–5 (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. — 48–9 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Deb Patterson — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Rob Nosse — primary (person)
- Travis Nelson — primary (person)
- Ben Bowman — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Farrah Chaichi — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Sosa — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — cosponsor (person)
- Susan McLain — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)
- Wlnsvey Campos — cosponsor (person)
- Zach Hudson — 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 - 2023-03-01T01:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
- 2023-03-29T00:01:00+00:00 Work Session held.
- 2023-04-05T00:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
- 2023-04-10T16:25:49+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means.
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-04-10T16:25:50+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker.
referral-committee - 2023-05-24T16:23:00+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.
- 2023-06-09T16:32:00+00:00 Work Session held.
- 2023-06-12T20:36:18+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed.
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-06-13T17:52:11+00:00 Second reading.
reading-2 - 2023-06-14T18:43:40+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed.
passage, reading-3 - 2023-06-15T18:26:05+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk.
introduction, reading-1, referral-committee - 2023-06-14T18:44:40+00:00 Vote explanation(s) filed by Elmer.
- 2023-06-15T20:39:58+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means.
referral-committee - 2023-06-20T19:53:38+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass the B-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.
- 2023-06-23T01:35:35+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 - 2023-06-23T01:36:35+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 507, (2023 Laws): Effective date September 1, 2023.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b121f121-35aa-43f0-8b71-7d32934de7fd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).