| 2009 Legislative Proceedings |
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| Testimony, Materials, Recordings (by topic) |
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RECORDINGS: Audio files include the entire hearing. Audio files are in Real Media (.rm) format. These files are not downloadable, but may be played using RealPlayer®. For all archived recordings, see: Legislative Audio and Video Main Page.
| Comprehensive Health Reform Bills |
Structures of Health Reform Bills - HB 2009B and SB 856A
Matrix: Comparison of Health Fund Board Recs to HB 2009C & HB 2116C (5/09)
HB 2009
- June 1 - Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Services
- March 18 – House Health Care Committee
- February 13 - House Health Care Committee
SB 856
- April 28 - Senate Health Care and Veterans Affairs Committee (SB 856) Handouts
| Health Reform Package Bills |
Health Reform Package [All bills]
OHPR Policy Brief: Cost Containment
OHPR Policy Brief: All-Payer, All-Claims Database, SB 453A
Fact Sheet: End-of-Life Care, SB 451A
Fact Sheet: Health Information Technology SB 452A
Fact Sheet: All-Payer, All-Claims Reporting Program, SB 453A
Fact Sheet: Improved Community Level Information and Statewide Standards for Claims Administration, SB 454A
Fact Sheet: Clinical Improvement Assessment Program, SB 455A
Fact Sheet: Patient-Centered Primary Care Homes and Healthy Communities SB 456A
Fact Sheet: Healthcare Workforce Initiative, Data Collection, SB 457A
- March 19 - Invited Briefing for Legislators and Staff, Sponsored by the Oregon Health Reform Collaborative
- Presentation, “Oregon Health Fund Board Recommendations and 2009 Legislative Strategy” Jeanene Smith, MD, MPH, Administrator and Tina Edlund, MS, Deputy Administrator, Oregon Health Policy and Research
- Matrix: Legislation Tracking for Oregon Health Fund Board Recommendations, March. 2009
- Comparison of Oregon Provider Tax Proposals, March 17, 2009
- Brief Overview of the Health Fund Board’s Recommendations
- Trends in Oregon's Healthcare Market and the Oregon Health Plan: A Report to the 75th Legislative Assembly: 2009 Session
POLST Registry (End-of-Life Care) [SB 451]
Fact Sheet: End-of-Life Care, SB 451A
- February 19 - Senate Health Care and Veteran’s Affairs Committee
- February 4 - House Health Care Committee
Maximize Electronic Health Record Adoption [SB 452]
Fact Sheet: Health Information Technology SB 452A
- March 3 – Senate Health Care and Veterans’ Affairs Committee
All Payer, All Claims Data Collection Program and Other Policy Analysis [SB 453]
Fact Sheet: Transition of OHFB and All-Payer, All-Claims Reporting Program, SB 453A
OHPR Policy Brief: All-Payer, All-Claims Database, SB 453A
- April 9 - Senate Health Care and Veterans Affairs Committee
- Testimony on SB 453, Carol Robinson, Interim Executive Director, OHFB and Jeanene Smith, MD, MPH, Administrator, OHPR
- Letter in support of SB 453, Alan Prysunka, Executive Director Maine Health Data Organization and Chair, National Association of Health Data Organizations
- Recording
- March 10 – Senate Health Care and Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Improved Community Level Information and Statewide Standards for Claims Administration [SB 454]
Fact Sheet: Improved Community Level Information and Statewide Standards for Claims Administration, SB 454A
- April 16 - Senate Health Care and Veterans Affairs Committee
- Testimony in support of dash 2 amendments to SB 454, Carol Robinson, Interim Executive Director, OHFB and Jeanene Smith, MD, MPH, Administrator, OHPR
- Handout: Public Hearings on Health Facility Construction, compiled by OHPR
- Related background: Minnesota Medicine article, “A Blueprint for 21st Century Health Care: Requirements for Standard, Electronic Administrative Data,” by David K. Haugen, Jan. 2009
- Recording
- March 5 - Senate Health Care and Veterans’ Affairs Committee
- March 3 – Senate Health Care and Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Clinical Guidelines and Best Practice Standards [SB 455]
Fact Sheet: Clinical Improvement Assessment Program, SB 455A
- February 24 – Senate Health Care and Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Patient-Centered Primary Care Homes and Healthy Communities [SB 456]
Fact Sheet: Patient-Centered Primary Care Homes and Healthy Communities SB 456A
- April 16 - Senate Health Care and Veterans Affairs Committee
- March 10 – Senate Health Care and Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Health Care Workforce [SB 457]
Fact Sheet: Healthcare Workforce Initiative, Data Collection, SB 457A
- February 24 – Senate Health Care and Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Provider Tax [HB 2116]
- February 2 - Senate Human Services and Rural Health Policy Committee
- January 26 - House Health Care Committee
Board’s Recommendations and Comparison of Health Reform Bills
- January 23 - House Health Care Committee
- Handouts, discussed by Tina Edlund, MS, Deputy Administrator, Oregon Health Policy and Research
- Recording
- January 16 - House Health Care Committee
| Other bills related to Health Fund Board/Committee recommendations |
HB 2850: Creates statewide Interoperable Electronic Health Information Systems Task Force
- April 27 - House Health Care Committee
SB 735A: Expands purchasing power of Oregon Prescription Drug Program (OPDP)
- May 15 - House Health Care Committee
- April 13 – Senate Human Services and Rural Health Care Committee
HB 2755: Study options for reinsurance
- May 13 - Senate Healch Care and Veterans Affairs Committee
- April 10 – House Health Care Committee
SB 862: “Multi-share” model and community-based innovation
- May 20 - House Health Care Committee
- April 9 - Senate Health Care and Veterans Affairs Committee
HB 3243: Prohibits physicians from terminating relationship with patients due to Medicare eligibility
- April 3 – House Health Care Committee
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| Current Health Reform Bills - 2009 |
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- HB 2009 and SB 856A establish the Oregon Health Authority to consolidate and integrate health policy and health insurance planning, policy and functions under a citizen Board. The Authority is directed to implement policies to improve health care quality, improve coordination and contain costs. This includes developing and implementing intiatives in the following areas: patient-centered primary care homes, health care data reporting, an electronic POLST registry, uniform contracting for public health purchasers based on evidence-based guidelines and standards, statewide health improvement, health information technology, health care workforce, administrative simplification and insurance market reform. The Authority will establish the Oregon Quality Care Institute and will develop a business and operational plan for a Health Insurance Exchange.
- HB 2116 Enrolled: Provider Tax on hospitals and managed care organizations to fully fund health care expansions under the Health Care for All Oregon Children program and the Oregon Health Plan program. Establishes the Health Care for All Oregon Children program to expand health care to all uninsured children and expands coverage through the Oregon Health Plan to adolescents transitioning out of foster care as well as approximately 75,000 low-income adults.
- HB 2117: Healthy Kids Program to expand health care to all uninsured children and about 75,000 additional low-income adults
- HB 2122: Tobacco Tax to fund public health efforts
- SB 451 A-Engrossed: End of Life Care, POLST Registry
- SB 452 A-Engrossed: Maximize Electronic Health Record Adoption
- SB 453 A-Engrossed: All-Payer, All-Claims Reporting Program
- SB 454 A-Engrossed: Improved Community Level Information and Statewide Standards for Claims Administration
- SB 455 A-Engrossed: Clinical Improvement Assessment Project
- SB 456 A-Engrossed: Patient-Centered Primary Care Homes and Healthy Communities
- SB 457 A-Engrossed: Healthcare Workforce Initiative
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| Other Resources |
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OHPR Health Reform and Legislative Resources Main Page
Oregon State Legislature Main Page
Legislative Audio and Video Main Page
General Health Reform Documents for 2009:
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