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Oregon bills · 2026 Regular Session

Oregon HB 4070

Relating to health care; and prescribing an effective date.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

Sponsors

No sponsor recorded.

Summary

Official abstract published by the Oregon legislature· summary

</b> </i>] Requires the Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations to ensure that access to behavioral health treatment in the medical assistance program is comparable to access to medical and surgical treatment and that limitations are applied to behavioral health treatment no more stringently than to medical and surgical treatment. Prohibits the authority or a contracted external quality review organization, under certain circumstances, from making a negative finding about or imposing a penalty on a coordinated care organization based on documents or templates created by the authority for use by a coordinated care organization. Modifies certain statutes to clarify roles and responsibilities for the delivery of behavioral health services and to update terminology. <b>Modifies the types of providers that may be reimbursed in the state medical assistance program for the cost of health services delivered using telemedicine. Becomes operative on January 1, 2027. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.</b>

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 14, 2026, 8:13 PM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Mar 4, 2026
House		House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.passSet your home in Oregon to see
Mar 3, 2026
Senate		Third reading. Carried by Anderson. Passed.passSet your home in Oregon to see
Feb 26, 2026
Senate		Heard and Reported Out with AmendmentspassSet your home in Oregon to see
Feb 19, 2026
House		Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed.passSet your home in Oregon to see
Feb 12, 2026
House		Heard and Reported Out with AmendmentspassSet your home in Oregon to see

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