Oregon House Bill 3243

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-27 - Public Hearing scheduled.
Pending: House Behavioral Health and Health Care Committee
Hearing: Feb 27 @ 3:00 pm in HR C
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Tells ambulance service providers not to balance bill some patients and makes them report local rates to DCBS. Makes some rules about health insurance for ambulance services. Tells DCBS to make a new database of local rates and allows for penalties. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.9). Prohibits balance billing for ambulance ground transportation services and creates rules for health benefit plan coverage of ambulance services. Establishes a database of local rates for ambulance services and allows for penalties to be imposed for violations.

Relating to billing for ground ambulance services.

Rep. Robert Nosse [D]

Rep. Cyrus Javadi [R]

Rep. Hai Pham [D]

Sen. Deb Patterson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-27	House	Public Hearing scheduled.
2025-02-13	House	Public Hearing cancelled.
2025-01-17	House	Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care.
2025-01-13	House	First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3243
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3243/Introduced
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/84210