Bill Commons

OR HB 4070

enacted

Relating to health care; and prescribing an effective date.

Oregon · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did OR HB 4070 pass?

Yes. OR HB 4070 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-06): Chapter 44, (2026 Laws): Effective date June 5, 2026.

What is OR HB 4070 about?

</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>

Description

</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>

Introduced
2026-02-02
Latest action
2026-04-06 — Chapter 44, (2026 Laws): Effective date June 5, 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-06

    Chapter 44, (2026 Laws): Effective date June 5, 2026.

  2. 2026-03-31

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  3. 2026-03-06

    President signed.

    passage

  4. 2026-03-05

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  5. 2026-03-04

    House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.

  6. 2026-03-03

    Third reading. Carried by Anderson. Passed.

    passage,reading-3

  7. 2026-03-02

    Second reading.

    reading-2

  8. 2026-02-27

    Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.)

    committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2026-02-26

    Public Hearing and Work Session held.

  10. 2026-02-24

    Public Hearing held.

  11. 2026-02-19

    Referred to Early Childhood and Behavioral Health.

    referral-committee

  12. 2026-02-19

    First reading. Referred to President's desk.

    introduction,reading-1,referral-committee

  13. 2026-02-19

    Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed.

    passage,reading-3

  14. 2026-02-17

    Second reading.

    reading-2

  15. 2026-02-16

    Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed.

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. 2026-02-12

    Work Session held.

  17. 2026-02-05

    Public Hearing held.

  18. 2026-02-02

    Referred to Behavioral Health.

    referral-committee

  19. 2026-02-02

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

    introduction,reading-1,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Heard and Reported Out with Amendments

    2026-02-12 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (8)
    • Darcey Edwards: yes
    • Darin Harbick: yes
    • Shannon Isadore: yes
    • Cyrus Javadi: yes
    • Kevin Mannix: yes
    • Rob Nosse: yes
    • Hai Pham: yes
    • Andrea Valderrama: yes

  • Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed.

    2026-02-19 · pass · 41-0

    Member-level votes (60)
    • Shannon Isadore: yes
    • Kim Wallan: absent
    • Nancy Nathanson: yes
    • Zach Hudson: yes
    • Travis Nelson: yes
    • Lesly Muñoz: yes
    • Matt Bunch: absent
    • Thuy Tran: yes
    • Farrah Chaichi: yes
    • Kevin Mannix: yes
    • Ed Diehl: absent
    • Ben Bowman: yes
    • Tawna Sanchez: yes
    • Dacia Grayber: yes
    • Nathan Sosa: yes
    • Dwayne Yunker: yes
    • Emerson Levy: yes
    • Jeffrey Helfrich: yes
    • Mark Gamba: yes
    • Court Boice: absent
    • Annessa Hartman: absent
    • Cyrus Javadi: yes
    • E. Werner Reschke: absent
    • Alek Skarlatos: absent
    • Mari Watanabe: yes
    • Gregory Smith: absent
    • Julie Fahey: yes
    • Mark Owens: absent
    • Jason Kropf: yes
    • Willy Chotzen: yes
    • Darin Harbick: absent
    • Sarah McDonald: yes
    • Susan McLain: yes
    • Boomer Wright: absent
    • Ricki Ruiz: yes
    • Darcey Edwards: absent
    • April Dobson: yes
    • Emily McIntire: absent
    • Jules Walters: yes
    • Virgle Osborne: absent
    • John Lively: yes
    • Pam Marsh: yes
    • Bobby Levy: absent
    • Anna Scharf: absent
    • Lisa Fragala: yes
    • Lamar Wise: yes
    • Andrea Valderrama: absent
    • Jami Cate: yes
    • Tom Andersen: yes
    • Paul Evans: yes
    • Sue Rieke Smith: yes
    • David Gomberg: yes
    • Vikki Breese-Iverson: yes
    • Rob Nosse: yes
    • Ken Helm: yes
    • Rick Lewis: absent
    • Shelly Boshart Davis: absent
    • Daniel Nguyen: yes
    • Hai Pham: yes
    • Lucetta Elmer: yes

  • Heard and Reported Out with Amendments

    2026-02-26 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Dick Anderson: yes
    • Sara Gelser Blouin: yes
    • Diane Linthicum: yes
    • Deb Patterson: yes
    • Lisa Reynolds: yes

  • Third reading. Carried by Anderson. Passed.

    2026-03-03 · pass · 26-1

    Member-level votes (30)
    • Rob Wagner: yes
    • Dick Anderson: yes
    • Wlnsvey Campos: yes
    • Fred Girod: yes
    • James Manning Jr.: yes
    • Janeen Sollman: yes
    • Bruce Starr: yes
    • Diane Linthicum: absent
    • Suzanne Weber: yes
    • Mark Meek: yes
    • Kathleen Taylor: yes
    • Noah Robinson: no
    • Christine Drazan: absent
    • David Brock Smith: yes
    • Sara Gelser Blouin: yes
    • Deb Patterson: yes
    • Mike McLane: yes
    • Todd Nash: yes
    • Courtney Neron Misslin: yes
    • Lew Frederick: yes
    • Chris Gorsek: yes
    • Floyd Prozanski: yes
    • Kim Thatcher: yes
    • Kate Lieber: absent
    • Kayse Jama: yes
    • Anthony Broadman: yes
    • Jeff Golden: yes
    • Cedric Hayden: yes
    • Khanh Pham: yes
    • Lisa Reynolds: yes

  • House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.

    2026-03-04 · pass · 53-0

    Member-level votes (60)
    • Shannon Isadore: yes
    • Kim Wallan: yes
    • Nancy Nathanson: yes
    • Zach Hudson: yes
    • Travis Nelson: yes
    • Lesly Muñoz: yes
    • Matt Bunch: yes
    • Thuy Tran: yes
    • Farrah Chaichi: yes
    • Kevin Mannix: yes
    • Ed Diehl: yes
    • Ben Bowman: yes
    • Tawna Sanchez: yes
    • Dacia Grayber: yes
    • Nathan Sosa: yes
    • Dwayne Yunker: yes
    • Emerson Levy: absent
    • Jeffrey Helfrich: yes
    • Mark Gamba: yes
    • Court Boice: yes
    • Annessa Hartman: absent
    • Cyrus Javadi: absent
    • E. Werner Reschke: yes
    • Alek Skarlatos: yes
    • Mari Watanabe: yes
    • Gregory Smith: yes
    • Julie Fahey: yes
    • Mark Owens: yes
    • Jason Kropf: yes
    • Willy Chotzen: yes
    • Darin Harbick: yes
    • Sarah McDonald: yes
    • Susan McLain: yes
    • Boomer Wright: yes
    • Ricki Ruiz: yes
    • Darcey Edwards: yes
    • April Dobson: yes
    • Emily McIntire: yes
    • Jules Walters: yes
    • Virgle Osborne: yes
    • John Lively: yes
    • Pam Marsh: yes
    • Bobby Levy: absent
    • Anna Scharf: yes
    • Lisa Fragala: yes
    • Lamar Wise: yes
    • Andrea Valderrama: absent
    • Jami Cate: yes
    • Tom Andersen: yes
    • Paul Evans: yes
    • Sue Rieke Smith: yes
    • David Gomberg: yes
    • Vikki Breese-Iverson: yes
    • Rob Nosse: yes
    • Ken Helm: yes
    • Rick Lewis: yes
    • Shelly Boshart Davis: absent
    • Daniel Nguyen: yes
    • Hai Pham: yes
    • Lucetta Elmer: absent

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https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/HB4070

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