SB 539 — Requires a hospital or the hospital's health system to report annually to the Oregon Health Authority certain information regarding facility fees that are charged or billed for patient visits at the hospital's or health system's hospital-based facilities.
Congress · introduced 2024-12-31
Digest: Makes a hospital or health system report to the OHA on facility fees that are charged or billed for certain patient visits. Requires that patients be given a notice on facility fees that may be charged or billed. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Requires a hospital or the hospital's health system to report annually to the Oregon Health Authority certain information regarding facility fees that are charged or billed for patient visits at the hospital's or health system's hospital-based facilities. Requires a hospital or the hospital's health system that charges a facility fee for a patient visit to provide a person notice of the facility fee. Requires a billing statement that includes a facility fee to include certain information. Permits a hospital or the hospital's health system to charge, bill or collect a facility fee only for services provided on campus or at a facility that includes an emergency department. Prohibits a hospital or the hospital's health system from charging, billing or collecting a facility fee for certain services. Punishes an action to collect or an attempt to collect a facility fee that is not permitted under the Act as an unlawful collection practice. Permits the Oregon Health Authority to impose a civil penalty for certain violations of the Act.
Latest action: — In Senate Committee
Sponsors
- Mannix, Kevin (R, OR-21) — sponsor
- Bowman, Ben (D, OR-25) — sponsor
- Manning Jr., James (D, OR-7) — sponsor
- Patterson, Deb (D, OR-10) — sponsor
- Gorsek, Chris (D, OR-25) — cosponsor
- Sosa, Nathan (D, OR-30) — cosponsor
- Walters, Jules (D, OR-37) — cosponsor
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Inbound (7)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-31 | Sosa, Nathan | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Walters, Jules | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Gorsek, Chris | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Bowman, Ben | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Mannix, Kevin | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Manning Jr., James | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Patterson, Deb | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowman, Ben (D, state_lower OR-25) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Manning Jr., James (D, state_upper OR-7) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 3 | Mannix, Kevin (R, state_lower OR-21) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 4 | Patterson, Deb (D, state_upper OR-10) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 5 | Gorsek, Chris (D, state_upper OR-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Sosa, Nathan (D, state_lower OR-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Walters, Jules (D, state_lower OR-37) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Sosa, Nathan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Patterson, Deb (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Bowman, Ben (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Gorsek, Chris (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Walters, Jules (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Manning Jr., James (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Mannix, Kevin (sponsor) · sponsorship