HB 4047 — Requires the Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules and procedures to allow a hospital to apply for a license as a rural emergency hospital.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-15
Digest: The Act tells OHA to create a new hospital license type. (Flesch Readability Score: 80.3). Requires the Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules and procedures to allow a hospital to apply for a license as a rural emergency hospital. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Latest action: — Chapter Number Assigned
Sponsors
- Diehl, Ed (R, OR-17) — sponsor
- Boice, Court (R, OR-1) — cosponsor
- Bunch, Matt (R, OR-51) — cosponsor
- Edwards, Darcey (R, OR-31) — cosponsor
- Helfrich, Jeffrey (R, OR-52) — cosponsor
- Levy, Bobby (R, OR-58) — cosponsor
- Lewis, Rick (R, OR-18) — cosponsor
- Mannix, Kevin (R, OR-21) — cosponsor
- McIntire, Emily (R, OR-56) — cosponsor
- Osborne, Virgle (R, OR-2) — cosponsor
- Owens, Mark (R, OR-60) — cosponsor
- Scharf, Anna (R, OR-23) — cosponsor
- Skarlatos, Alek (R, OR-4) — cosponsor
- Yunker, Dwayne (R, OR-3) — cosponsor
- Smith, David Brock (R, OR-1) — cosponsor
- Reschke, E. Werner (R, OR-55) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- · state_lower — First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
- · state_lower — Referred to Health Care with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
- · state_lower — Public Hearing held.
- · state_lower — Work Session held.
- · state_lower — Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
- · state_lower — Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
- · state_lower — Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services.
- · state_lower — Work Session held.
- · state_lower — Returned to Full Committee.
- · state_lower — Work Session held.
- · state_lower — Recommendation: Do pass.
- · state_lower — Second reading.
- · state_lower — Third reading. Carried by Harbick. Passed.
- · state_upper — First reading. Referred to President's desk.
- · state_upper — Referred to Ways and Means.
- · state_upper — Recommendation: Do pass.
- · state_upper — Second reading.
- · state_upper — Third reading. Carried by Linthicum. Passed.
- · state_lower — Speaker signed.
- · state_upper — President signed.
- · state_lower — Governor signed.
- · state_lower — Chapter 35, (2026 Laws): Effective date June 5, 2026.
Text versions
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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 | Diehl, Ed (R, state_lower OR-17) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Boice, Court (R, state_lower OR-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Bunch, Matt (R, state_lower OR-51) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Edwards, Darcey (R, state_lower OR-31) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Helfrich, Jeffrey (R, state_lower OR-52) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Levy, Bobby (R, state_lower OR-58) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Lewis, Rick (R, state_lower OR-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Mannix, Kevin (R, state_lower OR-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | McIntire, Emily (R, state_lower OR-56) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Osborne, Virgle (R, state_lower OR-2) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Owens, Mark (R, state_lower OR-60) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Reschke, E. Werner (R, state_lower OR-55) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Scharf, Anna (R, state_lower OR-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Skarlatos, Alek (R, state_lower OR-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Smith, David Brock (R, state_upper OR-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Yunker, Dwayne (R, state_lower OR-3) | 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