HB 4179 — Permits the Oregon Health and Science University to create and maintain a nonprofit corporation under the laws of this state so long as the university is a corporate member of the corporation.
Congress · introduced 2026-02-16
Digest: The Act says that OHSU must be a member of a nonprofit entity it creates. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.1). Permits the Oregon Health and Science University to create and maintain a nonprofit corporation under the laws of this state so long as the university is a corporate member of the corporation. Provides that certain individuals who provide patient care for the nonprofit corporation are acting within the scope of their state employment or duties<b>.</b> [<i>and that certain prohibitions regarding the practice of medicine do not apply to the nonprofit corporation.</i>]<b> Provides that the entity is a public employer for purposes of the Public Employee Collective Bargaining Act. Provides that certain provisions of the Oregon Professional Corporation Act do not apply to the entity.</b>
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Sponsors
No sponsorships on file.
Action timeline
- · state_lower — First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
- · state_lower — Referred to Rules.
- · state_lower — Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- · state_lower — Recommendation: Do pass.
- · state_lower — Second reading.
- · state_lower — Third reading. Carried by Pham H. Passed.
- · state_upper — First reading. Referred to President's desk.
- · state_upper — Referred to Rules.
- · state_upper — Public Hearing held.
- · state_upper — Work Session held.
- · state_upper — Work Session held.
- · state_upper — Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
- · state_upper — Second reading.
- · state_upper — Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed.
- · state_lower — House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- · state_lower — Speaker signed.
- · state_upper — President signed.
- · state_lower — Governor signed.
- · state_lower — Chapter 127, (2026 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2027.
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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