Oregon legislation · 2025 Legislative Measures
Oregon SB1214: Relating to Medicaid reimbursement rates for rural hospitals; declaring an emergency.
Status: Failed, June 27, 2025
Digest: The Act tells OHA and CCOs to increase the rates at which certain rural hospitals are reimbursed. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.1). Directs the Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations to reimburse certain rural hospitals at rates no less than 150 percent of the rates paid as of the effective date of the Act. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
What the bill says
A bill FOR AN ACT Relating to Medicaid reimbursement rates for rural hospitals; and declaring an emergency.
From the introduced text, June 6, 2025:
A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to Medicaid reimbursement rates for rural hospitals; and declaring an emergency. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Level III trauma hospital" means a trauma system hospital that provides resuscitation, stabilization and assessment of a severely injured patient and either provides treatment or transfers the patient to a higher level trauma system hospital. (b) "Medical assistance" has the meaning given that term in ORS 414.025. (c) "Trauma system hospital" means a hospital designated by the Oregon Health Authority to receive and provide services to trauma patients. (2) The Oregon Health Authority shall provide reimbursement in the state medical assistance program for inpatient and outpatient hospital services provided by a hospital that meets the criteria under subsection (3) of this section at a rate that is no less than percent of the reimbursement rates paid to the hospital as of the effective date of this 2025 Act. (3) A hospital is eligible for the reimbursement rates described in subsection (2) of this section if the (b) As of January 1, 2025, was classified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as a rural referral center in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(C)(i); (c) As of January 1, 2025, was classified by the …
Sponsors
- David Smith (R, 1) · primary sponsor
- Richard Anderson (R, 5) · primary sponsor
- Eric Reschke (R, 55) · primary sponsor
- Diane Linthicum (R, 28)
- Court Boice (R, 1)
- Emily McIntire (R, 56)
- Virgle Osborne (R, 2)
- Gerald Wright (R, 9)
Latest actions
- : In committee upon adjournment.
- : Referred to Health Care.
- : Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
Subjects: Health Care
Common questions
- What is SB1214?
- SB1214 is a bill in the Oregon Legislature (2025 Legislative Measures): Relating to Medicaid reimbursement rates for rural hospitals; declaring an emergency.
- What does SB1214 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR AN ACT Relating to Medicaid reimbursement rates for rural hospitals; and declaring an emergency.
- What is the status of SB1214?
- Failed as of June 27, 2025. Latest action: In committee upon adjournment. (June 27, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB1214?
- David Smith (R, 1), with 7 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB1214?
- On the Oregon Legislature website: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/1214
Source: official Oregon record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.