Oregon legislation · 2025 Legislative Measures
Oregon HB2685: Relating to cytomegalovirus; and prescribing an effective date.
Status: Chaptered, August 7, 2025
Digest: The Act updates the law concerning a disease that affects newborns. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9). Directs the Oregon Health Authority to provide information on the screening protocol for cytomegalovirus to hospitals and birthing centers. Requires the authority to establish by rule a newborn screening protocol for cytomegalovirus. Eliminates the requirement if cytomegalovirus is added to the newborn bloodspot screening panel. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, June 25, 2025:
83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session House Bill 2685 Sponsored by Representatives PHAM H, LEVY B, DIEHL, MUNOZ; Representatives BOWMAN, ELMER, GOMBERG, GRAYBER, HARBICK, HUDSON, ISADORE, JAVADI, LEVY E, NELSON, OWENS, WALTERS, WRIGHT, Senators FREDERICK, PATTERSON, SOLLMAN (Presession filed.) CHAPTER ................................................. Relating to cytomegalovirus; creating new provisions; amending ORS 433.298 and 433.321; and prescribing an effective date. SECTION 1. ORS 433.321 is amended to read: 433.321. (1) In all Oregon hospitals and birthing centers where more than 200 live births occur per year, each newborn child must receive a newborn hearing screening test. A hospital or birthing center shall attempt to conduct the test required under this subsection prior to the discharge of the newborn child from the facility. (2) All Oregon hospitals and birthing centers where fewer than 200 live births occur per year shall provide the parent or guardian of a newborn child with the appropriate information furnished by the Oregon Health Authority concerning the importance of newborn hearing screening tests. (3) All Oregon hospitals and birthing centers conducting newborn hearing screening tests, within 10 days of conducting a newborn hearing screening test, shall: (a) Notify the parent or guardian and the health care provider of the newborn child of the test results; (b) Provide the parent or guardian with names and contact information for diagnostic facilities that …