Oregon legislation · 2026 Legislative Measures
Oregon HB4053: Relating to emergency medical services; and prescribing an effective date.
Status: Chaptered, April 6, 2026
Digest: The Act makes an EMS Program Fund and changes the name of a committee. The Act tells OHA to make minimum education requirements for EMS providers. The Act also makes a subcommittee. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.1). Establishes the Emergency Medical Services Program Fund. Changes the name of the Pediatric Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee to the Emergency Medical Services for Children Advisory Committee. Directs the Oregon Health Authority to establish by rule minimum educational requirements for licensure as an emergency medical services provider. Prohibits a person from using certain titles or initials unless the person is licensed at a level that corresponds to the title or initials. Becomes operative on January 1, 2027. Establishes the Long Term Care and Senior Care Emergency Medical Services Advisory Subcommittee within the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee to provide advice and recommendations to the committee on issues related to long term care and senior care. Becomes operative on January 1, 2029. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, March 2, 2026:
83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2026 Regular Session House Bill 4053 Sponsored by Representative GRAYBER; Representatives ANDERSEN, BOWMAN, EVANS, FRAGALA, GAMBA, GOMBERG, MCDONALD, MUNOZ, NELSON, NGUYEN D, NOSSE, WISE, Senators PATTERSON, REYNOLDS (Presession filed.) CHAPTER ................................................. Relating to emergency medical services; creating new provisions; amending ORS 682.017, 682.204, 682.208, 682.500, 682.503, 682.506, 682.509, 682.512, 682.515, 682.518, 682.521, 682.524, 682.527, 682.530 and 682.533 and sections 32, and 45, chapter 32, Oregon Laws 2024; and prescribing an effective date. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROGRAM FUND SECTION 1. Sections 2 and 3 of this 2026 Act are added to and made a part of ORS chapter 682. SECTION 2. (1) The Emergency Medical Services Program Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Emergency Medical Services Program Fund shall be credited to the fund. The moneys in the fund shall consist of moneys appropriated to the Oregon Health Authority for deposit in the fund, any federal funds related to rural health and emergency medical services and any settlement funds, gifts, grants, contributions or other donations that are received by the authority from any public or private source for the purposes described in subsection (2) of this section. (2) The moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the authority for the purposes of carrying out section …