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Subcommittee advances bill requiring newborn CMV screening and OHA treatment protocol
Summary
House Bill 2685 would require the Oregon Health Authority to expand newborn screening protocols for cytomegalovirus (CMV) and require hospitals and birthing centers in HMOs to conduct screening within 14 days of birth unless parents object in writing; the subcommittee moved the bill to the full committee with a due-pass recommendation.
On June 12, 2025, the Ways and Means Human Services Subcommittee considered House Bill 2685 and voted to move the measure to the full committee with a due-pass recommendation.
LFO staff summarized HB 2685 as requiring the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) to expand targeted screening protocols and to provide information on cytomegalovirus to Oregon hospitals and birth centers. Hospitals and birthing centers that operate within a health maintenance organization must conduct a newborn CMV screening within 14 days of birth. OHA also must develop a treatment protocol following a positive screening result.
The bill specifies that hospitals and birthing centers must conduct newborn screening for CMV unless a parent or guardian objects in writing. LFO recommended that HB 2685 move to the Ways and Means Full Committee; the subcommittee adopted the recommendation and moved the bill forward without recorded objections in the transcript.
If enacted, HB 2685 will require OHA to issue screening protocols, inform hospitals and birth centers, and create treatment protocols for CMV-positive newborns; the transcript does not record funding levels or implementation timelines beyond the directive to develop protocols and screening requirements.
