Senate committee hears testimony on bill to extend hospital and insurer assessments, reinsurance program

The Senate Committee on Finance and Revenue held a public hearing on House Bill 2010A on March 10, 2025, to consider extending Oregon's hospital and insurer provider assessments and the Oregon Reinsurance Program through February 2032. Witnesses from the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), the Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) and Legislative Council described the program's funding flows and legal analysis, and hospital and insurer representatives urged support.

The bill matters because the assessments help fund the Oregon Health Plan (OHP) and the Oregon Reinsurance Program, drawing federal matching dollars that officials say stabilize the individual market and support Medicaid benefits for about 1.4 million Oregonians. Committee members did not take a vote; the measure remains under consideration with work sessions planned.

Legislative Council attorney Rachel Hungerford explained the office's legal test for whether a measure is a “bill for raising revenue” under Article IV, Section 25 of the Oregon Constitution. "The first part of the test is does this bill bring revenue into the state treasury? And yes, this bill does," Hungerford said. She said the second part asks whether the bill…