House extends hospital and insurer assessments to fund Oregon Health Plan, passes HB 2010A

The Oregon House on March 3 passed House Bill 20 10A, extending hospital and insurer provider assessments and the state reinsurance program that help fund the Oregon Health Plan (OHP) and draw federal matching dollars. The measure passed on third reading after extended debate and a procedural motion earlier in the session to read several bills by title only.

Supporters, led on the floor by Representative Pham, said the assessments are an established funding tool that helps pay the state share of Medicaid and bring substantial federal matching dollars into Oregon. Pham told colleagues about the scale of the program, saying roughly 1,400,000 Oregonians — about one in three — rely on OHP and that the hospital and insurer assessments allow the state to obtain federal matching funds to maintain coverage and support hospitals.

Why it matters: The bill extends assessments that backfill the state share of Medicaid and preserves programs that supporters said stabilize insurer markets and rural hospitals. House members described the…