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Oregon House committee adopts dash-2 amendment to hospital assessment bill, forwards measure to revenue committee
Summary
The House committee adopted the dash-2 amendment to HB 2010, giving the Oregon Health Authority flexibility to set separate inpatient and outpatient assessment rates and extending OHSU’s intergovernmental transfer arrangements; the committee then sent the bill to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation.
Chair Nos opened a work session and public hearing on House Bill 2010 before the House Committee on Behavioral Health and Health Care and called forward representatives of the Oregon Health Authority to explain the dash-2 amendment. The committee adopted the dash-2 amendment and then voted to send the bill to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation and referral to the House Committee on Revenue by prior reference.
The OHA’s deputy director for policy and programs, Dave Baden, told the committee the amendment permits the authority to manage the hospital assessment program with greater flexibility, specifically allowing separate…
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