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Nathanson proposes urgent-care registry and minimum standards to help patients navigate care; providers raise regulatory concerns
Summary
Representative Nathanson’s House Bill 3221 would define “urgent care,” create a registry and require minimum service transparency. Supporters said the measure would reduce emergency department pressure; hospitals, urgent-care operators and some providers warned the draft could restrict access and urged further amendment.
Representative Nancy Nathanson opened an informational hearing on House Bill 3221, a bill she described as designed to create transparency and set minimum expectations for clinics that market themselves as “urgent care.”
Nathanson said urgent care clinics play an increasingly important role as primary- and same-day care access has become limited in parts of Oregon. She told the committee that, in a local sample, researchers identified 14 locations calling themselves urgent care but found variation in whether they took walk-ins, whether they accepted different…
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