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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 36
Sponsored by Senator PATTERSON (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: Tells DCBS to study patient billing and report back.(Flesch Readability Score: 66.1).
Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study patient billing. Directs the
department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to
health care not later than September 15, 2026.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to patient billing.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. The Department of Consumer and Business Services shall study patient
billing. The department shall submit a report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, and
may include recommendations for legislation, to the interim committees of the Legislative
Assembly related to health care no later than September 15, 2026.
SECTION 2.Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 754