Oregon 2025R1 Session Status: In Committee 2 D cosponsors

SB 535 — Requires health insurance coverage of specified fertility services and treatments with exemption for certain insurers.

Last action — In Senate Committee

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced April 16, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.

Odds of enactment

Low chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a low chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Advancing 40% · moderate confidence

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    2 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 1 recorded vote so far.

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Summary

<b>Digest: This Act makes some health insurers cover some fertility treatments and exempts some insurers. Tells OHA and DCBS to study access to reproductive treatment and report back. Tells DCBS to make a program to pay for some services for persons with exempt insurers and creates a fund for this program. Changes how DCBS uses some money. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.1).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act makes some health insurance cover some fertility treatments. The Act tells OHA and DCBS to study access to reproductive treatments and report back to the committee on health. The Act makes it an emergency. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7).</i>] Requires health insurance coverage of specified fertility services and treatments with exemption for certain insurers. Directs the Oregon Health Authority and the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study access to fertility and reproductive endocrinology services and report findings to the<b> committees or</b> interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health. <b>Directs the department to administer a program to provide reimbursement for certain fertility services not covered by exempt insurers. <b>Establishes the Market Equity Fund and modifies how certain assessments on certain health benefit plans are utilized.</b> Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. In Senate Committee

Sponsors

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2 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 87 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (87)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 535 do?
<b>Digest: This Act makes some health insurers cover some fertility treatments and exempts some insurers. Tells OHA and DCBS to study access to reproductive treatment and report back. Tells DCBS to make a program to pay for some services for persons with exempt insurers and creates a fund for this program. Changes how DCBS uses some money. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.1).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act makes some health insurance cover some fertility treatments. The Act tells OHA and DCBS to study access to reproductive treatments and report back to the committee on health. The Act makes it an emergency. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7).</i>] Requires health insurance coverage of specified fertility services and treatments with exemption for certain insurers. Directs the Oregon Health Authority and the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study access to fertility and reproductive endocrinology services and report findings to the<b> committees or</b> interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health. <b>Directs the department to administer a program to provide reimbursement for certain fertility services not covered by exempt insurers. <b>Establishes the Market Equity Fund and modifies how certain assessments on certain health benefit plans are utilized.</b> Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Who sponsors SB 535?
SB 535 is sponsored by Deb Patterson (Democrat), Kayse Jama (Democrat), and Courtney Neron.
What is the current status of SB 535?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced April 16, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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