Oregon Senate Bill 119 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Failed on July 6 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-07-06 - In committee upon adjournment.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires insurer offering health benefit plans to provide annual notice to policyholders of specified information about Department of Consumer and Business Services' rate review process. Requires insurers to provide opportunity for enrollees to subscribe to electronic mailing list for rate filings. Requires department and Oregon Health Authority to jointly develop standards and metrics for health insurers' cost containment strategies and incorporate standards into premium rate review process. Requires department and authority to establish process for jointly expanding or refining cost containment strategies that may be considered in reviewing rate filings. Applies to rate filings for coverage beginning on or after January 1, 2017. Requires department to establish by rule, and using public process, methodology for projecting medical cost trends for use by insurers in calculating proposed rates. Requires department to specify exceptions to use of methodology. Applies to rate filings for coverage beginning on or after January 1, 2017. Requires Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to post to website of department detailed explanation for approval of any health insurance rate filing that increases rates. Makes consideration of certain criteria related to approval of such rate increases mandatory. Declares emergency, effective October 1, 2015.

Relating to health insurance rate review; declaring an emergency.

Sen. William Shields [D]

Rep. Mitch Greenlick [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-06	Senate	In committee upon adjournment.
2015-01-20	Senate	Referred to Health Care.
2015-01-12	Senate	Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2015R1/Measures/Overview/SB119
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2015R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB119/Introduced