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This bill requires hospitals and hospital systems operating in Oregon to publicly disclose their annual expenses, including detailed salary and benefit information for different employee classifications and individual executives. Specifically, hospitals must publish this information on their websites and update it annually, or provide hard copies in their reception areas if they do not have a website. The bill defines a "hospital system" as a parent corporation of one or more hospitals and its affiliated entities, or a hospital and its affiliated entities through ownership, governance, control, or membership. The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is tasked with developing rules to implement this transparency requirement, including defining employee classifications and establishing civil penalties for non-compliance. Hospitals can use the Internal Revenue Service Form 990 as a template for reporting their expenses. The goal of this legislation appears to be increasing financial transparency in the healthcare sector by providing the public with detailed information about hospital spending and compensation.

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https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2798