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Introduced
01/13/2025
01/13/2025
In Committee
06/25/2025
06/25/2025
Crossed Over
06/24/2025
06/24/2025
Passed
08/07/2025
08/07/2025
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
08/07/2025
08/07/2025
Introduced Session
2025 Legislative Measures
Bill Summary
AN ACT Relating to health care coverage beginning at perimenopause; creating new provisions; and amend- ing ORS 243.144 and 243.877.
AI Summary
This bill requires all health benefit plans in Oregon to include comprehensive coverage for perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopause treatments. Specifically, the bill mandates coverage for a wide range of medical interventions, including hormone therapies (such as combination estrogen and hormone medicines), SSRIs and SNRIs (types of antidepressant medications), vaginal estrogen, osteoporosis prevention medications, neurokinin B antagonists, topical hormone therapy, and bioidentical hormones. The coverage is limited to medications approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration. The bill amends existing laws to include these new requirements for health benefit plans offered by the Public Employees' Benefit Board and the Oregon Educators Benefit Board. Additionally, the bill provides for increased expenditure limitations to support these new health insurance benefits, with an increase of $1,109,179 for the Public Employees' Benefit Board and $291,077 for the Oregon Educators Benefit Board. These new requirements will apply to health benefit plans issued, renewed, or extended on or after January 1, 2026, ensuring that women in Oregon have comprehensive health coverage during the perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopause stages of life.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Education, Health and Social Services
Sponsors (28)
Shelly Boshart Davis (R)*,
Lucetta Elmer (R)*,
Sara Gelser Blouin (D)*,
Dacia Grayber (D)*,
Em Levy (D)*,
Courtney Neron Misslin (D)*,
Janeen Sollman (D)*,
Tom Andersen (D),
Ben Bowman (D),
April Dobson (D),
Christine Drazan (R),
Sarah Finger McDonald (D),
Mark Gamba (D),
Cedric Hayden (R),
Zach Hudson (D),
Cyrus Javadi (D),
Bobby Levy (R),
Emily McIntire (R),
Susan McLain (D),
Lesly Muñoz (D),
Travis Nelson (D),
Hoa Nguyen (D),
Deb Patterson (D),
Hai Pham (D),
Werner Reschke (R),
Thuy Tran (D),
Mari Watanabe (D),
Suzanne Weber (R),
Last Action
Chapter 500, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026. (on 08/07/2025)
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