Oregon - Session 2026R1
Title: Requires certain health insurers to cover fertility services and treatments.
<b>Digest: The Act tells some insurers to cover care for some fertility treatments and exempts some insurers from parts of this requirement. Tells DCBS to make a program to cover costs for exempt insurers. Creates a new fund. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.2).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act tells some insurers, OEBB and PEBB to cover care for 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: 65.0).</i>] Requires certain health insurers[<i>, the Oregon Educators Benefit Board and the Public Employees' Benefit Board</i>] to cover fertility services and treatments.<b> Exempts certain insurers from specific coverage requirements.</b> [<i>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 interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health.</i>] [<i>Declares an emergency, effective on passage.</i>] <b>Directs the Department of Consumer and Business Services to administer a program to provide reimbursement for the costs for treatments when not covered by exempted insurers. <b>Establishes the Family Building Fund in the State Treasury.</b>
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-02-17 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-02-17 | Latest Action | Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
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| SB 1595 | Requires a professional licensing board to publish specified guidance regarding licensure and ensure certain staff receive culturally responsive training not later than January 1, 2028. | introduced |
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| HB 4012 | Directs the Construction Contractors Board to consult and collaborate with the Bureau of Labor and Industries to carry out a targeted assessment initiative to observe and collect information regarding the use of services of unlicensed labor contractors and unlicensed construction labor contractors at construction job sites. | introduced |
| HB 4014 | Establishes the Task Force on Taxation of International Income. | in_committee |
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