Oregon bill to give OHA control over mergers and acquisitions passes out of committee
Patrick Jones | Apr 19, 2021
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House Bill 2362 recently passed out of the House Health Care Committee on a party line vote. The bill would require health care providers and hospitals to obtain permission from the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) before any merger, acquisition or affiliation transactions.
The bill also creates an advisory board for the OHA to help determine the usefulness and validity of the merger. No more than one-third of the board’s members may be representatives of health care providers and hospitals. This allows for the community, those who it mainly affects, to have a voice on these transactions.