HB 3243 — Prohibits balance billing for ambulance ground transportation services in certain circumstances and creates rules for health benefit plan reimbursement of ambulance services.
Congress · introduced 2024-12-31
Digest: Tells ambulance service providers not to balance bill some patients and makes them report local rates to DCBS. Makes some rules about health insurance for ambulance services. Tells DCBS to make a new database of local rates and allows for penalties. Tells DCBS to submit a report. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.5). Prohibits balance billing for ambulance ground transportation services in certain circumstances and creates rules for health benefit plan reimbursement of ambulance services. Requires ground ambulance services to submit established local rates to the Department of Consumer and Business Services. Establishes a database of local rates for ambulance services and allows for penalties to be imposed for violations. Requires the department to submit a report on the implementation of this Act.
Latest action: — Chapter Number Assigned
Sponsors
- Nosse, Rob (D, OR-42) — sponsor
- Javadi, Cyrus (R, OR-32) — cosponsor
- Pham, Hai (D, OR-36) — cosponsor
- Patterson, Deb (D, OR-10) — cosponsor
- Nguyen, Hoa (D, OR-48) — cosponsor
- Sosa, Nathan (D, OR-30) — cosponsor
- Gamba, Mark (D, OR-41) — cosponsor
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Inbound (7)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-31 | Gamba, Mark | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Javadi, Cyrus | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Nguyen, Hoa | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Nosse, Rob | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Pham, Hai | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Sosa, Nathan | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Patterson, Deb | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nosse, Rob (D, state_lower OR-42) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Gamba, Mark (D, state_lower OR-41) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Javadi, Cyrus (R, state_lower OR-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Nguyen, Hoa (D, state_lower OR-48) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Patterson, Deb (D, state_upper OR-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Pham, Hai (D, state_lower OR-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Sosa, Nathan (D, state_lower OR-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Sosa, Nathan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Nosse, Rob (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Gamba, Mark (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Javadi, Cyrus (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Nguyen, Hoa (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Patterson, Deb (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Pham, Hai (cosponsor) · sponsorship