Oregon Assessment on Health Premiums
House Bill 2116

House Bill 2116 passed by the 2009 Legislature creates a 1 percent assessment on certain health premiums to help fund health insurance for uninsured Oregonians. The new tax is effective Oct. 1, 2009. The Department of Consumer and Business Services administers the tax through its Insurance Division.

The division is developing an online premium reporting system while providing guidance on such issues as what premiums are taxed, how premiums are to be reported and the requirement that certain policyholders be notified of the 1 percent increase.

This page will be updated as new information becomes available.

• E-mail notification: Update on online premium reporting (Sept. 4, 2009)
• Insurance Division Bulletin 2009-9: Help complying with assessment
• Health Premium Tax questions and answers
• House Bill 2116: Text of the bill

Contacts

• For insurance companies
  Lynette Hadley: 503-947-7046 or lynette.m.hadley@state.or.us
  Shannon O'Shea: 503-947-7218 or shannon.oshea@state.or.us
• For policymakers
  Anthony Behrens: 503-947-7129 or anthony.a.behrens@state.or.us
• For consumers
  Consumer advocacy: 503-947-7984 or (toll-free) 888-877-4894 or cp.ins@state.or.us