Oregon law limits some out-of-state actions over protected care

The governor may refuse some requests from other states to surrender a person, and public body workers may not use public resources to help certain investigations. The protections cover care lawful in Oregon, provided or attempted by an Oregon-licensed provider acting within the provider’s practice for a patient physically in Oregon. They also cover people receiving or helping with that care. The governor may refuse surrender only when federal law does not require it and Oregon is not otherwise required to surrender the person. The investigation restriction has exceptions under ORS 24.500 and 133.747 and when federal law requires cooperation. Workers may share information available to the public on the same terms as the public. The act took effect when passed under its emergency clause.

The Oregon Health Authority must keep covered health information confidential and may disclose it only for specified program work or with the person’s consent. The protections cover identifiable health information held by the Oregon Health Authority about people applying for or receiving the specified reproductive or gender-affirming care. The Authority may disclose the information when needed and directly connected to administering the state medical assistance program or the programs described in ORS 435.230. The person may consent to disclosure. The Authority generally may not be examined about this information in court or an administrative case, except in cases directly related to those programs or when the person consents. These provisions took effect when the act passed.

Courts must keep legal sex-change case records confidential and, when an eligible adult asks, seal that adult’s name-change case unless the court finds good cause not to. These rules cover adult name-change cases and legal sex-change cases, including cases asking for both changes. An adult must be a certified participant in Oregon’s Address Confidentiality Program to request sealing of a name-change case. This rule does not apply when the adult appears as guardian ad litem for a child. An applicant may ask the court to make legal sex-change case records public; a court may order disclosure for good cause or to meet the notice rule for a child’s name-change case. The rules apply to applications filed on or after July 1, 2026. On the applicant’s motion, the legal sex-change rules also apply to applications filed earlier.

The State Board of Direct Entry Midwifery may not deny, suspend, or revoke a person’s license solely because of certain out-of-state discipline or convictions tied to care. This rule covers people practicing direct-entry midwifery and their Oregon licenses. The care must be lawful in Oregon, unlawful where it was provided, and performed according to the standard of care that applies to it. The restriction applies only when the conviction or disciplinary action resulted solely from providing that care. This provision took effect when the act passed.