State Senator Deb Patterson

We’ll be taking a brief pause over the next 60 days—regular posts will resume after May 19, 2026.

Nos tomaremos un breve descanso durante los próximos 60 días - las publicaciones volverán a ser regulares a partir del 19 de mayo de 2026.

So pleased to get this bill across the finish line, with thanks to Rep. Annessa Hartman, Rep. Emerson Levy, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and Senate Health Care Committee Vice-Chair Cedric Hayden.

Oregon poised to become first in US to remove cost barriers to cervical cancer detection The measure would require insurers to fully cover follow-up tests for cervical cancer after an abnormal screening.