A Portland-area lawmaker facing scrutiny over a bill she wrote that could benefit her medical practice has been cleared by legislative lawyers of any potential conflict of interest.

Oregon Sen. Lisa Reynolds, D-Portland, told the Capital Chronicle in an email Tuesday that a May 16 opinion from the Office of the Legislative Counsel “clarifies that I am a member of an exempted class, and as such, have no legal conflict of interest, nor a need to declare one” when it comes to Senate Bill 28 . Reynolds is co-sponsoring the bill, which would require commercial insurers to reimburse independent primary care clinics at similar rates to hospital-owned clinics.

Reynolds’ position as a doctor in a Portland-based primary care clinic raised questions about whether she would improperly benefit

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