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Bentz does not support mask mandates, thought he does support educating people about the risks of not wearing a mask.
Bentz wants to repeal and replace the ACA, saying, "I strongly oppose government run health care... I believe Obamacare should be replaced with solutions that focus on free market principles to help drive down the skyrocketing cost of health care." He supports permitting individuals and small businesses to purchase group insurance plans and allowing consumers to buy health insurance plans across state lines.
As a state senator, Bentz voted against a bill to provide a pathway for the governor to approve interstate marijuana commerce. He said he preferred to wait for the federal government to take action.
In the Oregon House, Bentz sponsored a bill allowing judges to waive unpaid criminal fines for people who can prove that the fine poses a financial hardship preventing them from completing drug and alcohol treatment as part of their sentence.
Bentz introduced HB3093, a bill requiring pharmaceutical manufacturers to report to the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services the total amount of money spent on patient assistance programs. Bentz is the original co-sponsor on a successful bill (SB740) to require health benefit plans that cover radiation therapy for cancer to cover proton beam therapy on a similar basis.
Bentz was an original sponsor on a bill that would protect funding for the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs.
Bentz is pro-life, only supporting abortion in cases when the mother's life is at risk. Bentz is a former board member and vice-chair of Project Dove, a domestic violence prevention organization. He is an original cosponsor of successful legislation that provides voluntary nurse home visits to families with infants up to six months of age through a program called Family Connects Oregon.
He is a cosponsor of a successful Oregon Senate bill that provides voluntary nurse home visits to families with infants up to six months of age, a program called Family Connects Oregon. Bentz supports medical malpractice reform to curb frivolous lawsuits and promote patient safety. He is opposed to harvesting stem cells from embryos. Bentz cosponsored an unsuccessful bill to provide vision screenings in schools. He also coauthored an unsuccessful bill to appoint a Rare Disease Ombudsman.
