Directs the Oregon Health Authority to award grants to eligible entities to foster the recruitment and retention of behavioral health care providers at the entities.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Representative Nosse,, Isadore,, Nelson, Representative Harbick,, Hudson,
Last action: 2025-08-13
Official status: Chapter Number Assigned
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

2025-08-13 House
Chapter 561, (2025 Laws): Effective date July 24, 2025.
2025-07-24 House
Governor signed.
2025-06-26 House
Speaker signed.
2025-06-26 Senate
President signed.
2025-06-24 Senate
Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill.
2025-06-24 Senate
Second reading.
2025-06-24 Senate
Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Campos. Passed. Ayes, 20; Nays, 9--Bonham, Girod, Hayden, Linthicum, McLane, Nash, Robinson, Starr, Weber; Excused, 1--Thatcher.
2025-06-23 House
Third reading. Carried by Nelson. Passed. Ayes, 45; Absent, 1--Harbick; Excused, 14--Boice, Boshart Davis, Cate, Diehl, Drazan, Edwards, Evans, Nguyen H, Osborne, Scharf, Skarlatos, Wallan, Wright, Yunker.
2025-06-23 Senate
First reading. Referred to President's desk.
2025-06-23 Senate
Referred to Ways and Means.
2025-06-20 House
Second reading.
2025-06-19 House
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed.
2025-06-17 House
Work Session held.
2025-06-10 House
Work Session held.
2025-06-10 House
Returned to Full Committee.
2025-06-06 House
Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services.
2025-04-15 House
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
2025-04-15 House
Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
2025-04-08 House
Work Session held.
2025-03-25 House
Public Hearing held.
2025-01-17 House
Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
2025-01-13 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

<b>Digest: The Act tells OHA to give grants to some entities to help them hire and keep behavioral health care workers. The Act also makes changes to laws to improve the safety of workers in certain mental health care and SUD treatment settings. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.6).</b>
[<i>Digest: The Act tells OHA to give grants to some entities to help them hire and keep behavioral health care providers. The Act also tells OHA to pay incentives to some entities to help them pay higher wages. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.5).</i>]
Directs the Oregon Health Authority to award grants to eligible entities to foster the recruitment and retention of behavioral health care providers at the entities. Specifies the manners in which an entity may use a grant. Requires an entity that receives a grant to report to the authority.
[<i>Directs the authority to develop and implement an incentive payment to eligible entities in order to enable the entities to increase employee wages.</i>]
<b>Entitles an employee of a behavioral health employer to be reinstated with back pay if the employer unlawfully retaliates against the employee. Allows certain facilities to limit a resident's access to specified items.
Requires a behavioral health employer to provide safety trainings to workers. Becomes operative July 1, 2026.</b>
Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Relating to: Relating to the behavioral health workforce; and declaring an emergency.
Current location: Chapter Number Assigned