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HB2056 • 2025

Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Health Authority for distribution to community mental health programs.

Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Health Authority for distribution to community mental health programs.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Representative Nosse,, Andersen, Representative Diehl,
Last action
2025-06-27
Official status
In House Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Health Authority for distribution to community mental health programs.

<b>Digest: The Act helps fund community mental health programs.

What This Bill Does

  • <b>Digest: The Act helps fund community mental health programs.
  • (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act tells OHA to study the cost of community mental health programs.
  • (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4).</i>] [<i>Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study the cost of community mental health programs.
  • Directs the authority to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health not later than September 15, 2026.</i>] [<i>Sunsets on January 2, 2027.</i>] <b>Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Health Authority for distribution to community mental health programs.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-27 House

    In committee upon adjournment.

  2. 2025-04-09 House

    Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.

  3. 2025-04-09 House

    Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.

  4. 2025-04-03 House

    Work Session held.

  5. 2025-03-18 House

    Public Hearing held.

  6. 2025-01-17 House

    Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.

  7. 2025-01-13 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

<b>Digest: The Act helps fund community mental health programs. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2).</b>
[<i>Digest: The Act tells OHA to study the cost of community mental health programs. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4).</i>]
[<i>Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study the cost of community mental health programs. Directs the authority to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health not later than September 15, 2026.</i>]
[<i>Sunsets on January 2, 2027.</i>]
<b>Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Health Authority for distribution to community mental health programs.
<b>Declares an emergency, effective on passage.</b>
Relating to: Relating to behavioral health; declaring an emergency.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
A-Engrossed
House Bill 2056
Ordered by the House April 9
Including House Amendments dated April 9
Sponsored by Representative NOSSE; Representative DIEHL (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards.
Digest: The Act helps fund community mental health programs. (Flesch Readability
Score: 61.2).
[Digest: The Act tells OHA to study the cost of community mental health programs. (Flesch
Readability Score: 63.4). ]
[Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study the cost of community mental health programs.
Directs the authority to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related
to health not later than September 15, 2026. ]
[Sunsets on January 2, 2027. ]
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Health Authority for dis-
tribution to community mental health programs.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to behavioral health; and declaring an emergency.
Whereas community mental health programs provide critical mental health and substance use
disorder services to individuals in their communities; and
Whereas community mental health programs are required by statute to provide specific services
to individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis, individuals charged with a crime and found
unable to aid and assist in their own defense and individuals subject to civil commitment pro-
ceedings; and
Whereas the Oregon Health Authority conducted, pursuant to section 1, chapter 80, Oregon
Laws 2024, a cost study to determine the funding required for each community mental health pro-
gram to provide those services; and
Whereas the cost study, which was completed with the assistance of an actuary, determined that
there is a gap between the funding that is currently available and the funding that is needed for
community mental health programs to provide the services required by statute; now, therefore,
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropri-
ated to the Oregon Health Authority, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, out of the
General Fund, the amount of $64,800,000, for distribution to community mental health pro-
grams for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of ORS 161.315 to 161.351, 161.355 to
161.371, 161.385 to 161.395, 161.505 to 161.585, 426.005 to 426.390, 426.510 to 426.680, 426.701,
426.702, 430.627, 430.628, 430.629 and 430.630.
SECTION 2.
This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect
NOTE: Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [ italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 703
A-Eng. HB 2056
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