Requires a coordinated care organization to collaborate with local public health authorities, community mental health programs, local planning committees and hospitals in conducting a community health assessment and adopting a community health improvement plan.

83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Enrolled
House Bill 2208
Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession filed (at the request of House In-
terim Committee on Behavioral Health and Health Care for Representative Rob Nosse)
CHAPTER .................................................
AN ACT
Relating to community health improvement plans; creating new provisions; and amending ORS
414.577.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 414.577 is added to and made a part of ORS chapter 414.
SECTION 2. ORS 414.577 is amended to read:
414.577. (1) As used in this section:
(a) “Local mental health authority” has the meaning given that term in ORS 430.630.
(b) “Local planning committee” has the meaning given that term in ORS 430.306.
[(1)] (2) A coordinated care organization shall collaborate with local public health authorities ,
community mental health programs, local planning committees and hospitals located in areas
served by the coordinated care organization to conduct a community health assessment and adopt
a community health improvement plan, shared with and endorsed by the coordinated care organiza-
tion, local public health authorities, community mental health programs, local planning com-
mittees and hospitals, to serve as a strategic population health and health care services plan for
the residents of the areas served by the coordinated care organization, local public health authori-
ties, community mental health programs, local planning committees and hospitals. The com-
munity health improvement plan must include strategies for achieving shared priorities.
(3)(a) Local public health authorities, community mental health programs and coordi-
nated care organizations shall include in the community health improvement plan any be-
havioral health plans required by law or by the Oregon Health Authority, including:
(A) Comprehensive local plans adopted by local mental health authorities under ORS
430.630 (9); and
(B) Comprehensive behavioral health plans developed by coordinated care organizations.
(b) The inclusion in the community health improvement plan of the behavioral health
plans described in paragraph (a) of this subsection does not change the party that is re-
sponsible for developing or implementing a behavioral health plan described in paragraph (a)
of this subsection.
[(2)] (4) The coordinated care organization shall post the community health improvement plan
to the coordinated care organization’s website.
[(3)] (5) The [ Oregon Health ] authority [ may] shall prescribe by rule requirements for commu-
nity health improvement plans and provide guidance for aligning :
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(a) The timelines for the development of the community health assessments and community
health improvement plans by coordinated care organizations, local public health authorities , com-
munity mental health programs, local planning committees and hospitals ; and
(b) The requirements of this section with other planning or reporting requirements that
coordinated care organizations are subject to, including planning or reporting requirements
regarding:
(A) Health inequities;
(B) Social determinants of health;
(C) Health technology;
(D) Payment models;
(E) Oral health integration;
(F) Language access; and
(G) Traditional health worker integration and utilization.
SECTION 3.
The amendments to ORS 414.577 by section 2 of this 2025 Act apply to com-
munity health improvement plans adopted on or after the effective date of this 2025 Act.
Passed by House June 12, 2025
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Timothy G. Sekerak, Chief Clerk of House
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Julie Fahey, Speaker of House
Passed by Senate June 19, 2025
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Rob Wagner, President of Senate
Received by Governor:
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Approved:
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Tina Kotek, Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
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Tobias Read, Secretary of State
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