Directs the Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission, in collaboration with the System of Care Advisory Council, to study needed treatment and recovery services for youth with co-occurring diagnoses and the barriers to accessing and receiving holistic services.

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2507
Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession filed (at the request of Joint Interim Committee
on Addiction and Community Safety Response for Representative Jason Kropf)
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 as introduced. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act tells the ADPC and SOCAC to study ways to improve treatment services for
youth with two or more diagnoses. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.6).
Directs the Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission, in collaboration with the System of Care Ad-
visory Council, to study needed treatment and recovery services for youth with co-occurring diag-
noses and the barriers to accessing and receiving holistic services. Requires the commission and the
council to report to the Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2026.
Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to treatment for youth with co-occurring diagnoses; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) “Co-occurring diagnoses” means:
(A) Diagnoses of two or more of the following behavioral health disorders:
(i) A substance use disorder;
(ii) A mental health disorder;
(iii) An eating disorder; or
(iv) Compulsive gambling disorder; or
(B) A diagnosis of a behavioral health disorder listed in subparagraph (A) of this para-
graph at the same time as a diagnosis of:
(i) An intellectual or developmental disability; or
(ii) A physical health condition.
(b) “Youth” means individuals between the ages of 11 and 25.
(2) The Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission, in collaboration with the System of Care
Advisory Council established in ORS 418.978, shall study needed treatment and recovery
services for youth with co-occurring diagnoses and the barriers to accessing and receiving
holistic services. In conducting the study, the commission and the council shall examine:
(a) Existing state and local programs that aim to provide treatment and recovery ser-
vices for youth with co-occurring diagnoses, including:
(A) Any deficiencies in existing programs with regard to reimbursement or the array of
services offered; and
(B) The accessibility of existing programs across health coverage status;
(b) The adequacy of the provider base for treatment and recovery services for youth with
co-occurring diagnoses to meet the need for services; and
(c) Any statutes, rules or licensing requirements that pose a barrier to service delivery
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 3421
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or the financial stability of providing treatment and recovery services for youth with co-
occurring diagnoses.
(3) No later than September 15, 2026, the commission and the council shall report to the
interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health, in the manner provided
by ORS 192.245, on the findings of the study conducted under this section and shall include
recommendations about:
(a) Ways to improve, adapt or expand existing state or local programs that are capable
of providing treatment and recovery services for youth with co-occurring diagnoses;
(b) Incentives and workforce programs to address any deficiencies in the workforce
serving youth with co-occurring diagnoses;
(c) Changes to statutes, rules or licensing requirements that pose barriers to service
delivery or the financial stability of providing treatment and recovery services for youth with
co-occurring diagnoses; and
(d) Resource allocations to improve the accessibility of treatment and recovery services
for youth with co-occurring diagnoses regardless of health coverage status.
SECTION 2.
Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.
SECTION 3. 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
on its passage.
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