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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
A-Engrossed
House Bill 2729
Ordered by the House March 24
Including House Amendments dated March 24
Sponsored by Representative PHAM H, Senator REYNOLDS, Representatives NERON, MARSH; Representatives
CHOTZEN, FRAGALA, GAMBA, GRAYBER, HUDSON, MCDONALD, NGUYEN H, NOSSE, WALTERS, Sen-
ators FREDERICK, PHAM K (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 tells the OHA to issue grants and take other actions to increase
school-based health services. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.1).
[Digest: The Act tells the OHA to adjust its school-based health center grants for inflation. The
Act tells the OHA to issue grants and take other actions to increase school-based health services. The
Act authorizes lottery bonds for school-based health services. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.4). ]
[Directs the Oregon Health Authority to modify the amounts of grants for school-based health
centers for inflation. ]
[Directs the authority to issue grants for the planning and operation of school-based health ser-
vices.]
Directs the [ authority] Oregon Health Authority to develop and implement a program to issue
grants to increase and improve school-based mental health services and substance use services.
Directs the authority to study methods for providing or increasing reimbursement for mental
health services delivered through school-based health centers.
[Authorizes the issuance of lottery bonds for school-based health center purposes. ]
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to schools; and prescribing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
The Oregon Health Authority shall develop and implement a grant program
to issue grants to school districts, education service districts and entities that provide
physical or behavioral health services to be used to increase and improve school-based men-
tal health services and substance use prevention, screening, referral and treatment services.
The authority shall ensure that grants are made for the benefit of schools both with and
without school-based health centers, as defined in ORS 413.225.
SECTION 2.
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 $7,000,000 to carry out the provisions of section 1 of this 2025
Act.
SECTION 3.
(1) The Oregon Health Authority shall study methods for providing or in-
creasing reimbursement for mental health services delivered through school-based health
centers, as defined in ORS 413.225, under medical assistance programs administered by the
authority.
(2) The authority may make written recommendations to the Legislative Assembly in the
manner provided by ORS 192.245, which may include recommendations for legislation, in-
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.
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cluding continuation or expansion of funding provided under sections 1 and 2 of this 2025 Act.
(3) The authority may adopt rules to support reimbursements described in subsection (1)
of this section.
SECTION 4.
This 2025 Act takes effect on the 91st day after the date on which the 2025
regular session of the Eighty-third Legislative Assembly adjourns sine die.
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