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Mental Health Bills
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HB 2485Relating to Portland State University; declaring an emergency.Requires Portland State University, subject to sufficient moneys being appropriated, to enhance state's capacity to educate public mental health and addiction treatment providers by July 1, 2028, by materially increasing number of graduates from relevant degree programs. Appropriates moneys to Higher Education Coordinating Commission for allocation to Portland State University. Declares emergency, effective on July 1, 2023. Representative Nosse, Representative Grayber2/6/ Testimony to House Committee On Behavioral Health and Health Care03/29 Testimony at 3pm Joint Committee On Ways and Means
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HB 2636Relating to student health.Requires every school district to ensure that school-based mental health professional and school-based nurse is located at every school of school district. Allows school-based nurse to make recommendations for visit to health care professional or specialist and directs nurse to assist student or student's parent or guardian in visiting professional or specialist at no cost or reduced cost. Allows education service districts to have health care professionals work in schools of component school districts, if agreed to by school district. Prescribes requirements of health care provided at school by education service district health care professional. Expands purposes of school-based health centers to include provision of services to all members of community and to provide training opportunities for students interested in careers in health care professions.Representative Levy B, Senator Hansell, Representative Hieb, (Presession filed.)House Committee On EducationJoint Committee On Ways and Means
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HB 2643 Relating to suicide prevention.Requires school districts to develop, review and revise individualized suicide prevention protection plan for each youth who demonstrates suicidal behavior.Representative Levy B, Senator Hansell, Senator Weber, (Presession filed.)2/8 Testimony to House Committee On EducationJoint Committee On Ways and Means
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HB 2646Relating to student mental health.Requires Department of Education to provide program to train school employees on signs and symptoms of mental illness, psychiatric or psychological disorder, depression or substance abuse disorder, de-escalating mental health or substance use disorder crisis and assisting students in crisisRepresentative Sanchez2/8 Testimony to House Committee On EducationJoint Committee On Ways and Means
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HB 2651Relating to behavioral health providers; declaring an emergency.Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Oregon Health Authority to be used for specified purposes related to expanding behavioral health provider workforce. Representative Bynum, Bowman, Dexter, Hudson, Pham H, Pham K, Reynolds, Senator Campos,
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HB 2652Relating to funding county health measures; declaring an emergency. Authorizes county to declare shortage of health care and human services personnel and apply to Oregon Health Authority for moneys to make grants to employers to alleviate shortage by offering certain benefits to potential workers and educators. Appropriates moneys to Oregon Health Authority to distribute to counties for purposes related to encouraging healthy eating, physical activity and mental health. Declares emergency, effective on passage.https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bynum, Representative Hudson, Pham H, Pham K, ReynoldsHouse Committee On Behavioral Health and Health CareJoint Committee On Ways and Means
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HB 2757Relating to crisis services; prescribing an effective date.Expands and provides funding for coordinated crisis services system including 9-8-8 suicide prevention and behavioral health crisis hotline.Representative Evans, Gamba, Grayber, Hartman, Helm, Holvey, Hudson, McLain, Nelson, Owens, Reynolds, Ruiz, Valderrama, Senator Dembrow, Golden, Jama, Lieber, Patterson, Prozanski, Sollman, (Presession filed.)2/6/ Testimony to House Committee On Behavioral Health and Health Care House Committee On Revenue
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HB 2977Relating to behavioral health workforce development.Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission, in collaboration with Oregon Health Authority, to establish grant program for purpose of distributing moneys to institutions of higher education to develop programs that prepare students to enter into behavioral health workforce. Representative Pham H, Bynum, Bowman, Chaichi, Dexter, Hudson, Pham K, Reynolds, Ruiz, Senator Campos,
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HB 2924Relating to sick leave for mental health.Expands allowable uses of sick leave provisions to include leave for employee's mental health and for care of mental health needs of employee's family member.Representative Bynum, Pham K, Reynolds, Senator Frederick, Jama, Woods, (Presession filed.)House Committee On Business and LaborJoint Committee On Ways and Means
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SB 778Relating to mental health care provider incentives; prescribing an effective date.Creates psychology provider incentive program within Oregon Health Authority to provide financial incentives to students enrolled in approved doctoral programs in psychology who complete courses that provide cultural competency training. Requires program to provide loan repayment subsidies to certain licensed psychologists. Establishes Psychology Provider Incentive Fund. Requires Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to guarantee full-time employment to certain licensed psychologists. Requires public employer to award hiring preference to certain licensed psychologists.Senator FrederickSenate Committee On RulesJoint Committee On Ways and Means
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SB 849 Relating to professional workforce; declaring an emergency.Requires professional licensing boards to provide culturally responsive training to specified staff members, publish guidance on pathways to professional authorization for internationally educated individuals and waive requirement for English proficiency examination for specified internationally educated individuals. Senator Jama, Dembrow, Frederick, Campos, Manning Jr, Woods, Representative Chaichi, Nguyen H
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