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Committee delays work session on grant program to train high school behavioral health workers
Summary
Senate Bill 527 would create an OHA grant program with $3.5 million for pilot programs training high school students for behavioral health careers; a dash‑1 amendment expanding culturally specific programming and tribal eligibility was offered but the motion to adopt was withdrawn and the work session was carried over for more information.
Senate Bill 527, which would direct the Oregon Health Authority to create a grant program to pilot high‑school–based training pathways into the behavioral health workforce, was the subject of a work session March 25 that the committee carried over to March 27 for additional information.
Katie Hart, legislative policy research officer, told the committee the bill would allocate $3,500,000 from the general fund for the 2025–27 biennium for grant awards. Hart said a dash‑1 amendment available on OLIS directs grant…
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