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Committee adds funding, sends bill on residential behavioral-health reports to Ways and Means
Summary
The Public Safety Subcommittee adopted an amendment adding one-time funding and moved House Bill 2015, which directs the Oregon Health Authority to produce a series of reports and adopt licensing rules for residential treatment, to the Ways and Means Committee with a due-pass recommendation.
The Public Safety Subcommittee adopted an amendment Tuesday that adds one-time funding to House Bill 2015 and moved the measure to the full Ways and Means Committee with a due-pass recommendation.
House Bill 2015 requires the Oregon Health Authority to submit three reports, including a final report due Sept. 15, 2026, summarizing findings and legislative recommendations on alternatives or exceptions to nurse staffing requirements in residential treatment facilities, federally approved methodologies to reimburse residential treatment facilities, options to pay for behavioral-health services to medical-assistance recipients through different federal waivers, funding and capacity payments for temporarily absent residents, and strategies to fill capacity in newly licensed facilities. Mary Michelle Sosney, Legislative Fiscal Office, said: "House Bill 2015 requires the Oregon Health Authority to submit 3 reports."
LFO staff told the committee the dash A4 amendment adds 1,300,000 in General Fund and 977,888 in federal funds to support contract work for financial modeling and cost analysis and seven limited-duration positions for project management, subject-matter expertise, rules development and licensing support. The bill as amended is repealed on Jan. 2, 2027. LFO recommended adoption of the dash A4 amendment, and the subcommittee adopted it without objection.
Co-chair Evans moved the bill, and the subcommittee voted to send House Bill 2015 as amended to the Ways and Means Committee with a due-pass recommendation. Representative Knowse was identified as the chief sponsor in the House.
The action is procedural: the amendments add one-time funds for planning, modeling and temporary staff and direct OHA to produce the required reports and adopt rules to support residential treatment facilities as they develop transition plans. The committee did not take a floor-level vote on policy changes; it forwarded the amended bill for budget and further review.
Committee members did not raise a recorded dissent on the amendment or the motion to move the bill.
