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Committee reports DHS and OHA spring rebalance with $64.5 million in general fund savings

3511497 · May 23, 2025
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Summary

The Human Services Subcommittee reported Senate Bill 5,547 out with disappropriations and transfers that produce roughly $64.5 million in general fund savings across the Department of Human Services and the Oregon Health Authority, including tribal clinical-training set-aside and program timing adjustments.

Representative Valderrama presented Senate Bill 5,547, the spring rebalance for the Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), describing updated caseload forecasts, program adjustments and rebalances that yielded general fund savings.

The nut graf: The subcommittee recommended SB 5,547 with technical adjustments that disappropriate about $64.5 million in general fund savings across DHS and OHA; savings stem from higher federal and other fund revenues, caseload and timing adjustments, and one-time savings, while some program needs (Oregon State Hospital, public health)…

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