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Committee weighs proposals to expand and raise Oregon rural provider tax credit
Summary
Lawmakers heard a cluster of bills Jan. 30 proposing to add professions and raise award amounts for Oregon's rural provider income tax credit; the Office of Rural Health warned adding providers without more program funding would dilute the benefit and offered cost estimates.
The House Behavioral Health and Healthcare Committee heard multiple bills Jan. 30 that would expand the list of health professions eligible for Oregon's rural provider income tax credit and increase award amounts.
Robert Dimock, director of the Oregon Office of Rural Health, briefed the committee on program history and fiscal implications. "The rural provider tax credit was authorized in 1989...the tax credit was $5,000 in 1999, and it remains that today," he told lawmakers, tracing subsequent changes that added tiers, means tests and service requirements. Dimock said tiers currently pay $3,000, $4,000 and $5,000 depending on distance from urban areas and that one bill under consideration would raise those tier amounts to $6,000, $8,000 and $10,000.
Dimock provided costing estimates for the proposed increase: under the current participation it would raise the…
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