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Oregon Health Authority outlines behavioral health funding priorities during HB 5025 hearing
Summary
Oregon Health Authority officials reviewed the governor's recommended budget for the Behavioral Health Division and described major fund sources, planned program expansions, and priority policy option packages during a Feb. 5 public hearing on House Bill 5025.
Oregon Health Authority behavioral health leaders told the Joint Subcommittee on Human Services on Feb. 5 that Medicaid remains the central funding source for the state's behavioral health system and that the governor's recommended budget for 2025'27 invests in workforce, crisis response and community residential capacity.
The presentation, delivered by Ebony Clark (Behavioral Health Director), John Collins (Deputy Director for Operations and Strategy) and Krista Jones (Deputy Director for Service Delivery), reviewed the governor's recommended budget in HB 5025 and described a set of policy option packages intended to expand community services, strengthen crisis response and sustain harm reduction work.
OHA officials emphasized that the behavioral health system is funded and operated across several parts of state government and that Medicaid accounts for the majority of…
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