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OHA and ODHS present 5% reduction options; lawmakers press on ODDS, workforce and process
Summary
OHA and ODHS presented agency‑prepared lists of potential 5% budget reductions requested by the Legislative Fiscal Office. OHA offered roughly $914 million in options across funds (including about $312 million general fund); ODHS presented options that would amount to roughly $372 million in reductions and flagged program‑level and workforce risks, prompting lawmakers to raise concerns about impacts to developmental disability services and the short public timeline.
Lawmakers on Nov. 17 heard detailed briefings from the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) on agency‑prepared options to achieve up to 5% reductions in their budgets, an exercise requested by the Legislative Fiscal Office in response to a projected state revenue shortfall and federal changes under HR1.
OHA presenters framed their package as a menu of options, not agency recommendations, totaling approximately $914,000,000 in potential reductions across fund types, including roughly $312,000,000 in general fund. OHA said it organized options into five rationale categories — externally imposed reductions (statutory/federal), administrative adjustments, recent biennium investments, deferred program expansions, and current service‑level reductions — and sequenced items from…
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