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Governor’s Behavioral Health Talent Council proposes centralized credentialing and supervision reforms

House Interim Committee on Behavioral Health · January 14, 2026
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Summary

The governor’s office and Talent Council members asked the committee to advance LC 216, a package to centralize credentialing, codify administrative-burden reduction into OHA’s mission, consolidate licensing boards, and expand cross-license clinical supervision to ease workforce entry and retention.

Representatives of the governor’s office and members of the Behavioral Health Talent Council urged the House Interim Committee on Behavioral Health to consider LC 216, a legislative concept aimed at shrinking administrative burden on behavioral health workers and expanding the workforce pipeline.

Casey Liddell, senior behavioral health policy adviser to Governor Tina Kotek, said LC 216 would require the Oregon Health…

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