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Governor's Talent Council-backed LC 216 aims to centralize credentialing and ease paperwork for behavioral health workers
Summary
LC 216, presented by a governor's adviser and supported by provider testimony, would centralize credentialing at OHA, consolidate some licensing boards, codify administrative-burden reduction and expand cross‑license clinical supervision to improve recruitment and retention.
Casey Liddell, senior behavioral health policy adviser in the governor’s office, described LC 216 to the Senate committee as a package of four changes intended to reduce administrative burdens for behavioral health workers and expand supervision capacity.
Liddell said the concept would require the Oregon Health Authority to adopt a centralized credentialing process and obligate coordinated care organizations (CCOs) to accept that credentialing…
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