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Oregon bill would centralize credentialing, loosen supervision rules for behavioral-health workers
Summary
A bill before the Senate Committee on Early Childhood and Behavioral Health would require the Oregon Health Authority to select a centralized credentialing system and allow expanded supervision arrangements aimed at easing the workforce shortage in behavioral health.
Chair Tara Reynolds opened a public hearing Feb. 17 on House Bill 4,083 A, which would require the Oregon Health Authority to select an existing electronic credentialing system for behavioral-health providers and authorize more flexible clinical-supervision rules.
The first witness, Morrie Harvick, a legislative fellow with LPRO, told the committee the engrossed version directs OHA to select and implement an existing system rather than build a new portal and makes clear coordinated care organizations would not be required to use the system until selection and rulemaking are complete. "This language better aligns with our intention that the agency…
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