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signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 2086: Relating to individuals with behavioral health disorders; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys to ] Requires Oregon Health Authority for ] to establish peer and community-driven programs that provide culturally specific and culturally responsive behavioral health services that are directly responsive to and driven by ] to people of color, tribal communities and people of lived experience. Increases funding to reintegrate into community criminal defendants found unfit to proceed in criminal proceeding. ] Appropriates moneys to authority to construct and operate secure residential treatment facility to serve up to 39 individuals. ] Requires authority to reimburse cost of co-occurring mental health and substance use disorder treatment paid for on fee-for-service basis at enhanced rate based on specified factors. Requires authority to conduct study of reimbursement rates for co-occurring disorder treatments and study of Medicaid rates paid for behavioral health services compared to physical health services and rates paid for addiction treatment services compared to mental health services. Imposes requirements on authority regarding reimbursement for services provided by mental and behavioral health providers to medical assistance recipients. ] Requires authority to continually evaluate and revise administrative rules to reduce regulatory burden on providers. Directs authority to adopt rules requiring coordinated care organizations to provide housing navigation services and address social determinants of health through care coordination. Requires intensive behavioral health treatment providers , coordinated care organizations and insurers to collect and report to authority data regarding access to intensive behavioral health ] treatment for children and adolescents with high acuity behavioral health needs . Requires authority to contract with third-party vendor to survey medical assistance recipients about their experiences with behavioral health care and services. Requires Oregon Health Policy Board, by February 1, 2022, to establish Behavioral Health Committee consisting of specified members to establish quality metrics for behavioral health services provided by coordinated care organizations and providers who contract with authority and establish incentives to improve quality of behavioral health services. Requires authority to make specified reports to Legislative Assembly. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 3265: Relating to immigration; and declaring an emergency.

Prohibits law enforcement agency or public body from denying services, benefits, privileges or opportunities to certain individuals on basis of federal civil immigration actions, inquiring about individual's citizenship status without connection to criminal investigation or providing information about individual in custody to federal immigration authority. Requires law enforcement agency to explain to individual committed or detained by law enforcement agency individual's right to refuse to disclose nationality, citizenship or immigration status and potential immigration consequences of refusal to disclose. Prohibits use of public resources to assist federal immigration enforcement. Requires public body that receives communication or request for assistance from federal immigration authority to report request or communication to Oregon Criminal Justice Commission. Requires commission to continually publish reports of communications and requests received by public bodies. Requires Department of Justice to establish mechanism to receive reports of certain violations. Prohibits public body, law enforcement agency or officer from entering into specified agreements related to federal immigration enforcement. Allows any person to bring action to enjoin law enforcement agency or public body from providing certain information to federal immigration authority, using agency resources to enforce immigration laws or failing to comply with other requirements. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Teresa Alonso Leon (D) Chris Gorsek (D) · 16 co-sponsors
signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 3293: Relating to water project community engagement.

Authorizes provider of water project support to make support available to local organizations and local governments for purpose of developing local community engagement plans for water projects. Allows provider to condition support for community engagement on local organization or local government use of provider-recognized best practices related to equitable and meaningful participation in water project planning and decision-making process. Requires provider of water project support to periodically coordinate with other providers to update and ensure uniform application of best practices regarding community engagement planning.
Jeff Reardon (D) · 2 co-sponsors
signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 2591: Relating to school-based health center grants; and declaring an emergency.

Allows mobile school-based health centers to qualify for safety net grants from Oregon Health Authority. ] Requires Oregon Health Authority to provide planning grants to 10 school districts or education service districts to evaluate need and develop plans for school-based health services. Requires authority to provide funding to operate school-based health center or school nurse model at conclusion of two-year planning process. Requires authority to develop requirements for up to three school districts or education service districts to receive grants for planning for and operation of mobile school-linked health centers. Requires authority to award grants to three school-based health centers to operate pilot projects to expand student access to mental and physical health care services through use of telehealth. Specifies requirements. Extends sunset on current program for school planning grants and technical assistance from January 2, 2026, to January 2, 2028. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2021.
Rachel Prusak (D) Janeen Sollman (D) · 12 co-sponsors
signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 3155: Relating to residential land use planning by local governments within urban growth boundaries; and declaring an emergency.

Requires cities within Metro with population greater than 10,000 to conduct housing needs analysis. Replaces requirement that Metro allocate housing capacity among those cities with requirement that cities amend their land use regulations and housing production strategy if analysis shows housing need. Provides optional process for housing production strategy and buildable lands and housing needs analysis for any city with population of 10,000 or less. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 2980: Relating to residential peer support for individuals with mental illness who are in crisis; and declaring an emergency.

Requires Oregon Health Authority to provide funding to peer-run organizations in Portland metropolitan area, southern Oregon region , Oregon coast and eastern and central Oregon region to operate peer respite centers to provide peer respite services to individuals with mental illness or trauma response symptoms who experience acute distress, anxiety or emotional pain that may lead to need for higher level of care. Provides that at least one peer respite center receiving funding must participate in pilot project designed specifically to provide culturally responsive services to historically underrepresented communities. Requires Oregon Health Authority to adopt criteria for peer respite centers that receive funding and to monitor compliance. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Rob Nosse (D) Cedric Hayden (R) · 9 co-sponsors
signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 2918: Relating to publicly-owned real property; and declaring an emergency.

Requires local governments, and allows mass transit districts or transportation districts, to prepare and submit to Department of Land Conservation and Development inventory of surplus real property. Directs department to submit report on surplus real property to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to housing no later than February 1 of each even-numbered year. Establishes alternative process for city to sell real property for purpose of developing affordable housing. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Anna Williams (D) · 2 co-sponsors
signed · Oregon · House Sep 25, 2021

HB 3059: Relating to unlawful assemblies.

Repeals ] Modifies statute authorizing law enforcement officers to command dispersal of unlawful assemblies and arrest participants who do not disperse. Removes requirement to go among persons unlawfully assembled and arrest persons. Authorizes arrest for unlawful activity constituting offense.
Janelle Bynum (D) · 12 co-sponsors
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