Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Behavioral Health and Health Care Committee on June 25, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
House Bill 2176
Directs Oregon Health Authority to study and evaluate need for and feasibility of expanding, reconstructing, renovating or otherwise improving space, bed capacity and facilities of state hospitals or of other state facilities that are or could be used for care and treatment of persons with mental illness, with aim of increasing patient capacity by 200 percent at each location.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Directs Oregon Health Authority to study and evaluate need for and feasibility of expanding, reconstructing, renovating or otherwise improving space, bed capacity and facilities of state hospitals or of other state facilities that are or could be used for care and treatment of persons with mental illness, with aim of increasing patient capacity by 200 percent at each location. Directs authority to determine how many employees are necessary to provide adequate care and treatment to current patient populations at state hospitals and how many employees would be needed to provide adequate care and treatment for expanded patient population. Directs authority to evaluate feasibility of establishing reserve of qualified mental health professionals to augment existing staff at state hospitals, with focus on feasibility of employing retired mental health professionals or mental health professionals from outside this state. Requires reports to Legislative Assembly. Sunsets on January 1, 2025. Declares emergency, effective on passage.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 9 to June 25, 2023, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action3 actions on 3 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 9 to Jun 25 · stopped167 days
Waiting for a committeeJan 9 to Jan 112 days
Behavioral Health and Health CareJan 11 to Jun 25 · stopped165 days
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jan 9 – Jun 25
- Jan 9Introduced
- Jan 11Sent to Behavioral Health and Health Care
- Jun 25Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published
- Jan 9First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Jan 11Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
- Jun 25In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives