l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 2024

Directs the Oregon Health Authority to award grants to eligible entities to foster the recruitment and retention of behavioral health care providers at the entities.

Became law as Chapter 561, Oregon Laws 2025, signed July 24, 2025, 192 days after it was filed. In force from July 24, 2025.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

<b>Digest: The Act tells OHA to give grants to some entities to help them hire and keep behavioral health care workers. The Act also makes changes to laws to improve the safety of workers in certain mental health care and SUD treatment settings. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.6).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act tells OHA to give grants to some entities to help them hire and keep behavioral health care providers. The Act also tells OHA to pay incentives to some entities to help them pay higher wages. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.5).</i>] Directs the Oregon Health Authority to award grants to eligible entities to foster the recruitment and retention of behavioral health care providers at the entities. Specifies the manners in which an entity may use a grant. Requires an entity that receives a grant to report to the authority. [<i>Directs the authority to develop and implement an incentive payment to eligible entities in order to enable the entities to increase employee wages.</i>] <b>Entitles an employee of a behavioral health employer to be reinstated with back pay if the employer unlawfully retaliates against the employee. Allows certain facilities to limit a resident's access to specified items. Requires a behavioral health employer to provide safety trainings to workers. Becomes operative July 1, 2026.</b> Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.

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

2 co-sponsors

Darin Harbick, Zach Hudson

Its course

January 13 to August 13, 2025, 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 action22 actions on 15 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 13 to Jun 23161 days

Waiting for a committeeJan 13 to Jan 174 days

Behavioral Health and Health CareJan 17 to Apr 1588 days

Ways and MeansApr 15 to Jun 6 · moved on52 days

Human ServicesJun 6 to Jun 10 · moved on4 days

Ways and MeansJun 10 to Jun 199 days

In the SenateJun 23 to Jun 241 day

Waiting for a committeeJun 23 to Jun 230 days

Ways and MeansJun 23 to Jun 241 day

With the GovernorJun 24 to Jul 2430 days

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the Legislative Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

  • House of Representatives, third reading45–0

    Passed · Jun 23 · 15 present

  • Senate, third reading20–9

    Passed · Jun 24 · 1 present

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Apr 15

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Jun 19

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

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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 13 – Jun 23

  1. Jan 13Introduced
  2. Jan 17Sent to Behavioral Health and Health Care
  3. Mar 25Heard in Behavioral Health and Health Care
  4. Apr 8Heard in Behavioral Health and Health Care
  5. Apr 15Behavioral Health and Health Care recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
  6. Sent to Ways and Means
  7. Jun 6Sent to Human Services Subcommittee
  8. Jun 10Heard in Human Services Subcommittee
  9. Returned to Ways and Means
  10. Jun 17Heard in Ways and Means
  11. Jun 19Ways and Means recommended it as amended
  12. Jun 20Read a second time
  13. Jun 23Passed the House of Representatives, 45 to 0

In the Senate Jun 23 – Jun 24

  1. Jun 23Arrived in the Senate
  2. Sent to Ways and Means
  3. Jun 24Ways and Means recommended it
  4. Read a second time
  5. Passed the Senate, 20 to 9

To the Governor Jun 26 – Aug 13

  1. Jun 26Signed in the House of Representatives
  2. Signed in the Senate
  3. Jul 24Signed by the Governor
  4. Aug 13Became chapter 561 of Oregon Laws 2025, in force from July 24, 2025
All 22 actions, as published
  1. Jan 13First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
  2. Jan 17Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
  3. Mar 25Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
  4. Apr 8Work Session held.House of Representatives
  5. Apr 15Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
  6. Apr 15Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
  7. Jun 6Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services.House of Representatives
  8. Jun 10Work Session held.House of Representatives
  9. Jun 10Returned to Full Committee.House of Representatives
  10. Jun 17Work Session held.House of Representatives
  11. Jun 19Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed.House of Representatives
  12. Jun 20Second reading.House of Representatives
  13. Jun 23Third reading. Carried by Nelson. Passed.House of Representatives
  14. Jun 23First reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  15. Jun 23Referred to Ways and Means.Senate
  16. Jun 24Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill.Senate
  17. Jun 24Second reading.Senate
  18. Jun 24Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Campos. Passed.Senate
  19. Jun 26Speaker signed.House of Representatives
  20. Jun 26President signed.Senate
  21. Jul 24Governor signed.House of Representatives
  22. Aug 13Chapter 561, (2025 Laws): Effective date July 24, 2025.House of Representatives