l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 2203

Requires a behavioral health employer to develop and implement a written safety plan and to provide safety trainings to workers.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

<b>Digest: The Act makes changes to laws to improve the safety of workers in certain mental health and SUD treatment settings. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.8).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act tells OHA to study the safety of certain health care workers. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.9).</i>] [<i>Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study the safety of behavioral health workers. Directs the authority to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health not later than September 15, 2026.</i>] [<i>Sunsets on January 2, 2027.</i>] <b>Requires a behavioral health employer to develop and implement a written safety plan and to provide safety trainings to workers. Directs the Oregon Health Authority to award grants to behavioral health employers to conduct a risk assessment and to enhance the structural safety of work settings. <b>Entitles an employee of a behavioral health employer to be reinstated with back pay if the employer unlawfully retaliates against the employee. <b>Directs the authority, the Department of Consumer and Business Services, the Occupational Safety and Health Division of the Department of Consumer and Business Services and the Department of Human Services to conduct studies and submit reports to the Legislative Assembly. <b>Declares an emergency, effective on passage.</b>

Its course

January 13 to June 27, 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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 13 to Jun 27 · stopped165 days

Waiting for a committeeJan 13 to Jan 174 days

Behavioral Health and Health CareJan 17 to Apr 1689 days

Ways and MeansApr 16 to Jun 27 · stopped72 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Apr 16

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 13 – Jun 27

  1. Jan 13Introduced
  2. Jan 17Sent to Behavioral Health and Health Care
  3. Mar 18Heard in Behavioral Health and Health Care
  4. Apr 8Heard in Behavioral Health and Health Care
  5. Apr 16Behavioral Health and Health Care recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
  6. Sent to Ways and Means
  7. Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 13First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
  2. Jan 17Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care.House of Representatives
  3. Mar 18Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
  4. Apr 8Work Session held.House of Representatives
  5. Apr 16Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
  6. Apr 16Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker.House of Representatives
  7. Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives