HB4052: Relating to equity; and declaring an emergency.

Legislative Summary

Requires Oregon Health Authority, guided by advisory committee to be convened by authority, to provide grants to operate two culturally and linguistically specific mobile health units, as pilot program, to improve health outcomes of Oregonians impacted by racism. Requires Oregon Health Authority, guided by advisory committee to be convened by authority, to provide grants to operate two culturally and linguistically specific mobile health units, as pilot program, to improve health outcomes of Oregonians impacted by racism. Specifies membership of advisory committee. Requires authority to study feasibility of expanding mobile health units statewide and to provide interim report on findings to Legislative Assembly by December 31, 2025, and final report by June 30, 2026. Specifies criteria for study. Sunsets January 2, 2027. Requires authority, based on recommendations from task forces convened by Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office, to develop recommendations on how to fund robust culturally and linguistically specific intervention programs designed to prevent or intervene in health conditions that result in inequitable and negative outcomes for individuals who are Black or indigenous, people of color and members of tribes. Requires office to report recommendations to Legislative Assembly by November 1, 2023. Requires authority, no later than November 30, 2023, to report to Legislative Assembly on development of recommendations for funding robust culturally and linguistically specific intervention programs and to report final recommendations by November 1, 2024. Sunsets January 2, 2025. Declares emergency, effective on passage.