HB2024: Relating to the behavioral health workforce; declaring an emergency.

Legislative Summary

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). [Digest: The Act tells OHA to look at the behavioral health workforce. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9).] [Requires the Oregon Health Authority to study the behavioral health workforce. Directs the authority to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to health care not later than September 15, 2026.] 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. Directs the authority to develop and implement an incentive payment to eligible entities in order to enable the entities to increase employee wages. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.