Oregon Senate Bill 140

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 13 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-17 - Referred to Health Care, then Ways and Means.
Pending: Senate Health Care Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

The Act tells OHA and CCOs to raise the rates at which hospitals are reimbursed for certain psychiatric services. The Act tells OHA to take steps to help coordinate care for civilly committed patients. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.6). Requires the Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations to increase reimbursement rates for inpatient psychiatric services provided by hospitals to medical assistance recipients. Directs the authority, in partnership with acute care facilities, coordinated care organizations and community mental health programs, to develop care plans for civilly committed patients who are discharging from an acute care facility.

Relating to behavioral health services.

Sen. Deb Patterson [D]

Rep. Ed Diehl [R]

Rep. Cyrus Javadi [R]

Rep. Robert Nosse [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-17	Senate	Referred to Health Care, then Ways and Means.
2025-01-13	Senate	Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB140
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB140/Introduced
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/84338