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82nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2024 Regular Session
Senate Bill 1592
Sponsored by Senator GOLDEN, Representatives NOSSE, SOSA, GRAYBER, PHAM H; Senators DEMBROW,
FREDERICK, GELSER BLOUIN, GORSEK, JAMA, MANNING JR, PATTERSON, PROZANSKI, SOLLMAN,
TAYLOR, WOODS, Representatives BYNUM, LIVELY, MARSH, NGUYEN H (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: Gives money to a state agency to give to some colleges to help train more mental health
workers. (Flesch Readability Score: 71).
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission
for distribution to certain institutions of higher education to expand the behavioral health workforce
inOregon.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to expansion of behavioral health workforce; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. (1) In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appro-
priated to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, for the biennium ending June 30,
2025, out of the General Fund, the amount of $6,000,000, for distribution to the following in-
stitutions in the following amounts for the purposes described in subsection (2) of this sec-
tion:
(a) Eastern Oregon University: $1,000,000.
(b) Oregon Institute of Technology: $1,000,000.
(c) Portland State University: $2,000,000.
(d) Southern Oregon University: $1,000,000.
(e) Western Oregon University: $1,000,000.
(2) Moneys received under subsection (1) of this section may be used for education and
training to expand the behavioral health workforce in Oregon by, including but not limited
to:
(a) Awarding stipends, fellowships, scholarships or any other type of tuition assistance
tostudents.
(b) Providing behavioral and mental health services to individuals from underserved
communities, including individuals who are veterans, homeless or living in rural environ-
ments.
(c) Partnering with community organizations to develop career pathways.
(d) Developing education and training programs.
(e) Any other method reasonably necessary to expand access to education and training
in this state for the next generation of behavioral and mental health practitioners.
SECTION 2. This 2024 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2024 Act takes effect
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
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