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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2222
Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession filed (at the request of House Interim Committee
on Behavioral Health and Health Care for Representative Rob Nosse)
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: The Act tells OHA to create new ways for mobile integrated health care providers to
be paid for their services.(Flesch Readability Score: 68.0).
Directs the Oregon Health Authority to create and maintain a registry of mobile integrated
health care providers. Directs the authority to establish billing codes and provide technical support
in submitting claims for reimbursement for services provided by mobile integrated health care pro-
viders.
Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to mobile integrated health care; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. (1) As used in this section:
(a) “Mobile integrated health care” means a coordinated, patient-centered, evidence-
based, holistic model of care using collaborative, interdisciplinary teams to serve patient
needs at the most appropriate level of care at a safe location of the patient’s convenience.
(b) “Mobile integrated health care provider” means a health care provider, acting within
the scope of the provider’s license or certification under applicable state law, who provides
mobile integrated health care services.
(2) The Oregon Health Authority shall:
(a) Create and maintain a publicly accessible registry on which mobile integrated health
care providers may be listed if they meet the application and endorsement criteria prescribed
by the authority by rule;
(b) Provide technical support to persons applying for an endorsement as a mobile inte-
grated health care provider;
(c) Establish billing codes for the services provided by mobile integrated health care
providers;and
(d) Provide technical support to mobile integrated health care providers and their em-
ployers in submitting claims for reimbursement or revising claims for reimbursement.
(3) The authority may contract with a designated peer-professional organization to per-
form any of the tasks described in this section.
SECTION 2. (1) In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appro-
priated to the Oregon Health Authority, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, out of the
General Fund, the amount of $500,000, which may be expended for carrying out the provisions
of section 1 of this 2025 Act.
(2) The authority shall use $150,000 of the amount appropriated under subsection (1) of
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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this section for the authority’s initial implementation and management of the authority’s
responsibilities under section 1 of this 2025 Act.
(3) If the authority contracts with a third party to carry out one or more of the
authority’s responsibilities under section 1 of this 2025 Act, the authority shall maintain
fiscal responsibility for any funds provided to the third party to carry out the responsibilities.
SECTION 3. This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect
July 1, 2025.
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