Bill > HB3169

This bill requires the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) to adjust grants to school-based health centers by establishing a minimum annual grant amount of $70,000 and implementing an annual inflation adjustment based on the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, West Region (CPI-W). Specifically, the bill mandates that the OHA will use the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to calculate yearly increases to the grant amount, ensuring that funding for school-based health centers keeps pace with rising costs. The bill also includes an appropriation of an unspecified amount from the General Fund to support these grant adjustments and declares an emergency provision, which means the bill will take effect on July 1, 2025, to immediately address funding needs for these important healthcare services in schools. The goal appears to be maintaining the financial stability and operational capacity of school-based health centers by providing consistent, inflation-adjusted funding.

Budget and Finance, Education

https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3169