---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prescription drug coverage for medical assistance recipients; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Establishes Mental Health Clinical Advisory Group in Oregon Health Authority to develop evidence-based algorithms for prescription drug treatment of mental health disorders in medical assistance recipients. Specifies membership."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2300"
citation: "Oregon HB 2300 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-10T22:35:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8219610d-6b9e-40f0-8bf3-22014b6a5e8f"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2300"
source_hash: "ff4afbe43360f5d663063c956e68816fc3e12883ce3cb520361dc9cfdc5cf80a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
---

# Oregon HB 2300 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to prescription drug coverage for medical assistance recipients; and declaring an emergency.

Establishes Mental Health Clinical Advisory Group in Oregon Health Authority to develop evidence-based algorithms for prescription drug treatment of mental health disorders in medical assistance recipients. Specifies membership.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2300/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2300/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2300/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2300/B-Engrossed)
5. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2300/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2300/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **44–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Winters. Passed. — **29–1** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Hayden. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18T01:55:48+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-03T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-17T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-21T17:54:53+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-21T17:54:54+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29T01:58:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29T23:33:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-29T23:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-29T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-30T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-07-04T22:44:17+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-05T15:25:47+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-05T23:24:34+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Hayden. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-06T15:10:01+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-06T17:50:09+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-07T00:51:01+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-07T00:55:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-07T02:05:48+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Winters. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-10T21:30:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-18T18:09:30+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-08-02T18:41:09+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-10T22:35:10+00:00** Chapter 619, (2017 Laws): Effective date August 2, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8219610d-6b9e-40f0-8bf3-22014b6a5e8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).