republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2017-regular-session/hb-2304.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to traditional health workers."
description: "Adds peer support specialist, family support specialist and youth support specialist to membership of Traditional Health Workers Commission. Modifies definition of \"peer support specialist\" and \"peer wellness specialist,\" and adds definitions for \"family support specialist\" and \"youth support specialist.\" Requires coordinated care organizations to ensure members have access to peer support specialists. Authorizes Oregon Health Authority to adopt qualification criteria for traditional health workers utilized by coordinated care organizations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2304"
citation: "Oregon HB 2304 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-10T22:35:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba49cb45-3a02-4072-99d3-a1ee4db5d793"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2304"
source_hash: "c14ea925b94b39169200a6bcd90af24a8fda3b42459060eea0ab9897e97af1b3"
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 2304 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to traditional health workers.

Adds peer support specialist, family support specialist and youth support specialist to membership of Traditional Health Workers Commission. Modifies definition of "peer support specialist" and "peer wellness specialist," and adds definitions for "family support specialist" and "youth support specialist." Requires coordinated care organizations to ensure members have access to peer support specialists. Authorizes Oregon Health Authority to adopt qualification criteria for traditional health workers utilized by coordinated care organizations.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2304/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2304/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2304/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2304/B-Engrossed)
5. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2304/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2304/Enrolled)

## Votes

- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **55–3** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **23–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Keny-Guyer. Passed. — **56–3** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (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`
- **2017-02-01T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-08T23:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-03-10T22:48:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-13T15:57:58+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-14T18:26:31+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Keny-Guyer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-15T16:07:39+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20T15:54:16+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-11T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-17T20:58:56+00:00** Recommendation: Do Pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
- **2017-05-17T20:58:57+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29T19:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-30T22:12:20+00:00** Recommendation: Without recommendation as to passage and be returned to President's desk for referral. Referred to Rules by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-30T22:12:21+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-03T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-07-03T23:59:01+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-04T17:04:43+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-05T21:02:23+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-06T20:37:11+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **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 618, (2017 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba49cb45-3a02-4072-99d3-a1ee4db5d793`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).