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| Bill | Relating to behavioral health care providers; and prescribing an effective date. | </b> </i>] Requires the Oregon Health Authority to, no later than June 30, 2027, adopt a uniform process for credentialing [<i>organizational</i>] behavioral health providers and [<i>establish a centralized portal for processing applications</i>] <b>select an existing electronic credentialing system</b>. Prohibits a coordinated care organization from requiring a behavioral health provider to comply with any additional credentialing procedures. <b>Requires a coordinated care organization to begin using the selected electronic credentialing system no later than July 1, 2027.</b> Requires the authority to minimize unnecessary administrative burden for individual and organizational behavioral health providers who serve medical assistance recipients and to report biennially to the Governor and the Legislative Assembly. Allows certain licensed behavioral health care providers to provide supervision for other behavioral health care providers who hold different license types. [<i>Provides that the Mental Health Regulatory Agency will provide administrative and regulatory oversight and centralized service for the State Board of Licensed Social Workers.</i>] Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | us/states/or | Oregon Legislative Assembly | 2026R1 | HB 4083 | Oregon HB 4083 (2026R1) |
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enacted | 5 | 18 | 4 | 2026-02-02T16:50:03+00:00 | 2026-03-17T17:50:42+00:00 | openstates | ocd-bill/7dc405cb-c5ac-43e6-86a5-f905a9e7e808 | https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/HB4083 | c96b7a5c089fc7fae774b4c210ec3e56b13fb887b8398e181392670cf02aaa6f | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Oregon HB 4083 (2026R1) — Relating to behavioral health care providers; and prescribing an effective date.
] Requires the Oregon Health Authority to, no later than June 30, 2027, adopt a uniform process for credentialing [organizational] behavioral health providers and [establish a centralized portal for processing applications] select an existing electronic credentialing system. Prohibits a coordinated care organization from requiring a behavioral health provider to comply with any additional credentialing procedures. Requires a coordinated care organization to begin using the selected electronic credentialing system no later than July 1, 2027. Requires the authority to minimize unnecessary administrative burden for individual and organizational behavioral health providers who serve medical assistance recipients and to report biennially to the Governor and the Legislative Assembly. Allows certain licensed behavioral health care providers to provide supervision for other behavioral health care providers who hold different license types. [Provides that the Mental Health Regulatory Agency will provide administrative and regulatory oversight and centralized service for the State Board of Licensed Social Workers.] Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- House Amendments to Introduced (filed) — source
- Introduced (filed) — source
- A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- HBH Amendment -2 (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Heard and Reported Out — 4–0 (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Pham H. Passed. — 46–7 (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Reynolds. Passed. — 27–2 (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 5–0 (pass) · lower
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-02-02T16:50:03+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
introduction, reading-1, referral-committee - 2026-02-02T17:51:51+00:00 Referred to Behavioral Health.
referral-committee - 2026-02-03T21:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
- 2026-02-05T21:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
- 2026-02-09T18:15:18+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed.
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-10T19:23:27+00:00 Second reading.
reading-2 - 2026-02-11T19:59:12+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Pham H. Passed.
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-12T19:26:48+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk.
introduction, reading-1, referral-committee - 2026-02-12T20:29:41+00:00 Referred to Early Childhood and Behavioral Health.
referral-committee - 2026-02-17T16:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
- 2026-02-19T17:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
- 2026-02-24T17:16:02+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-25T00:39:33+00:00 Second reading.
reading-2 - 2026-02-25T20:20:35+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Reynolds. Passed.
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-26T20:54:33+00:00 Speaker signed.
passage - 2026-02-27T16:55:44+00:00 President signed.
passage - 2026-03-05T22:38:57+00:00 Governor signed.
executive-signature - 2026-03-17T17:50:42+00:00 Chapter 16, (2026 Laws): Effective date June 5, 2026.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7dc405cb-c5ac-43e6-86a5-f905a9e7e808. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).