Oregon Senate Bill 608 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8)
Status: Failed on June 27 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-06-27 - In committee upon adjournment.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

The Act tells state agencies to study ways to improve services for people with complex medical needs. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Directs the Department of Human Services to establish an Exceptional Home Care Worker Certification program. Directs the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to study the feasibility of implementing a new classification for case managers who serve people with acute behavioral health needs. Directs the Department of Human Services and the Oregon Health Authority to study funding pathways for providing behavioral health services to seniors and persons with physical disabilities, a shared functional needs assessment tool and a process for incorporating housing benefit eligibility applications into the Oregon Eligibility (ONE) system. Directs the Department of Human Services to develop a data-driven argument for expanding the service priority levels for which an individual may be eligible for medical assistance.

Relating to services for medically complex Oregonians.

Sen. Wlnsvey Campos [D]	Rep. Hai Pham [D]	Rep. Shannon Isadore [D]	Sen. Khanh Pham [D]
Rep. Willy Chotzen [D]	Rep. David Gomberg [D]	Rep. Annessa Hartman [D]	Rep. Hoa Nguyen [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-06-27	Senate	In committee upon adjournment.
2025-01-17	Senate	Referred to Human Services, then Ways and Means.
2025-01-13	Senate	Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB608
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB608/Introduced
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/84802