ORS 430.624
9-8-8 Trust Fund established
(1)
The 9-8-8 Trust Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the 9-8-8 Trust Fund shall be credited to the fund. The 9-8-8 Trust Fund consists of:(a)
Revenues from the 9-8-8 coordinated crisis services tax imposed under ORS 403.200 (Imposition of tax) (1)(b);(b)
Appropriations made by the Legislative Assembly;(c)
Federal funds allocated to the state to implement the 9-8-8 suicide prevention and behavioral health crisis system;(d)
Gifts, grants and donations to the fund from public and private sources; and(e)
Moneys deposited into the fund from other sources.(2)
Moneys in the 9-8-8 Trust Fund are continuously appropriated to the Oregon Health Authority for the purposes specified in ORS 430.627 (Statewide coordinated crisis system) and 430.628 (City and community mental health program provision of crisis stabilization services).(3)
In accordance with 47 U.S.C. 251a, moneys in the 9-8-8 Trust Fund shall be sequestered and may be obligated or expended only for the purposes specified in ORS 430.627 (Statewide coordinated crisis system) and 430.628 (City and community mental health program provision of crisis stabilization services).(4)
Moneys in the 9-8-8 Trust Fund at the end of a biennium are retained in the fund and do not revert to the General Fund and are not subject to transfer to any other fund or to transfer, assignment or reassignment for any other use or purpose other than the purposes specified in ORS 430.627 (Statewide coordinated crisis system) and 430.628 (City and community mental health program provision of crisis stabilization services).(5)
Moneys in the 9-8-8 Trust Fund may not be used to displace available funding for services described in ORS 430.627 (Statewide coordinated crisis system) by Medicaid, Medicare, federal or state-regulated health insurance, disability insurance or local government programs or other federal, state or local funds for suicide prevention or behavioral health crisis services.(6)
The authority shall provide an annual report of deposits into and expenditures from the 9-8-8 Trust Fund to the Legislative Assembly and to the Federal Communications Commission. [2023 c.251 §1]
Source:
Section 430.624 — 9-8-8 Trust Fund established, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors430.html (accessed May 26, 2025).
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