HB 3610 Task Force on Alcohol Pricing and Addiction Services

Thursday, February 1, 2024
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM

OLCC Headquarters – Room 103A

AGENDA

The meeting will be held in person at Oregon Liquor & Cannabis Commission Headquarters, 9079 SE McLoughlin Blvd., Portland, OR 97222.

You may also join virtually on Microsoft Teams. 

Click here to join the meeting.
Meeting ID: 223 013 124 607; Passcode: jYJiXZ

Or call in (audio only): 1-323-553-3576; Conference ID: 284 862 174#

About the Task Force

House Bill 3610 approved by the Oregon Legislature in 2023 established the Task Force on Alcohol Pricing and Addiction Services.

The task force consists of 20 members including legislators, representatives from state and local government, industry representatives, and local community providers:

• Senator Janeen Sollman, (D) Senate District 15
• Senator Tim Knopp, (R) Senate District 27
• Representative Tawna Sanchez, (D) House District 43
• Representative E. Werner Reschke, (R) House District 55
• Craig Prins, OLCC Executive Director
• Jamie Floyd, Founder, Ninkasi Brewing Co.
• Marcus Reed, Widmer Brewing
• Fawn Barrie, Executive Director, Oregon Wine Council
• Jana McKamey, Executive Director, Oregon Winegrowers Association
• Aaron Sarnoff-Wood, Co-Founder, 2 Towns Ciderhouse
• Jason Renaud, Board Secretary, Mental Health Association of Portland
• Todd Jeter, LCSW, CADC III (Director of Behavioral Health | Interim Director SDoH-E & Transformation Samaritan Health Plans – Inter Community Health
• Dr. Tom Jeanne, Deputy State Health Officer/Epidemiologist at Oregon Health Authority
• Annaliese Dolph, Executive Director, Alcohol Drugs and Policy Commission
• Danelle Romain, Association Executive Director, Oregon Beer & Wine Distributors
• Sarah Lochner, Executive Director, Oregon Coalition of Local Health Officials
• Robb Corbett, City Manager of Pendleton
• Sean Kolmer, MPH, EVP, External Affairs, Oregon Association of Hospitals & Health Systems (OAHHS)
• Solara Salazar, Executive Director, Cielo Treatment Center
• Doug Barrett, Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw

The task force will be exploring the following issues:

• alcohol addiction and alcohol addiction prevention
• distribution of resources for alcohol addiction treatment
• current overall funding for alcohol addiction treatment programs
• cost to this state of alcohol addiction
• benefits and drawbacks of imposing taxes on malt beverages and wine; and
• additional funding options for alcohol addiction treatment, including modifying the current distribution of alcohol tax revenue and increasing taxes on alcohol, and the potential economic impact of tax increases on relevant industries.

For more information on the task force, including a meeting calendar, go to: https://www.oregon.gov/olcc/Pages/HB-3610-Task-Force.aspx.

For more information, contact:

Rosie Shatkin | [email protected]
OLCC Legislative and Government Affairs Director
Tribal-State Government-to-Government Liaison

Adam Buell | [email protected]
OLCC Administrative Coordinator