Pertaining to state and national legislative bodies, policies and proposals
Oregon To Create Peer-Run Mental Health Respite Programs – October 2019 Oregon lawmakers consider bill creating peer respite centers – March 2021 House Bill 2980 – 2021 (PDF) New Peer Respite Centers Remain Elusive, 6 Months After New Law – no date THE STATE OF OREGON OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY ISSUES THE FOLLOWING REQUEST FOR GRANT […]
Oregon hospital systems say they’re saddled with patients who should be in the state hospital, but a federal judge questions the validity of their argument The Lund Report – April 2023 A federal judge on Tuesday cast doubt on arguments by three Oregon health systems that state officials are illegally abandoning civilly committed mental health […]
From the Oregon Capital Chronicle, March 2023 As Kotek seeks more funding, the state also is working on a five-year plan Gov. Tina Kotek is asking lawmakers to put $74.2 million into behavioral health programs in one bill as she begins crafting a five-year plan to address the state’s crisis. Kotek and the state’s new […]
from KTVZ.com, January 26, 2023 Filing disputes recent OHA motion asking judge to dismiss case PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — St. Charles Health System and three other large Oregon hospital systems — Legacy Health, Providence Health & Services and PeaceHealth — are defending their federal lawsuit, saying they continue to fight for vulnerable patients who are […]
Below are documents shared during the 2023 Oregon Legislative Session. CMHP Role in the Public Behavioral Health System, Cherryl Ramirez Executive Director, Association of Oregon Community Mental Health Programs Oregon Health Authority Health Systems Division Behavioral Health 101, Presented to Behavioral Health and Health Care House Committee on January 18, 2023 by Alfonso Ramirez, Behavioral […]
From the Lund Report – October 2020 Oregon’s treatment and recovery system for people struggling with addiction is about half the size it should be to meet demand, according to a comprehensive state-funded analysis released Friday. READ – OHSU – Oregon Gap Analysis and Inventory Report The report details substantial deficits in services across the […]
Three Oregon Hospital Systems Sue State Over Psychiatric Logjam Lund Report – September 28, 2022 Three Oregon hospital systems have joined forces to sue the Oregon Health Authority for allegedly forcing them to give long-term care to civilly-committed mental health patients that they are not designed to provide. Legacy Health, Providence Health & Services and […]
The Ku Klux Klan in Oregon – Same wine, different bottle By Steve Law Originally published in the Portland Tribune in August 2022 and reposted here with permission of the author. READ – Part 1: The Klan arrives in Portland READ – Part 2: The Klan seizes power statewide READ – Part 3: A push […]
Meth has changed, and it’s sabotaging Oregon’s mental health system Two Part story from the Lund Report, posted August 4 and August 5, 2022 In the state with the highest rate of meth use in the nation, the drug is driving severe mental illness among criminal defendants at the state psychiatric hospital, and other patients […]
The Ku Klux Klan in Oregon – The Klan self-destructs By Steve Law Originally published in the Portland Tribune in August 2022 and reposted here with permission of the author. READ – Part 1: The Klan arrives in Portland READ – Part 2: The Klan seizes power statewide READ – Part 3: A push to […]
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