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By Amanda Waldroupe, published in Street Roots, July 13, 2011 The Oregon Legislature adjourned on June 30, and in its final week, passed two bills reforming the Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB) that aim to eventually reduce the number of people staying, and the length of stays in the Oregon State Hospital. House Bill 3100 […]
From the Eugene Register Guard, June 25, 2011 A $5 million allocation from the Legislature is a fraction of the projected cost, but sources say the proposal is just delayed Legislators are close to unveiling a proposal that would allocate $5 million for infrastructure costs over the next two years for the state psychiatric hospital […]
From OPB.org, May 27th 2011 LISTEN – The Doors of the Oregon State Hospital The patients in the state’s mental hospital have landed there for a variety of reasons. A little more than half are there because they were found guilty of a crime “except for insanity.” That puts them under the jurisdiction of the […]
From The Oregonian, May 2, 2011 Lawmakers must carefully balance patient care, taxpayer cost and public safety It’s clear that some patients spend too long in the Oregon State Hospital, where a year of care and confinement costs $200,000. It is less clear why that’s so, and what the Legislature should do about it. There’s […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, April 24, 2011 Discharges of patients could be swifter if determined by hospital instead of board A bill that could speed up sluggish release practices at the Oregon State Hospital is moving forward in the Legislature, boosting the hopes of patients at the Salem psychiatric facility. Senate Bill 420 proposes […]
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