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Oregon Speaker Tina Kotek supports psych hospital at Junction City; we still don’t

May 30, 2013
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Thank you all for sharing your comments with me. [ Kotek is responding to MHAP’s petition to stop construction of the proposed psychiatric hospital at Junction City. ] Federal standards require people needing hospital level care to receive treatment in a hospital setting. In order to maintain an appropriate amount of hospital beds, the Legislature […]

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MHAP leads charge against new psychiatric lockup in Junction City

May 14, 2013
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By Andrea Damewood, Willamette Week, May 14, 2013 The Oregon Legislature appears poised to give a planned mental hospital in Junction City $80 million, despite the fact that mental health advocates loathe the idea. READ – “Junction City hospital the worst way to treat mentally ill” (MHAP guest column in Eugene Register-Guard) As WW reported in January, […]

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Senate President Courtney calls for ‘game-changing’ funding increase for children’s mental health

March 9, 2013
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By Christopher David Gray, The Lund Report, March 5, 2013 A pathway has appeared to the game-changing funding levels that Senate President Peter Courtney signaled for community mental health — at least for children – when the increased funding made a list of priorities when the co-chairs released their two-year spending plan Monday morning. Courtney’s […]

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EASA and other evidence-based mental health programs await better funding

February 22, 2013
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By Christopher David Gray, The Lund Report, Feb. 22, 2013   Leaders of the House and Senate have boosted support for the EASA program, which assists youth after a psychotic break. Gov. John Kitzhaber has earmarked a $1.8 million increase for the program, while the dramatic increase envisioned by Sen. Peter Courtney awaits a funding […]

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Sen. Courtney calls for tax for mental health

February 7, 2013
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By the Associated Press via StatesmanJournal.com, Feb. 6, 2013 A key Oregon legislator called Wednesday for a new tax to pay for a major investment in mental health treatment, saying recent mass shootings in the nation had made it “game-change time.” Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, proposed a dedicated tax or fee to raise $331 […]

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City of Portland’s 2012 State & Federal Legislative Agenda

November 7, 2011
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Community Forum On the City’s 2012 State & Federal Legislative Agendas   Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 6:30 – 8 PM   Portland Building Room C, 2nd floor 1120 SW 5th Ave Commissioner Amanda Fritz invites you to participate in a Community Forum to give your input into the City’s state and federal legislative agendas. This […]

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Multnomah County Rebalances Budget to Account for $12 million in State Cuts

September 15, 2011
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From the Lund Report, September 15, 2011 – by Amanda Waldroupe The state’s new funding formula for allocating money to counties for mental health services takes funding away from some counties, gives money to others Multnomah County’s board of commissioners voted this morning to use $8 million dollars of its one-time only and general fund […]

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Oregon State Hospital annex at Junction City still alive

June 25, 2011
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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 […]

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Oregon State Hospital: Budget and opponents throw up obstacles

March 20, 2011
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From the Eugene Register Guard, March 20, 2011 Plans to build a long-promised state psychiatric hospital in Junction City are facing more opposition than ever in the Legislature. The state budget shortfall, human rights concerns and scrutiny by the U.S. Department of Justice are among the reasons opponents want the state to cancel the project. […]

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State MH System Reinvents Itself – Again

March 26, 2009
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“Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade.” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking 3 25 2009 in Mexico City. We’ve survived, over the decades, several rearrangements of payment-for-services from the feds to the state to the counties to the providers to their staff for persons with mental illness and addiction. Most rearrangements, […]

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