May 2001 – Mental Health PDX

Concern Mounts That Police Oversight Committee Has No Balls

May 31, 2001

From the Portland Mercury, May 31, 2001 With her shoulders hunched and eyes narrowed, Mayor Vera Katz pounded her gavel. “I can clear this room,” she declared, addressing a murmuring crowd of approximately 80 people who gathered at City Hall last Wednesday afternoon to talk about pending changes to the city’s police oversight committee. Over […]

Mental health plan ‘needs…flesh;

May 18, 2001

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From The Oregonian, May 18, 2001 The panel overseeing reform of the Multnomah County mental health system has asked its staff to rewrite a controversial draft proposal by June 6 with more detail and specific numbers. “It’s a very sturdy skeleton, but it needs a lot of flesh,” acknowledged staff member James Gaynor, author of […]

Mental health HMO proposed in Multnomah County study

May 16, 2001

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From The Oregonian, May 16, 2001 This week, Multnomah County officials are getting their first look at a controversial plan to revamp the county’s beleaguered mental health care system. The draft proposal is aimed at preventing what its authors call a “train wreck” in acute mental health care. It recommends, in effect, a county-run managed […]