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Court rules health plan must stop refusing coverage for “best practice” treatment for autism

August 13, 2014
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Willamette Week, August 13, 2014 Soon after she turned 8, Elie Riehl began punching herself in the face and slamming her knees into her head. She would sob in pain as she involuntarily beat herself as many as 80 times an hour. Elie, who lives in Salem, was diagnosed in 2006 with severe autism, a […]

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Cigarette tax hike will pay for Oregon mental health services

October 3, 2013
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By Christopher David Gray, The Lund Report, Oct. 3, 2013 Before adjourning yesterday, legislators created a dedicated funding stream for mental health services, bringing in nearly $150 million over five years through a small increase in the cigarette tax. Cigarettes will go up 13¢ a pack in 2014 and an additional penny in 2016 and […]

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Narcan could help keep some addicts alive long enough to recover, but Oregon restrictions keep it scarce

March 7, 2013
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By Erin Fenner, Willamette Week, March 6, 2013 Dr. Gary Oxman spent his career trying to save people who don’t care whether they live or die. Oxman—who just retired as health officer for Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington counties—has long wanted to do more to rescue drug users. He was one of the earliest supporters in […]

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Health Care Reform Bills Omit Sociological, Psychological Services

March 7, 2012
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By Amanda Waldroupe, for Street Roots, March 6, 2012 A patient’s housing and sociological condition can have a direct affect on his or her health care, but a bill in Salem to incorporate those providers into the new health care reform failed to make the books. As a result, the legislature has left unanswered a […]

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Mental Health Contracts Changed to Reflect New Funding Formula

November 23, 2011
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By Amanda Waldroupe, The Lund Report, November 23, 2011 Some counties will receive more, or less, funding for mental health programs than they did in the past With some kinks fixed and recalculations made, a new formula defining the amount of funding each county receives for mental health programs is here to stay, said Richard […]

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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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Provision to curb psychiatric drug costs for Oregon Health Plan dies in Salem

June 15, 2011
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From The Oregonian, June 14, 2011 Some 20 states restrict mental health drugs paid for by Medicaid. Not Oregon. And that’s not going to change in this session’s Legislature, even in a time of budget cuts and cost-containment. The sweeping health care reform bill, House Bill 3650, proposed curbs on psychiatric drugs paid for by […]

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Psychiatric Security Review Board Faces Scrutiny From Budget Committee

May 30, 2011
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From The Lund Report, May 26, 2011 – by Amanda Waldroupe Rep. Mitch Greenlick sharply criticized the Board for not releasing patients to community settings A discussion of the proposed budget for the Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB) turned heated in the Joint Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Services on Wednesday as lawmakers’ demands […]

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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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