psychiatric security review board

Psychiatric Security Review Board Reform Bills Set to Become Law

Although both House Bill 3100 and Senate Bill 420 passed the Legislature handily, doubts still remain
June 29, 2011—Two bills that will reform the Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB) have passed the House and Senate. Expected to soon become law, they represent the most substantive changes to Oregon’s mental health system in many years.    Read More >>

Psychiatric Security Review Board Reforms Advance

The board will continue having jurisdiction over Measure 11 offenders
June 24, 2011 — After weeks of sitting in a subcommittee, a bill that seeks to make substantive changes to the Psychiatric Security Review Board is headed toward a Senate vote. Read More >>

Psychiatric Security Review Board Reform Moves Forward

Nevertheless, concerns about more aggressive changes to the Board persist
June 1, 2011—A bill that fundamentally changes the way people are evaluated who are found “guilty except for insanity” is winding its way through the legislature, and represents the most significant changes to the Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB) since its inception.   Read More >>

Psychiatric Security Review Board Faces Scrutiny From Budget Committee

Rep. Mitch Greenlick sharply criticized the Board for not releasing patients to community settings
May 26, 2011--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 and frustrations that the Board should be doing more to release patients into community settings bubbled forth. Read More >>

Drastic Changes Needed at Oregon State Hospital

Mental health advocates urge legislators to reform the Psychiatric Security Review Board
May 17, 2011—Mental health advocates, in alliance with patients at the Oregon State Hospital, believe House Bill 3100 doesn’t go far enough to reform the Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB), and are urging legislators to make significant changes.
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Advocates Urge Legislators to Reform Psychiatric Security Review Board

Under House Bill 3100, a state-certified psychologist or psychiatrist, not the PSRB, would evaluate people before they could plead guilty except for insanity.
May 17, 2011 -- Matthew Kirby has seen things he’d rather forget during his stay at the Oregon State Hospital (OSH). These days, though, he has reason for hope.
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