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Oregon lawmakers faced their first resistance on Thursday to a proposal that would ban flavored vaping products in response to thousands of vaping-related illnesses and dozens of across the country.
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Five Oregon counties may get a new family treatment court program to help parents overcome substance abuse and keep families together.
The family treatment court model, proposed in House Bill 4040, would put a full-time judge in each participating county in charge of the program.
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House Speaker Tina Kotek wants an emergency declaration recognizing the state’s homelessness crisis, with the state spending $120 million on affordable housing and shelter needs.
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Oregon lawmakers are considering changes to the state’s drug transparency law that would prevent pharmaceutical manufacturers from exploiting a potential loophole to avoid reporting price hikes and give state regulators more authority to expect timely information from drug companies.
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Oregon lawmakers may create a commission with a lofty but long-term goal: finding a solution for the state’s crisis in mental health.
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Oregon lawmakers want to put more money into helping unaccompanied homeless youth before they enter adulthood without a home or future.
They live in the shadows, failed by their families, public schools and the foster care system.
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Oregon lawmakers are eying a proposal that would cost the state $15 million for behavioral health clinics.
Overall spending on primary care in Oregon increased in 2018, but growth in specialty and hospital care grew even more, eating up an even bigger piece of the health care economy, according to a state report released Monday.
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Only about 40% of Oregon dentists accept Medicaid patients. More than two dozen rural communities don’t even have a single dentist.
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The Oregon legislative session that starts next week is likely to be the stage of a contentious battle over high health care costs -- but this time prescription drugs won’t be the focus.
Dialysis will.
