Half a billion is OK’d, but leader says ‘we're not doing enough’ until it’s treated like other health care.
October 14, 2021
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A bill to increase the penalties for assaulting hospital workers died on the desk of Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney, who has long championed equity in mental health services.
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Oregon lawmakers made the most of federal and state money, some of it one-time dollars, in a new effort to expand a mental health system where the
