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The Oregon Health Authority faces a budget shortfall that could jeopardize the health and lives of thousands of vulnerable Oregonians.
The Oregon State Hospital can take longer to admit patients with mental illness, at least temporarily, after a federal court ruling Tuesday.
A staff member at the Oregon State Hospital has tested positive for coronavirus, officials said Friday.
The Oregon Health Authority did not report at which facility the staff member worked, when the positive case was discovered or whether other staff members had been tested.
Unity Center for Behavioral Health was supposed to answer Portland’s mental health crisis when it opened in 2017, relieving emergency rooms of patients in crisis.
Instead, the center is grappling with what its medical director called a “real state of crisis.”
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Oregon State Hospital is seeking another $81.6 million in state taxpayer dollars, much of it to deal with the state-run mental health facility’s struggle to admit patients in a timely manner.
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The Oregon State Hospital continues to grapple with delays in admitting patients, even as the state-run mental health hospital stays compliant with a court order requiring timely admission of defendants who need treatment before they can stand trial in criminal cases.
About two years ago, Oregon’s only emergency psychiatric hospital faced a closure threat over the abuse, neglect and even death of patients. Now Unity Center Behavioral Health is in deep financial trouble.
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Multnomah County has failed hundreds of patients who suffer from severe mental illness like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder by not providing them with taxpayer-funded services, a county audit said Wednesday.
Court had been in session for close to an hour before Ms. Nilsen’s turn came.
The Oregon Health Authority released a proposal Friday for how it will deal with the backlog of jail inmates trying to get mental health treatment at the Oregon State Hospital.
