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Lawmakers want to scrap state approval needed for many new health care facilities

New psychiatric, rehabilitation and long-term care facilities must prove their services are needed, but critics and supporters disagree on the certification system’s effects
February 15, 2024
 
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The Capitol Building in Salem. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

A group of Oregon Republican lawmakers wants to eliminate a state requirement they say is depriving patients of needed psychiatric, rehab