Oregon should be held in contempt and forced to make mental health system improvements, advocates say
Disability Rights Oregon wants a judge to hold Oregon in contempt for again taking too long to admit mentally ill people in ...
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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek offers vision of brighter day on state’s toughest challenges
On behavioral health, Kotek highlighted the increasing inability of the Oregon State Hospital to admit people in profound ...
Disability watchdog group seeks order to find Oregon in contempt of court
Disability Rights Oregon wants a federal judge to hold the state in contempt of court for failing to move people from jails ...
Disability Rights Oregon asks judge to hold state in contempt for delay in admissions to psychiatric hospital
We will not stand idly by as Oregon thumbs its nose at the judicial system — there must be consequences," said Jake Cornett, ...
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Former Oregon Department of Education Mental Health Director Says She Was Unfairly Fired
In a letter to Gov. Tina Kotek, a top mental health official at the Oregon Department of Education says her firing in late ...
Kotek calls for more readily available mental health care in State of the State address
Gov. Tina Kotek reiterated her longstanding pledge to keep homelessness and housing, mental health and public schools at the ...
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Disability Rights Oregon files contempt motion for mentally ill defendants
OREGON – Disability Rights Oregon wants a judge to hold the State of Oregon in contempt for again taking too long to admit ...
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Oregon’s health care staffing shortages could get relief under new bills
As health care work force shortages continued after the pandemic, Diehl co-sponsored a bill during the 2023 session that ...