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Committee amends and advances behavioral-health civil-commitment bill with $6.5 million in funding
Summary
The Joint Ways and Means Committee on June 26 amended House Bill 2005 to change civil-commitment rules and allocate $6.5 million — including $5.4 million to the Oregon Health Authority and $1.1 million to the Public Defense Commission — and reported the bill out due pass as amended after debate about bed and staffing capacity.
The Joint Ways and Means Committee on June 26 amended and reported out House Bill 2005, a measure that changes when people with mental illness may be detained and committed and includes a $6.5 million funding package.
Senator Lieber, who introduced the work session on the bill, said the measure “modifies the circumstances when an individual with mental illness may be detained and committed to the Oregon Health Authority for involuntary treatment” and that it “allocates 6,500,000.0 total funds,” including a “5,400,000.0 general fund appropriation to the Oregon Health Authority” for community…
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