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Lawmakers advance $65 million for residential behavioral health capacity amid calls for accountability
Summary
The Human Services subcommittee recommended House Bill 2059, a measure that would appropriate $65 million one-time general fund to expand residential behavioral health capacity; lawmakers pressed for clarity on how many beds the funding would create and what outcomes will be measured.
The Ways and Means Human Services Subcommittee on June 17 recommended House Bill 2059, which would appropriate $65 million one‑time general fund to the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) to establish a residential behavioral health capacity program. The program funds facilities for withdrawal management, residential treatment and psychiatric inpatient care; the subcommittee recommended the dash-4 amendment and reported the bill out "due pass as amended."
The appropriation would authorize seven limited-duration positions to administer the program; administrative expenses were described in the amendment as totalling roughly $1.2 million general fund plus smaller other- and federal-fund components. The measure declares an…
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