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OHA behavioral health director outlines statewide challenges: workforce, crisis care and state hospital pressures
Summary
OHA Behavioral Health Director Ebony Clark briefed the committee on Jan. 21 about Oregon’s behavioral health system, emphasizing social determinants, workforce shortages, the opioid crisis and state hospital capacity issues tied to court‑ordered timelines.
Ebony Clark, director of OHA’s Behavioral Health Division, gave the House committee a systems‑level overview of behavioral health in Oregon on Jan. 21, highlighting social determinants of health, workforce shortages and the strain on the state hospital.
Clark said behavioral health “includes both mental health, substance use disorder, and other addictions such as gambling,”…
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