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Counties press Oregon Health Authority over contract language; Clatsop joins stance to withhold signature amid liability concerns

3806875 · June 12, 2025
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Clatsop County staff and commissioners reported ongoing, unresolved negotiations over the Oregon Health Authority behavioral health contract; the county supports other local providers' decision to not sign until liability and contract language are addressed.

Clatsop County officials reported continued, unresolved negotiations with the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) over a county pass-through contract for community mental health and behavioral health services. Assistant county staff briefed the board that county partners and the local Coordinated Behavioral Health (CBH) provider are resisting contract language that could expose counties to financial liability if the state does not provide funding for required services.

Assistant county management staff described meetings with OHA and noted that CBH's executive director, identified in…

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