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Committee advances House Bill 2005 to revise involuntary commitment rules and add behavioral-health funding
Summary
The Capital Construction subcommittee advanced House Bill 2005 after adopting a dash A5 amendment that adds fiscal authority and funding for OHA and the Public Defense Commission; members debated changes to civil commitment definitions, task force creation on tribal–state forensic behavioral health, and concerns about siting treatment facilities on industrial land.
The Capital Construction subcommittee advanced House Bill 2005 on a vote after adopting a dash A5 amendment that adds $6.5 million in total funds, including a $5.4 million general fund appropriation to the Oregon Health Authority and $1.1 million to the Public Defense Commission for public defense related to civil commitments.
A legislative fiscal presenter told the committee the measure “modifies the circumstances when an individual with a mental illness may be detained and committed to the Oregon Health Authority for involuntary treatment,” changes definitions for civil and criminal involuntary hospitalizations, and establishes a task force on the intersection of tribal and state forensic…
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