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Lane County approves 18‑month County Financial Assistance Agreement for behavioral health services

Lane County Board of Commissioners · January 7, 2026
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Summary

Following statewide negotiations and a period of impasse, the board approved a new County Financial Assistance Agreement (CFAA) with the Oregon Health Authority for behavioral health services, adopting interim protections on liability, service prioritization and local plan revision processes; motion carried unanimously (5–0).

Lane County commissioners on Jan. 6 approved an 18‑month County Financial Assistance Agreement (CFAA) with the Oregon Health Authority that staff and county counsel characterized as an interim but significantly improved contract for funding and managing behavioral health services.

Health & Human Services Director Eve Gray and county counsel staff summarized a year of stalled negotiations, a statewide county coalition engagement and intervention by the governor’s office that led to…

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