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OHA outlines licensed behavioral health facilities and surge in outpatient applications
Summary
Oregon Health Authority officials told a Senate committee that OHA licenses a wide range of behavioral health programs and that outpatient provider applications surged late in 2024; OHA licenses capacity but does not currently report occupied bed counts and offered to follow up with utilization data.
The Oregon Health Authority told the Senate Interim Committee on Early Childhood and Behavioral Health that the agency licenses dozens of behavioral health program types and is seeing an unprecedented increase in outpatient certification applications.
Cissy Bollinger, one of two managers of OHA’s Licensing and Certification Unit, said the division oversees roughly 37 program types under 20 parts of the Oregon Administrative Rules and licenses an estimated 270 residential homes and facilities with a combined licensed capacity of about 2,007 individuals as of year‑end 2024. Bollinger said secure residential treatment facilities are…
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