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County raises telehealth and crisis-stabilization concerns as behavioral health bill clears House
Summary
Deschutes County staff reviewed HB 4070 (behavioral health streamlining), noting some sought fixes to unfunded mandates, success adding medical-screening language for crisis stabilization centers, and an unresolved effort to restrict unlicensed clinicians providing telehealth (Charlie Health).
Holly and county legislative staff reviewed House Bill 4 070 (HB 4070) during the Feb. 19 legislative update, describing the bill as a technical streamlining measure that addresses roles and administrative requirements within Oregon’s behavioral health system.
Holly said county priorities included removing language that could require community mental health programs to pay for psychiatric care without funding; she said that particular fix did not survive the amendment process because hospitals opposed it and the Oregon Health Authority…
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