Portland council backs data-driven legislative push to expand behavioral-health continuum
City leaders and providers presented modeling and provider experience showing capacity gaps across inpatient, subacute and respite care. HealthShare recommended backfilling 55 inpatient beds and adding roughly 50 subacute and 50 respite beds as part of a state advocacy package.
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Councilors and health-system leaders on the Portland City Council met in a work session to shape a coordinated state legislative agenda for behavioral health and to discuss a specific, model-driven proposal for capacity and policy changes.
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