Oregon House Bill 2086 of 2021, Relating To Individuals With Behavioral Health Disorders & Declaring An Emergency

The bill was signed on August 6, 2021. It directs the Oregon Health Authority to evaluate the behavioral health workforce and to establish a variety of programs to improve the performance of the behavioral health system. The bill also appropriates funding for the new programs. OHA will establish peer and community-driven programs that provide culturally specific and culturally responsive behavioral health services. These services will be directly responsive to and driven by to people of color, tribal communities and people of lived experience. House Bill 2086 increases funding to reintegrate into community criminal defendants found unfit to proceed in . . .