Last year, around this time, legislators discussed what bills might come up and the challenges Oregon faces in health care.

Oregon’s state government and its main association of counties have settled on a plan that would empower the Oregon Health ...

In early June, a federal judge found the state in contempt of a court order that requires people with severe mental illness in custody to be quickly admitted to the Oregon State Hospital. Oregon has ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge says Oregon created a crisis by underinvesting in mental health. Now, the state is forced to make changes or pay millions of dollars in court-ordered fines, and two ...

Gov. Tina Kotek announced a $65 million investment to add 146 new behavioral health treatment beds across Oregon. This effort ...

Well over a year and a half into an effort to revamp the state’s “backbone” system for funding and delivering behavioral health care, counties are still balking at the Oregon Health Authority’s pitch.

PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge found the Oregon Health Authority in contempt of court on Friday, determining that it has failed to follow court orders requiring it to promptly admit mentally ill ...

The state of Oregon must pay all fines owed while it appeals a finding that it acted in contempt of a court order requiring timely admissions of criminal defendants to the state psychiatric hospital, ...

It seems fitting that this history of mental health ends with Oregon’s attempt to grapple with the needs of children and ...

Judge Nan Waller, who runs Multnomah County’s mental health court, found Purfield unable to stand trial or comprehend the case against him during a hearing Tuesday. He was charged last month with ...