A Busy 2017 Legislative Session 09/26/2017 As I write this, the 2017 Oregon Legislative Session has ended, having tackled a broad range of issues touching mental health care. COPACT kept a close eye on all of them, evaluating 74 bills that would impact our practices, our agencies, and our clients. There were bills relating to CCOs; hospitals and mental health emergencies; firearms and the mentally ill; housing for the mentally ill; telehealth; social work in schools; public employee health care; forensic evaluations; sex offender
As I write this, the 2017 Oregon Legislative Session has ended, having tackled a broad range of issues touching mental health care. COPACT kept a close eye on all of them, evaluating 74 bills that would impact our practices, our agencies, and our clients. There were bills relating to CCOs; hospitals and mental health emergencies; firearms and the mentally ill; housing for the mentally ill; telehealth; social work in schools; public employee health care; forensic evaluations; sex offender