AMH Legislative Information

Addictions and Mental Health Division (AMH) is committed to working with our partners, stakeholders and all interested parties to support the needs of people with substance use disorders or mental illness. We encourage you to use this site to keep informed of legislation impacting AMH and our services to Oregonians. To assist you with this, we are offering a free subscription service to notify you when we add or update information on this site. Please subscribe below. 

Please note that this site is specific to AMH and is not intended to be an inclusive list of issues or events that may impact people with addiction or mental health concerns. We strongly recommend that you use this as just one resource. 

• Sept./Oct 2009 Interim Committees
• Bills of interest
• Upcoming hearings and events
• Testimony and presentations
• Resources
• Legislative Web sites
• ORS citations

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September/October 2008 Interim Committees

1. Guilty Except for Insanity Overview 
2. Aid + Assist Overview 
3. Guilty Except of Insanity process 
4. Post criminal justice involvement civil commitment process 

1. Update of implementation of the Impaired Health Professionals Program 

1. Issues Facing Oregon's Addictions System   

Bills of interest

• Weekly bill tracker (PDF)

Upcoming hearings or events

• Ways and Means is the committee responsible for determining the funding that agencies receive. Funding levels determine the number of people we can serve and services we can provide. For information, call Jane-Ellen - 503-602-8399. 
• You can watch hearings by going to:

  http://www.leg.state.or.us/listn/ Just click on the appropriate hearing room.
• May 11 Informational Hearing on Integration Before the Senate Human Services and Rural Health (PDF)

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Testimony

• House bills
  • House Bill 2144 (PDF) - Relating Statewide Wraparound Initiative
  • House Bill 3132 (PDF)
• Senate bills (PDF files)
  • Senate Bill 355
    • Reasons to Ensure Schedule IV Medications are Included in the PMP (Oregon Board of Pharmacy)
    • Prescription Drug Monitoring - Biennial Budget (Preliminary Estimates Only) (Oregon Board of Pharmacy)
    • New National Survey Reveals Cocaine, Methamphetamine Use Drop among Young Adults; Prescription Drug Abuse Increases (SAMHSA News Release)
    • Letter from National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws 
    • State Prescription and Monitoring Programs (PMPs) Help to Prevent Drug Diversion (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico)
    • An Evaluation of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs 
    • PDMP Study Highlights 
    • PMP Fact Sheet 
    • Prescription Drug Monitoring - Preliminary Budget Estimates 
    • Status of State Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) 
    • Prescription Drug Abuse: Misuse, abuse and diversion of prescription drugs are a threat to public health and safety (Fact Sheet)
    • Accidental Overdoses from Legal Drugs (Council for State Governments Newsletter)
    • Unintentional Drug Poisoning in Oregon-at a Glance (Oregon Public Health)
    • Response to ACLU Questions 
    • Why Schedule IV Medications are Included in SB 355 
    • Budget Estimate 
    • Prescription Medication Abuse Part 3 - Screening, Assessment and Treatment (Addiction Messenger Newsletter Article)
    • Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) 
    • Fiscal Analysis 
    • Why Has Washington State "Suspended" Development of their PMP Program? 
    • Prescription Drug Abuse in Oregon (Presentation)
    • Gresham mom's life shattered by hit-and-run (Oregonian Article)
  • Senate Bill 368 (PDF)
  • Senate Bill 749 (PDF)
  • Ways and Means 
    • Impact of Oregon Health Plan Expansion Offsetting Cuts of Community Funding for Addiction and Mental Health White Paper (PDF) 
      • Letter from Richard Harris (PDF)  
      • Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)  
    • Oregon State Hospital Rapid Process Improvement (RPI) Handout (PDF)
      Oregon State Hospital Dashboard (PDF)

  Resources

  • ECONorthwest report on economic impact 
  • PCG report (PDF)
  • A&D analysis
    • Analysis of Oregon's Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Prevention System Cover Letter (PDF)
    • Analysis of Oregon's Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Prevention System Report (December 2008) (PDF) 
  • Oregon Speaks 
  • Community Services Workgroup
    • A Complement to the Master Plan Phase II Report on the Replacement of the Oregon State Hospital (March, 2009) (PDF)  
    • Funding Recommendations (2009) (PDF)  
  • Statewide Wraparound Initiative Report to Governor 
  • Fact sheets (PDF files)
    • Adult Addiction Treatment Facts and Outcomes   
    • HB 2144: Children's Wraparound 
    • Intensive Treatment and Recovery Service (ITRS)  
    • Oregon mental health services: Outcomes for adults 
    • Oregon mental health services: Outcomes for children and adolescents 
    • Oregon State Hospital: Centralized System-of-Care model 
    • Oregon State Hospital: Measurable outcomes 
    • SB 150: Updating the civil commitment process 12-hour transport holds 
    • SB 160: Protecting Patient's Health at the Oregon State Hospital 
    • Strengthening Families Program for Parents and Youth 10-14 Fact Sheet 
    • Youth Addiction Treatment Facts and Outcomes   
  • DHS budget page  

  Legislative Web sites

  • State legislative Web site
  • DHS legislative Web site 

   

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