Federal judge closes Oregon hospital-delay case after state returns to compliance
The suit was filed in May 2019 by the Metropolitan Public Defender and Disability Rights Oregon. In denying further hearings, Mosman wrote that the noncompliance had lasted until July 25, 2019, about nine months, and that the 2002 order did not require ongoing monitoring. He noted the hospital had complied for the 16 years before.
OHA director Pat Allen credited Senate Bill 24, passed in the 2019 session, which narrowed admission criteria for some misdemeanor defendants. Disability Rights Oregon said it would keep watching compliance and argued that the state still has a large need for community-based treatment.
The ruling closed the first chapter of the 2019 admissions crisis, though later years would bring repeated noncompliance.
Source: Federal Judge Ends Lawsuit Against Oregon State Hospital — Oregon Public Broadcasting, by Conrad Wilson
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