Federal judge temporarily loosens Oregon's seven-day hospital admission rule during the pandemic
After the hospital closed to admissions in March 2020, 56 people accumulated on the jail waitlist. The hospital resumed admitting patients with quarantine protocols, but the pace stayed slow. Mosman called the modification temporary, praised the state's work as remarkable, and said he expected the seven-day timeline to return by late June.
The plaintiffs' lawyers called the ruling unlawful and announced an appeal. The hospital planned to open a third admissions unit by June 1 to clear the list, and the judge set a follow-up hearing for August 3 with progress updates every three weeks.
The appeal that followed is one of the key legal beats in how Oregon handles its aid-and-assist backlog.
Source: Judge Temporarily Relaxes Oregon State Hospital Admissions, Leaving Inmates In Jails — Oregon Public Broadcasting, by Conrad Wilson
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