PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) — A federal judge on Friday held Oregon’s state health agency and psychiatric hospital in contempt for failing to admit criminal defendants in need of mental health treatment to ...

A confidential report described a “culture of complacency” at Oregon’s only public psychiatric hospital. Federal ...

Oregon counties are wary of the state's plan to shift mental health responsibilities away from the state hospital to counties. This concern stems from the state's past failures to uphold agreements ...

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 ...

A federal judge on Friday found the Oregon State Hospital in contempt of a court order governing the timely admissions of criminal defendants and will issue hefty daily fines starting Saturday to ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon State Hospital has less than two months to prove it is now in compliance with federal standards and maintain its Medicare agreement. The state’s public health leaders ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon State Hospital, already under scrutiny for safety concerns and patient deaths, is facing new questions over a policy that allows the distribution of sex toys to patients. A KGW ...

Oregon’s state health agency is appealing a ruling by federal Judge Adrienne Nelson that found the agency in contempt. Under that ruling, issued June 6 in US District Court, Oregon has started racking ...

Lindsey Sande, a longtime nurse leader at the Oregon State Hospital, felt certain something terrible was about to happen. It was March 2025 and the state’s sole public psychiatric hospital seemed ...

The mother of a man who died of a drug overdose while a patient at the Oregon State Hospital filed a $2.5 million wrongful ...