Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signs bills on behavioral health & substance use treatment, answers questions

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signs bills on behavioral health & substance use treatment, answers questions

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed four bills related to behavioral health and substance use.

The bills, approved by members of both parties, involve initiatives aimed at improving and expanding mental health and addiction care in the state, according to the governor’s office.

“These bills help fulfill that objective by giving providers more tools to intervene when someone is in crisis, supports the social workers and counselors who do the work, builds a strategy to prevent addiction among youth, and continues to increase the number of treatment beds available across the state to meet the need,” Kotek said.

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