This is the Regional entity for the Mental Health & Addictions part of the Oregon Health Plan (OHP) run by the OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY (OHA) of the STATE of OREGON. I serve as a MH&A Advocate on four committees where i along with others provide input from the people intended to be served. two of those committees deal with the running, funding and establishment of Consumer Run Organizations (CRO)
and those they serve, Planning retreats, conventions in state and nationally. while the other two committees that I sit on are with the funding and maintenance of regional Acute Care Beds as well as keeping an account of how many beds are available at any time within the region. this is mostly bookkeeping and accounting to the OHA. The main fault I find is that they do not deal with the humanity that avail of those beds and how and/or if they are assisted in their recovery within the time allotted. read more