The fight over a proposed psychiatric hospital in Wilsonville that the Oregon Health Authority turned down is also playing out in the Legislature.
Senate Bill 1054 would lift the "certificate of need" process for adding psychiatric beds for two years for any hospital that serves veterans or active-duty military.
Opponents say UHS is simply trying to do an end run around a well-established process for determining whether there is adequate need for its services, and they raised red flags about UHS’…
The fight over a proposed psychiatric hospital in Wilsonville that the Oregon Health Authority turned down is also playing out in the Legislature.
Senate Bill 1054 would lift the "certificate of need" process for adding psychiatric beds for two years for any hospital that serves veterans or active-duty military.
Opponents say UHS is simply trying to do an end run around a well-established process for determining whether there is adequate need for its services, and they raised red flags about UHS’…