AOC Day Follow up: Joint HHS and PS Meeting
Jen Lewis-Goff
Commissioners, Chairs and Judges,
Thank you to those of you who were able to join our Joint Public Safety and Health and Human Services Steering Committee meeting on Monday.
The committee took the following actions which were ratified by the AOC Legislative Committee:
· Memo #1: Policies #4 and #7 from the 11-point proposal: “A Comprehensive Approach to Addressing Oregon’s Addition and Livability Crisis.”
o Support: Policy Proposal #4: Fund County probation departments to supervise misdemeanor theft and property crime cases where defendants are dealing with an addiction/substance abuse disorder.
o Support: Policy Proposal #7: Prioritize adequate and sustainable funding for Oregon’s Specialty Courts.
· Memo #2: Policy proposals #9 and #11 from the 11-point proposal “A Comprehensive Approach to Addressing Oregon’s Addiction and Community Livability Crisis.”
o Support: Policy Proposal #9: Create adequate stabilization, detoxification and treatment capacity in jurisdictions throughout Oregon by making sustainable investments in sobering center/stabilization and treatment bed capacity for adults and juveniles.
o Support: Policy Proposal # 11: Support aligning the siting of residential and secure residential facilities with the requirements in the Fair Housing Act:
· Memo 3#: Policy Proposal #5 from the 11-point proposal “A Comprehensive Approach to Addressing Oregon’s Addiction and Community Livability Crisis.”
o Support: Policy Proposal #5: Create a new A-Misdemeanor for “Public Use of a Controlled Substance” to align with current law prohibiting public use of alcohol and marijuana.
· Memo 4: Policy Proposal #6 from the 11-point proposal “A Comprehensive Approach to Addressing Oregon’s Addiction and Community Livability Crisis.”
o Support: Create a new Class A Misdemeanor for “Use of a Controlled Substance in an Enclosed Public Space that Endangers another Person.” (Escalates to Class C Felony for Repeat Offenses)
· Memo 5: Policy Proposals #8 and #10 from the 11-point proposal “A Comprehensive Approach to Addressing Oregon’s Addiction and Community Livability Crisis.”
o Support the following: Direct staff to articulate likely impacts to county government and services and recommend alternatives or safeguards to achieve the underlying goals for individual and community wellbeing in the ongoing stakeholder negotiations related to policy proposals #8 and #10 from the 11-point proposal A Comprehensive Approach to Addressing Oregon’s Addiction and Community Livability Crisis.
- “Policy Proposal #8: Establish authority to utilize welfare holds of up to 72 hours for intoxicated persons who pose a danger to self or others:
- Policy Proposal #10: Support the establishment of Opioid Overdose Quick Response Teams
A recording of the meeting will be available here.
The next joint meeting of the HHS and PS committees will take place on February 5th at 9:20, or immediately following the conclusion of the HHS meeting.
Please reach out with any questions.