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Oregon’s mental health workforce shortage is fueled by red tape and a new bill aims to fix it
Oregon’s mental health workforce shortage is fueled by red tape and a new bill aims to fix it
Oregon’s mental health workforce shortage is fueled by red tape and a new bill aims to fix it

Published on: 01/15/2026

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A proposal aims to reduce barriers that make it harder for behavioral health workers to enter and stay in Oregon’s mental health and addiction workforce.

Oregon’s mental health and addiction system is short thousands of workers, and state leaders say a major reason isn’t a lack of people willing to do the work — it’s a system that makes it unnecessarily hard for them to get started and stay in the field.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2026/01/oregons-serious-shortage-of-mental-health-care-workers-tied-to-red-tape-that-bill-aims-to-fix.html

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