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<p class="MsoNormal">Good morning,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Attached to this email, please find a memo “Clarifying Changes to Discharge Timing of “Able” or “Never Able” Patients” from the Oregon State Hospital. The message below comes from OSH’s Legal Affairs Director, Micky Logan.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>‘As explained in the attached, because of the high numbers of contested notices being filed because a party wants to keep a defendant at OSH but doesn’t intend to contest the OSH evaluator’s report finding, the process is being changed.
Specifically – beginning August 3rd – unless a party files a contested notice within two business days of the filing of the report
<b>and indicates in good faith that they intend to contest the conclusion of the OSH report</b>, OSH will discharge the patient to the committing jurisdiction.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>This is necessary so that OSH may continue to admit and discharge defendants in a timely way, rather than having beds taken up with defendants whom everyone agrees are “able” or “never able.”
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>This process does not impact a party’s ability to contest a finding or ask for a hearing after the defendant has been discharged to the committing jurisdiction.’<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The clarifying memo was released on July 29, 2020 and referenced another memo (also attached here), which was originally released on May 22, 2020. If you have any questions, reach out to me via the email address listed below and I will
pass along your question to the appropriate party.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green">Kaysea Dahlstrom</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
<i>Executive Assistant<br>
Office of Public Defense Services</i></span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> <br>
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">198 Commercial St. SE #205</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
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</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Salem, OR 97301</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
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<a href="mailto:Kaysea.R.Dahlstrom@opds.state.or.us"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Kaysea.R.Dahlstrom@opds.state.or.us</span></a></span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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