Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 426.010 (2026)

State hospitals for persons with mental illness; minimum age for treatment

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426.010 State hospitals for persons with mental illness; minimum age for treatment. (1) Except as otherwise ordered by the Oregon Health Authority pursuant to ORS 179.325, the Oregon State Hospital campuses in Salem, Marion County, and in Junction City, Lane County, shall be used as state hospitals for the inpatient care and treatment of persons with mental illness who are assigned to the care of the institutions by the authority or who have previously been committed to the institutions.

(2) The state hospitals described in this section may not provide care or treatment to individuals under 18 years of age. [Amended by 1955 c.651 §3; 1965 c.339 §23; 1965 c.595 §2; 1983 c.505 §1; 1999 c.983 §6; 2007 c.14 §1; 2009 c.269 §2; 2009 c.595 §382; 2013 c.360 §16; 2015 c.318 §14; 2025 c.175 §1]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2002–2022 · leading case: Adams v. Pub. Employees Ret. Bd., 42 P.3d 911 (Or. Ct. App. 2002).

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Adams v. Pub. Employees Ret. Bd., 42 P.3d 911 (Or. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 5× “” ORS 426.010. We turn to the pertinent statutes.”

Harmon v. State of Oregon, 514 P.3d 1131 (Or. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “” ORS 426.010. As we explained in Adams v. PERB, 180 Or App 59, 68 , 42 P3d 911 (2002), people under the care of OSH come to OSH through various avenues: “They may have been civilly committed, transferred from a correctional facility or a youth correctional facility, placed…”

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