Workgroup Members
Former Chief Justice Walters and current Chief Justice Meagan A. Flynn appointed members to represent a broad range of stakeholders in the civil commitment system, including courts, state agencies, legislators, local governments, Oregon tribes, health care providers, law enforcement, public defense and prosecution, and people with lived experience.
Association of Oregon Community Mental Health Programs: Cherryl Ramirez
Association of Oregon Counties: Marcus Vejar
Coordinated Care Organizations: Melissa Thompson
Disability Rights Oregon: Jude Kassar
Governor's Office: Juliana Wallace
League of Oregon Cities: Dakotah Thompson
Mental Health and Addiction Association of Oregon: Janie Gullickson*
Mothers of the Mentally Ill: Jerri Clark
National Alliance for Mental Illness, Oregon Chapter: Chris Bouneff
Oregon Association Chiefs of Police: Jim Ferraris*
Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems: Meghan Slotemaker
Oregon Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness: Chris Bouneff
Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association: Allison Knight
Oregon Department of Human Services: Chelas Kronenberg
Oregon District Attorneys Association: Channa Newell
Oregon Health Authority: Zachary Thornhill
Oregon Governor's Office: Juliana Wallace
Oregon Judicial Department: Judge Nan Waller and Judge Matthew Donohue
Oregon Legislature (House): Rep. Jason Kropf (D) and Rep. Christine Goodwin (R)
Oregon Legislature (Senate): Sen. Floyd Prozanski (D) and Sen. Kim Thatcher (R)
Oregon Health Authority (Health Systems Division): Zachary Thornhill
Oregon State Hospital: Dr. Katherine Tacker
Oregon State Sheriffs' Association: Sheriff Matt Phillips
Oregon Tribes: Angie Butler
*Rep. Charlie Conrad succeeded Rep. Christine Goodwin. Janie Gullickson and Chief Jim Ferraris left the workgroup midway due to time constraints and retirement, respectively.
Workgroup Documents
Chief Justice Order (CJO) No. 22-019 established the Commitment to Change Workgroup. There are three versions of this CJO:
Revisions Survey
Building Consensus Survey
Recommendations Survey
Ideas Survey
*Meeting minutes coming soon
October 2022 – Welcome: Introductions, Objectives, Schedule, and Processes
November 2022 – Framework for Civil Commitment Reform
December 2022 – Current Civil Commitment Process Overview and Initiation of Civil Commitment
January 2023 – Investigation, Diversion, & Probable Cause Determination
February 2023 – Pre-Hearing Requirements & Examination
March 2023 – Civil Commitment Continuum
April 2023 – Civil Commitment Decision Tree - Part I
May 2023 – Civil Commitment Decision Tree - Part II
June 2023 – Assisted Outpatient Treatment
July 2023 - Civil commitment placement and trial visits
August 2023 - Recertification of civil commitment
September 2023 - Recertification of civil commitment (continued from August 2023), dismissal and discharge of civil commitment, wholistic civil commitment administration
October 2023 - Systems Thinking and Civil Commitment
November 2023 – Measuring inequities in the civil commitment system
December 2023 – No meeting
January 2024 – Civil commitment of individuals with an intellectual disability
February 2024 – Continued conversation of civil commitment of individuals with an intellectual disability or other cognitive deficit and substance use disorder as a clinical basis for commitment
Listening Sessions with People with Lived Experience
Listening Sessions with Oregon Tribes