Mr. McConnell:  I'm pleased that your family member received and continues to receive supportive mental health care.  I wish the thousands of other mentally-ill Oregonians, many homeless and "on the street" today were receiving that care.  I support the closure of the JC Hospital and the integration of the current patients into the statewide system with "low-risk" patients transferred to community-based facilities and "higher-risk" patients to the 620 bed Salem Hospital.  I do so with the caveat that much of the savings from the closure be redirected to provide increased community-based mental health care: community-based residential care; short term crisis/evaluation centers; walk-in clinics; therapy/counseling support and mobile crisis intervention teams such as Cahoots.  I support closure, not to "decrease" support, but to significantly increase support for Oregonians in need of mental health services.  Wishing you and your loved one the best, Gary Crum