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HB1343 • 2026

Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; duties; powers; responsibilities; State Department of Corrections; real and personal property; effective date; emergency.

Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; duties; powers; responsibilities; State Department of Corrections; real and personal property; effective date; emergency.

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Sponsor
Humphrey
Last action
2025-02-04
Official status
Second Reading referred to Rules
Effective date
Not listed

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Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; duties; powers; responsibilities; State Department of Corrections; real and personal property; effective date; emergency.

Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; duties; powers; responsibilities; State Department of Corrections; real and personal property; effective date; emergency.

What This Bill Does

  • Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; duties; powers; responsibilities; State Department of Corrections; real and personal property; effective date; emergency.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-04 House

    Second Reading referred to Rules

  2. 2025-02-03 House

    First Reading

  3. 2025-02-03 House

    Authored by Representative Humphrey

Official Summary Text

Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; duties; powers; responsibilities; State Department of Corrections; real and personal property; effective date; emergency.

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

HOUSE BILL 1343 By: Humphrey

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to the Department of Mental Health
and Substance Abuse Services; abolishing the
Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services; transferring all duties, powers, and
responsibilities to the State Department of
Corrections; transferring all real and personal
property; providing for codification; providing an
effective date; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2-100 of Title 43A, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
is hereby abolished.
B. All duties, powers, and responsibilities, including real and
personal property, including books, records, and funds controlled by
the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall
be transferred to the State Department of Corrections.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.

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SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

60-1-10225 TJ 01/08/25