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HB2248 • 2026

Mental health; rural mental health and treatment diversion pilot programs; purpose; Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; contracts; promulgation of rules; effective date.

Mental health; rural mental health and treatment diversion pilot programs; purpose; Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; contracts; promulgation of rules; effective date.

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Sponsor
Waldron
Last action
2025-02-20
Official status
Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Mental health; rural mental health and treatment diversion pilot programs; purpose; Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; contracts; promulgation of rules; effective date.

Mental health; rural mental health and treatment diversion pilot programs; purpose; Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; contracts; promulgation of rules; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Mental health; rural mental health and treatment diversion pilot programs; purpose; Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; contracts; promulgation of rules; effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 2248 (House): Introduced (2/17/2025)

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-20 House

    Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee

  2. 2025-02-04 House

    Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget

  3. 2025-02-04 House

    Referred to Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee

  4. 2025-02-03 House

    First Reading

  5. 2025-02-03 House

    Authored by Representative Waldron

Official Summary Text

Mental health; rural mental health and treatment diversion pilot programs; purpose; Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; contracts; promulgation of rules; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 2248 (House): Introduced (2/17/2025)

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

HOUSE BILL 2248 By: Waldron

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to mental health; creating the rural
mental health and treatment diversion pilot programs;
providing purpose; authorizing the Department of
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to enter
into certain contracts; providing for promulgation of
rules; providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.

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 1000 of Title 43A, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Contingent upon funding, the Department of Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services shall develop and implement rural mental
health and treatment diversion pilot programs. The purpose of the
rural mental health and treatment diversion pilot programs shall be
to divert individuals with mental health issues from the criminal
justice system and into appropriate treatment programs.

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B. The Department is authorized to enter into contracts to
implement the rural mental health and treatment diversion pilot
programs of this section.
C. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Board shall promulgate rules as necessary to implement the
provisions of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

60-1-11715 TJ 01/05/25