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SB1421 • 2026
Mental health; requiring nonphysical intervention training for certain facilities and programs. Effective date.
Mental health; requiring nonphysical intervention training for certain facilities and programs. Effective date.
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- Sponsor
- Dossett
- Last action
- 2026-02-18
- Official status
- Placed on General Order
- Effective date
- Not listed
Plain English Breakdown
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Mental health; requiring nonphysical intervention training for certain facilities and programs. Effective date.
Mental health; requiring nonphysical intervention training for certain facilities and programs.
What This Bill Does
- Mental health; requiring nonphysical intervention training for certain facilities and programs.
- Effective date.
- Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1421 (Senate): Introduced (1/6/2026)
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Amendments
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Plain English: (Floor Amendments Only) Date and Time Filed:
Untimely Amendment Cycle Extended Secondary Amendment
SENATE CHAMBER
STATE OF OKLAHOMA DISPOSITION
FLOOR AMENDMENT No.
- (Floor Amendments Only) Date and Time Filed:
Untimely Amendment Cycle Extended Secondary Amendment
SENATE CHAMBER
STATE OF OKLAHOMA DISPOSITION
FLOOR AMENDMENT No.
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
(Date)
I move to amend Senate Bill No.
- 1421 as follows:
1.
- On Page 2, Line 8, by deleting after the semicolon “;”, the word “and”;
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Bill History
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2026-02-18
Senate
Placed on General Order
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2026-02-16
Senate
Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed
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2026-02-03
Senate
Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services
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2026-02-02
Senate
First Reading
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2026-02-02
Senate
Authored by Senator Dossett
Official Summary Text
Mental health; requiring nonphysical intervention training for certain facilities and programs. Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1421 (Senate): Introduced (1/6/2026)
Current Bill Text
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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 16, 2026
SENATE BILL NO. 1421 By: Dossett
An Act relating to mental health; requiring
nonphysical intervention training for certain
facilities and programs; describing training;
requiring and prohibiting certain acts by staff or
volunteer; 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 3-336 of Title 43A, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. All clinical staff, direct care staff, and volunteers
providing direct care to minor children in any facility or program
that is certified by the Department of Mental Health and Substance
Abuse Services under Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes and receives
funding through a contract with the Department shall receive
nonphysical intervention training as described in subsection B of
this section, subject to such exceptions as may be provided by rules
of the Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
B. The nonphysical intervention training shall teach techniques
and philosophies addressing appropriate nonviolent interventions for
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potentially physical interpersonal conflicts, staff attitudes that
promote dignity and enhanced self-esteem, keys to effective
communication skills, verbal and nonverbal interaction, and
nonviolent intervention.
C. The staff member or volunteer:
1. Shall complete the nonphysical intervention training within
thirty (30) days of being hired, with updates each calendar year
thereafter; and
2. Shall not participate in an intervention of a minor child
without first completing the training.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
February 16, 2026 - DO PASS