Oklahoma's thought leader for transforming mental health policy.

Taking lessons from other states, Oklahoma providers and regulators can ensure continued positive outcomes from intensive mental health services like PACT during the state's transition to Medicaid managed care.

5/2/2023

Our focus in 2023: improving access to care and growing Oklahoma's behavioral health workforce.

2/3/2023

For the second regular session of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature, mental health remained a unifying, bipartisan issue.

5/31/2022

Understanding the licensure process for behavioral health professionals is an important starting point for policy solutions that increase access to care for Oklahomans with mental health and substance use treatment needs.

4/14/2023

To better understand the accessibility of Oklahoma's workforce, Healthy Minds conducted a survey of Oklahoma's licensed behavioral health care providers.

12/16/2022

Targeted interventions anchored within a comprehensive multi-tiered system of supports framework are crucial to the well-being of youth in our state.

11/16/2022

Senate Bills 442 and 254 address high patient costs and excessive wait times for appointments by ensuring more transparency from commercial health insurance plans and capping out-of-pocket costs when a timely appointment with an in-network provider isn’t available.

6/1/2023

With Healthy Minds’ counsel and coordination, Tulsa-area mental health providers, health care executives, school districts, and local leaders have come together to dramatically improve how the city’s mental health systems work for children and young people.

5/31/2023

Healthy Minds Policy Initiative has expanded its programmatic and geographic footprint to seize new opportunities in Oklahoma’s transformation of behavioral health policy and practice.

5/4/2023