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This series of reports will provide an overview of Oklahoma’s mental health services for children, youth, and their families.

Oklahoma will greatly expand access to telehealth with a new law taking effect Jan. 1. SB 674, which Gov. Stitt signed into law in May, requires that health care providers be reimbursed for medically appropriate telehealth visits at the same rate as in-person visits.

As Oklahoma grapples with increasing suicide and drug overdoses among children and youth, nearly $4.5 million in federal grants will help the state build out telehealth-based networks for expanding access to critically-needed child and adolescent psychiatrists.

Policy experts at Healthy Minds Policy Initiative released two reports this month outlining the Oklahoma impacts of COVID-19 on overall behavioral health.

Members of the Oklahoma Legislature announced the formation of a bipartisan, bicameral legislative caucus.

The new treatment model addresses Tulsa’s methamphetamine addiction crisis on a bigger scale than ever before.