Policy Analysis

With a successful application, Oklahoma could receive at least $500 million through the new Rural Health Transformation Fund. We outline how Oklahoma should prioritize the funding, including initiatives for rural workforce development and integrated behavioral health care.

These are the interim studies we're tracking at Healthy Minds.

The "One Big, Beautiful Bill" is expected to have several major impacts on Oklahoma and the more than 1 million Oklahomans enrolled in Medicaid.

Mental health was a central issue for much of the Oklahoma Legislature’s 2025 session, with months of concern over the state mental health department’s finances culminating in the unprecedented removal of the agency's commissioner.

Over the past five years, Oklahoma has received nearly $750 million in funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the primary federal agency charged with advancing the nation’s behavioral health.

In this report, we examine policy options for ensuring parity compliance on SoonerSelect, Oklahoma’s Medicaid managed care program.

This resource aims to help counties identify and plan for evidence-based strategies to maximize the impact of funding opportunities for mental health and diversion.

Find summaries and tracking lists for the mental health bills we're watching in 2025.

As youth mental health continues to suffer, new statewide survey data found that about half of Oklahoma middle- and high-school students “always” or “often” felt the urge to use social media, and about a third used it as an escape from their problems.

Without further action from lawmakers, SB 511 will expire in 2026, threatening Oklahoma’s progress in addressing an epidemic of drug overdoses and cutting short opportunities to see the law’s public health benefits come to fruition.