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Public funding and Medicaid

The impact of cuts to federal mental health funding in Oklahoma

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.

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Parity
Public funding and Medicaid

Strategies for improving parity in Oklahoma’s Medicaid managed care plans

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

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Criminal justice
Crisis response

Guidance for Oklahoma counties applying for County Community Safety Investment Fund awards

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.

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Parity
Workforce
Criminal justice
Children and youth

2025 Oklahoma legislative session: Mental health bills to watch

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

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Children and youth

How restricting student cellphone use in Oklahoma schools could benefit youth mental health

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.

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Overdose prevention

Analyzing the impact of SB 511, Oklahoma’s harm reduction law

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.

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Public funding and Medicaid
Criminal justice

Supporting Oklahomans after incarceration through Medicaid

Some states have begun using a new Medicaid strategy to offer limited health coverage to incarcerated people nearing their release date, creating a safer and more supportive community reentry period. We explore this strategy and its potential in Oklahoma.

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Workforce

Barriers to care for people with co-occurring mental health disorders and intellectual and developmental disabilities

People with intellectual and developmental disabilities and co-occurring mental health challenges face obstacles that make it difficult to access the behavioral health care they need. In this paper, we examine barriers to care such as stigma, a lack of training among providers, and disconnected community supports.

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Workforce

Oklahoma mental health policy highlights of the 2024 legislative session

During the 2024 session, the Oklahoma Legislature passed key mental health bills and appropriated over $5 million to provide much-needed support to the state’s behavioral health workforce.

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Criminal justice
Crisis response

New law modifies Oklahoma’s definition of “person requiring treatment”

Oklahoma will soon have an updated definition to determine when someone may be held in protective custody for a mental health evaluation to determine whether they need to be involuntarily hospitalized.

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