Policy Analysis

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.

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.

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.

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.

In this analysis, we explore how Oklahoma and other states can utilize strategies through Medicaid to address housing insecurity for Medicaid members with serious mental illness or substance use disorders.

In response to privacy and data collection concerns surrounding HB 3330, Healthy Minds collected and answered frequently asked questions about the bill and the changes it proposes.

A strategic investment in the state’s behavioral health workforce this legislative session would add more than 500 jobs and about $96.5 million to Oklahoma’s economy over the next 14 years.

Lawmakers have a unique opportunity to grow the state’s overstretched mental health workforce this legislative session, ensuring more Oklahomans can access the mental health and substance use treatment they need, when they need it.

One of Oklahoma’s recent milestones in advancing telemedicine was the state’s 2021 telehealth payment parity law, Senate Bill 674, which required insurance companies to cover telemedicine services at the same rate as in-person visits.

The Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Board will distribute funding to counties, municipalities, and school districts to address the consequences of the opioid crisis in Oklahoma. This resource aims to help communities plan for the use of opioid settlement funds to effectively prevent and treat local problems created by the crisis.