Our focus in 2023: improving access to care and growing Oklahoma's behavioral health workforce.
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February 1, 2023
Our focus in 2023: improving access to care and growing Oklahoma's behavioral health workforce.
May 31, 2022
For the second regular session of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature, mental health remained a unifying, bipartisan issue.
May 20, 2022
HB 4106 ensures every school in Oklahoma has a protocol for responding to students in suicidal and mental health crises.
February 8, 2022
In 2022, legislators can continue prioritizing mental health as a vital issue to the well-being of all Oklahomans.
September 23, 2021
Hosted by Rep. Jeff Boatman, R-Tulsa, this interim study on Sept. 15 explored the needs and opportunities of mental health crisis service expansion in Oklahoma.
May 28, 2021
This recap highlights the bills that will have a significant impact on mental health in Oklahoma.
April 26, 2021
As the Oklahoma Legislature reaches the final stretch of the 2021 session, Healthy Minds Policy Initiative continues to track key legislative opportunities.
March 18, 2021
As we close out the week of legislative spring break, Healthy Minds Policy Initiative continues to track key legislative opportunities.
February 25, 2021
Healthy Minds Policy Initiative continues to track a set of legislative opportunities for improving mental health and addiction in the 2021 session.
February 23, 2021
HB 1005 will reduce unsafe dirty needlesin our communities, protect first responders andconnect more Oklahomans to addiction recovery services amid an addiction crisis caused by…
February 23, 2021
Mental health issues impact a broad range of state services and activities – but these services are often siloed. This bill identifies and breaks down…
February 23, 2021
HB 1103 expands the use of the Oklahoma Prevention Needs Assessment (OPNA) to 100% of Oklahoma schools.
February 23, 2021
SB 674 expands telehealth access by ensuring that medically-appropriate telehealth visits are valued the same as similar in-person visits, with no greater patient costs or…
January 29, 2021
Get ready for the 2021 Oklahoma Legislative Session as Healthy Minds offers a series of legislative opportunities and tracks bills related to the care and…
October 1, 2020
COVID-19 presents a new host of challenges for children's mental health in Oklahoma, but several policy opportunities offer hope for 2021.
February 3, 2020
HB 2799 expands the use of the Oklahoma Prevention Needs Assessment (OPNA), an evidence-based survey on school risk factors that lead to poor education, health…
February 3, 2020
House Bill 3028 protects medical practitioners, law enforcement, tribes and registered social service entities who administer harm reduction programs for the purposes of reducing the…
February 3, 2020
Ensuring compliance with President Bush’s 2008 parity law – which requires insurers to treat illnesses of the brain the same way they treat illnesses of…
February 3, 2020
Oklahomans and their legislators need a full picture of siloed spending and strategies if we hope for top-tier mental health outcomes. SB 1350 provides this…