Oklahoma 2022 2022 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB848 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/21/2021

                     
 
 
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021) 
 
SENATE BILL 848 	By: David 
 
 
 
 
 
AS INTRODUCED 
 
An Act relating to crisis intervention for law 
enforcement, firefighters, emergency med ical and 
correctional officers; requiring the availability of 
funds; directing the Department of Mental Health and 
Substance Abuse Services to contract for certain 
training and support; requiring certain training; 
providing for inclusions; providing for codification; 
and providing an effective date . 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3-328 of Title 43A, unless there 
is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows: 
A.  Subject to the availability of funds, the Department of 
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services is hereby directed to 
contract with public and private entities located in the State of 
Oklahoma for the purpose of providing peer support crisis 
intervention, counseling and wellness for the law enforcement, 
firefighter, emergency medical and corrections commu nities impacted 
by trauma, cumulative stress, anxiety, a ddictions, death and su icide 
and the impact on their personal lives.   
 
 
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B.  Qualified crisis intervention training entities shall 
provide peer support teams trained in crisi s intervention and 
wellness strategies. 
C.  Qualified crisis intervention training entities, as provided 
for in this section, shall be required to be d erived from the 
International Critical Inc ident Stress Foundation (ICISF) and shall 
employ the Critical Incident Stress M anagement (CISM) crisis 
intervention process .  All instructors that teach the Critical 
Incident Stress Management process shall be ICISF approved 
instructors. 
D.  Wellness strategies, required pursuant to this section , 
shall include, but not be limited to, resilience tra inings related 
to resiliency for the job, emotional survi val, substance abuse 
prevention, suicide prevention, financial a nd relationship 
strategies.  Wellness training shall be taught using subject matter 
experts’ curriculum. 
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2021. 
 
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