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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 24, 2021
SENATE BILL NO. 848 By: David of the Senate
and
Wallace of the House
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
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by trauma, cumulative stress, anxiety, a ddictions, death and su icide
and the impact on their personal lives.
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.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
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