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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	1st Session of the 59th Legislatu re (2023)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 1997 By: Goodwin
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to a pilot program establishing a
41	41	facility for treating individuals experiencing mental
42	42	health symptoms; creating a pilot program implemente d
43	43	by the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and
44	44	Substance Abuse Services; providing the purpose of
45	45	the pilot program; making appropriations to the
46	46	Department; providing amount; identifying source;
47	47	providing for codification ; providing an effective
48	48	date; and declaring an emergency .
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54	54	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PE OPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOM A:
55	55	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
56	56	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2-170 of Title 43A, unless there
57	57	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
58	58	A. The Oklahoma Department o f Mental Health and Substance Abuse
59	59	Services shall design and implement a pilot program to provide
60	60	greater access to an underserved, lower-income community with the
61	61	funds appropriated speci fically for a county in Oklahoma with a
62	62	population at no more than seven hundred thousand (700,000) people
63	63	and also shall conduct a surve y to determine the need between mental
64	64	health patients and the availability of me ntal health beds to better
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91	91	align resources and ensure mental health services are efficiently
92	92	provided to improve the mental heal th of the population mo st in
93	93	need.
94	94	B. The purpose of the program is to provide a facility that is
95	95	available twenty-four (24) hours a day and seven (7) days a week to
96	96	provide treatment for those individuals exp eriencing symptoms of
97	97	mental illness. The pilot program's purpose is to provid e
98	98	assessments, psychiatric evaluations, therapy medication m onitoring,
99	99	individual and group counseling, and case management. The goal for
100	100	the pilot program is to provide immediate support for individuals
101	101	with symptoms of mental health illness and to avoid psychiatric
102	102	hospitalization. The pilot program shall include a support team,
103	103	including, but not limited to, a psychiatric nurse practitioner,
104	104	registered nurse, licensed therapist, substan ce abuse counselor, and
105	105	a case manager. The pilot program shall be in partnership with a
106	106	psychiatrist to provide supervision. The facility the program
107	107	establishes for its us e is to be furnished as a therapeut ic living
108	108	room environment, and shall accept Medicaid insurance and provide
109	109	walk-in services. The pilot program will provide wraparound
110	110	services including, but not limited to, substance abuse counseling,
111	111	twenty-five (25) beds on-site, and transportation a s appropriate and
112	112	needed. The facility will be designed structurally to provide
113	113	separate, dual, and safe accommodations, for both adolescent and
114	114	adult populations. There shall be soundproofing for more private
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141	141	conversations, flexible walls, and portable beds may be utilized.
142	142	Individuals experiencing symptoms of mental health illness shall be
143	143	provided with care including, but not limited to, an assess ment with
144	144	a psychiatric nurse practitioner under psychiatric supervisio n and a
145	145	plan for recovery. The pilot program will offer e ducation related
146	146	to brain function, a healthy diet, effects of light, exercise,
147	147	vitamins, nutrition, mediation, yoga, and positive thinking. The
148	148	pilot program will establish partnerships with famil y, faith-based
149	149	organizations, and schools to foster education , outreach, advocacy
150	150	and the de-stigmatization of emotional and mental disorders in the
151	151	larger community.
152	152	1. The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
153	153	Services shall be author ized to construct, lease, renovate, or
154	154	repurpose such real property and acquire personal property as may be
155	155	necessary to create, implement, and operate a program to reduce the
156	156	number of individuals who are experiencing exacerbated symptoms of
157	157	mental illness and to provide support and treatment; or
158	158	2. The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
159	159	may enter into contract with any lawfully recognized business entity
160	160	for the construction, lease, renovation, or repurpose of required
161	161	facilities and for the acquisition of personal property as may be
162	162	necessary to create, implement, and operate a pro gram to reduce the
163	163	number of individuals who are experiencing exacerbated symptoms of
164	164	mental illness and to provide support and treatment .
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191	191	SECTION 2. There is hereby appropriated to the Oklahoma
192	192	Department of Mental H ealth and Substance Abuse Services from any
193	193	monies not otherwise appropriated from the General Revenue Fund of
194	194	the State Treasury for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, the sum
195	195	of Twenty-five Million Dollars ($25,000,000.00) or so much thereof
196	196	as may be necessary to perform the duties imposed upon the Oklahoma
197	197	Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services by law.
198	198	SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023.
199	199	SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
200	200	of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
201	201	declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
202	202	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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