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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 22, 2023
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 844 By: Thompson (Roger),
Pemberton, and Rader of the
Senate
and
Miller of the House
[ mental health - fund - duties - funds - proposals -
rules - renumber - codification - effective date -
emergency ]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 57 O.S. 2021, Section 631, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 631. A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury
a revolving fund for the Department of Mental Health and Sub stance
Abuse Services to be designated the “County Community Safety
Investment Fund”. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject
to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received
pursuant to Section 633 of Title 57 of the Ok lahoma Statutes
appropriated to the fund under Section 633 of this title.
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B. All monies appropriated and accruing to the credit of the
fund shall be budgeted and expended by the Office of Management and
Enterprise Services Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services for the sole purpose of providi ng funds to counties to
provide community rehabilitative programming, including but not
limited to mental heal th and substance abuse services. Funds shall
be disbursed in proportion to county population, as reported in the
most recent census for development and implementation of the
programs listed in Section 4 of this act.
C. Expenditures from the fund shall be mad e upon warrants
issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribe d by
law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
Services for approval and payment.
D. The Director of the Office of M anagement and Enterprise
Services shall promulgate rules necessary to implement the
provisions of this act .
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 57 O.S. 2021, Section 632, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 632. No later than July 31 of the year following the
effective date of this act, and no later than July 31 every year
thereafter each year, the Office of Management and Ent erprise
Services Legislative Office of Fiscal Transpa rency shall calculate
the annual savings and averted costs from the prior fiscal year that
accrued to the state from the due to the reduction of the number and
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length of incarcerations attributed to the implementation of the
Oklahoma Smart Justice Reform Act. In making the calculation
required by this section, the Office of Management and Enterprise
Services Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency shall use actual
data or best available estimates wh ere actual data is not available.
The calculation shall be final and shall not be adjusted for any
subsequent changes in the underlying data.
SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 57 O.S. 2021, Section 633, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 633. An amount equal to the savings calculated by the
Office of Management and Enterprise Services Legislative Office of
Fiscal Transparency pursuant to Section 632 of Title 57 Section 632
of this title shall, subject to appropriation by the Legisl ature, be
paid to the County Community Safety Investment Fund created in
Section 631 of this title.
This section is intended to comply with, and i s subject to,
Article V, Section 55, Article VI, Section 12, Article X, Section
23, and the other applicable provisions of the Oklahoma
Constitution.
SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2-312.4 of Title 43A, unless
there is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
A. Subject to availability of funds under Section 631 of Title
57 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the Department of Mental Health and
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Substance Abuse Services shall annually issue a request for
proposals by which county governments or multi-county partnerships
may apply for funds for the development and implementation of
evidence-based:
1. Mental health and substance abuse treatment programs or
other health care programs;
2. Pretrial diversion programs;
3. Employment programs;
4. Education programs; or
5. Housing programs.
B. The request for proposals shall include, but not be limited
to, the proposed services , number of individuals to be served by the
proposed services or programs, and the manner in which the services
or programs will partner with or be supported by local Department-
contracted or -certified entities.
C. For a proposal to be considered, the applying county
government or multi-county partnership must submit all necessary
documents to meet the requirements outlined in the request for
proposals.
D. The number of awards and funding amounts of each award shall
be at the discretion of the Department and shall be based on total
available funds, total county population, and the criteria in
subsection B of this section.
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E. The Department shall submit an annual report to the
President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives that includes the amount awarded to each county
government or multi-county partnership and a summary of services
provided by each county government or multi-county partnership.
F. The Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
shall promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this act
including, but not limited to, rules that set qualifications for
programs eligible to receive funds under this section.
SECTION 5. RECODIFICATION 57 O.S. 2021, Section 631, as
amended by Section 1 of this act, shall be recodified as Section 2-
312.1 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
a duplication in numbering.
SECTION 6. RECODIFICATION 57 O.S. 2021, Section 632, as
amended by Section 2 of this act, shall be recodified as Section 2-
312.2 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
a duplication in numbering.
SECTION 7. RECODIFICATION 57 O.S. 2021, Section 633, as
amended by Section 3 of this act, shall be recodified as Section 2-
312.3 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is created
a duplication in numbering.
SECTION 8. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023.
SECTION 9. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
February 22, 2023 - DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS