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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
HOUSE BILL 1343 By: Humphrey
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to the Department of Mental Health
and Substance Abuse Services; abolishing the
Department of Mental Health and Substan ce Abuse
Services; transferring all duties, powers, and
responsibilities to the State Department of
Corrections; transferring all real and personal
property; providing for codification; providing an
effective date; and declaring an emergency .
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 2 -100 of Title 43A, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
is hereby abolished.
B. All duties, powers, and responsibilities, including real and
personal property, including books, records, and funds controlled by
the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall
be transferred to the State Department of Corrections.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
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SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
60-1-10225 TJ 01/08/25