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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 11, 2025
SENATE BILL NO. 146 By: Murdock of the Senate
and
Newton of the House
An Act relating to the Department of Public Safety;
amending Sections 1 and 2, Chapter 165, O.S.L. 2022
(74 O.S. Supp. 2024, Sections 9101 and 9102), which
relate to the Mental Wellness Division; expanding
scope of eligibility; updating statutory reference;
updating statutory language; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 165, O.S.L.
2022 (74 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 9101), is amended to read as
follows:
Section 9101. A. The Department of Public Safety shall
establish and maintain a Mental Wellness Division to provide mental
wellness services and programs to public safety personnel and
retirees thereof to promote good mental wellness. The Commissioner
of Public Safety shall appoint the Director of the Mental Wellness
Division.
B. The Director of the Mental Wellness D ivision shall report to
the Commissioner. All current and former employees of the Mental
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Wellness Division shall maintain the privacy of all public safety
personnel served by the Division or who participate in its programs.
No privileged personal health information shall ever be shared with
the Commissioner or made public without the consent of that person.
However, aggregate mental health information may be shared with the
Commissioner. Aggregate mental health information may be made
public by the Commissioner if, in the judgment of the Commissioner,
doing so could improve public safety mental wellness policies for
public safety personnel and the information is made public for this
sole purpose. Provided, no aggregate mental health information may
be shared or made public if doing so could reveal otherwise
privileged personal mental health information about any specific
individual. It shall be the duty of the Director of the Division to
establish the necessary policies and procedures to ensure the
privacy and confidentiality requirements of this section and of all
other applicable health privacy laws. Any breach of the privacy
provisions of this section and of any other applicable health
privacy laws must be timely and thoroughly investigated and the
appropriate disciplinary and corrective actions taken.
C. The Mental Wellness Division is authorized to enter into
partnerships with private entities to fulfill its mandate.
D. The offices, records, communications, information
technology, equipment, and a ny other resources of the Mental
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Wellness Division shall be located and maintained separately from
that of the other divisions within the Department.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY Section 2, Chapter 165, O.S.L.
2022 (74 O.S. Supp. 2024, S ection 9102), is amended to read as
follows:
Section 9102. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a
revolving fund for the Department of Public Safety on behalf of the
Mental Wellness Division of the Department of Public Safety to be
designated the “Mental Wellness Division Revolving Fund ”. The fund
shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations,
and shall consist of those monies appropriated to the fund by law or
deposited in the fund as provided pursuant to the provisions of
Section 3 of this act 9103 of this title. All monies accruing to
the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted
and expended by the Mental Wellness Division for the p urpose of
providing mental wellness services and programs to public sa fety
personnel and retirees thereof . Expenditures from the fund shall be
made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims
filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of
Management and Enterprise Services for approval and paym ent.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
February 11, 2025 - DO PASS