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30		-	ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO . 146 By: Murdock of the Senate
	29	+	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
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	31	+	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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	33	+	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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	35	+	ENGROSSED SENATE
	36	+	BILL NO. 146 By: Murdock of the Senate
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34		-	Newton of the House
	40	+	Newton and Adams of the
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	45	+	[ Department of Public Safety - Mental Wellness
	46	+	Division - scope of eligibility - effective date ]
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	51	+	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
	52	+	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 165, O.S.L.
	53	+	2022 (74 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 9101), is amended to read as
	54	+	follows:
	55	+	Section 9101. A. The Department of Public Safety shall
	56	+	establish and maintain a Mental Wellness Division to provide mental
	57	+	wellness services and programs to public safety personnel and
	58	+	retirees thereof to promote good mental wellness. The Commissioner
	59	+	of Public Safety shall appoint the Director of the Mental Wellness
	60	+	Division.
	61	+	B. The Director of the Mental Wellness Division shall report to
	62	+	the Commissioner. All current and former employees of the Mental
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42		-	An Act relating to the Department of Public Safety;
43		-	amending Sections 1 and 2, Chapter 165, O.S.L. 2022
44		-	(74 O.S. Supp. 2024, Secti ons 9101 and 9102), which
45		-	relate to the Mental Wellness Division; expanding
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47		-	updating statutory language; and providing an
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54		-	AUTHOR: Add the following House Coauthor: Adams
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60		-	"[ Department of Public Safety - Mental Wellness
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91		-	Passed the House of Represen tatives the 29th day of April, 2025.
	90	+	Wellness Division shall maintain the privacy of all public safety
	91	+	personnel served by the Division or who participate in its programs.
	92	+	No privileged personal health information shall ever be shared with
	93	+	the Commissioner or made public without the consent of that person.
	94	+	However, aggregate mental healt h information may be shared with the
	95	+	Commissioner. Aggregate mental health information may be made
	96	+	public by the Commissioner if, in the judgment of the Commissioner,
	97	+	doing so could improve public safety mental wellness policies for
	98	+	public safety personne l and the information is made public for this
	99	+	sole purpose. Provided, no aggregate mental health information may
	100	+	be shared or made public if doing so could reveal otherwise
	101	+	privileged personal mental health information about any specific
	102	+	individual. It shall be the duty of the Director of the Division to
	103	+	establish the necessary policies and procedures to ensure the
	104	+	privacy and confidentiality requirements of this section and of all
	105	+	other applicable health privacy laws. Any breach of the privacy
	106	+	provisions of this section and of any other applicable health
	107	+	privacy laws must be timely and thoroughly investigated and the
	108	+	appropriate disciplinary and corrective actions taken.
	109	+	C. The Mental Wellness Division is authorized to enter into
	110	+	partnerships with priva te entities to fulfill its mandate.
	111	+	D. The offices, records, communications, information
	112	+	technology, equipment, and any other resources of the Mental
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136		-	BILL NO. 146 By: Murdock of the Senate
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145		-	An Act relating to the Department of Public Safety;
146		-	amending Sections 1 and 2, Chapter 165, O.S.L. 2022
147		-	(74 O.S. Supp. 2024, Sections 9101 and 9102), which
148		-	relate to the Mental Wellness Division; expanding
149		-	scope of eligibility; updating statutory reference;
150		-	updating statutory language; and providing an
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155		-	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
156		-	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 165, O.S.L.
157		-	2022 (74 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 9101), is amended to read as
158		-	follows:
159		-	Section 9101. A. The Department of Public Safety shall
160		-	establish and maintain a Mental Wellness Division to provide mental
161		-	wellness services and pr ograms to public safety personnel and
162		-	retirees thereof to promote good mental wellness. The Commissioner
163		-	of Public Safety shall appoint the Director of the Mental Wellness
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165		-	B. The Director of the Mental Wellness Division shall report to
166		-	the Commissioner. All current and former employees of the Mental
167		-	Wellness Division shall maintain the privacy of all public safety
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195		-	No privileged personal health information shall ever be shared with
196		-	the Commissioner or made public without the consent of that pe rson.
197		-	However, aggregate mental health information may be shared with the
198		-	Commissioner. Aggregate mental health information may be made
199		-	public by the Commissioner if, in the judgment of the Commissioner,
200		-	doing so could improve public safety mental wellne ss policies for
201		-	public safety personnel and the information is made public for this
202		-	sole purpose. Provided, no aggregate mental health information may
203		-	be shared or made public if doing so could reveal otherwise
204		-	privileged personal mental health informatio n about any specific
205		-	individual. It shall be the duty of the Director of the Division to
206		-	establish the necessary policies and procedures to ensure the
207		-	privacy and confidentiality requirem ents of this section and of all
208		-	other applicable health privacy laws . Any breach of the privacy
209		-	provisions of this section and of any other applicable health
210		-	privacy laws must be timely and thoroughly investigated and the
211		-	appropriate disciplinary and corr ective actions taken.
212		-	C. The Mental Wellness Division is authorized to enter into
213		-	partnerships with private entities to fulfill its mandate.
214		-	D. The offices, records, communications, information
215		-	technology, equipment, and any other resources of the Mental
216	140		Wellness Division shall be located and maintained separately from
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247	145		Section 9102. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a
248	146		revolving fund for the Departm ent of Public Safety on behalf of the
249	147		Mental Wellness Division of the Department of Public Safety to be
250	148		designated the “Mental Wellness Division Revolving Fund ”. The fund
251	149		shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations,
252	150		and shall consist of those monies appropriated to the fund by law or
253	151		deposited in the fund as provided pursuant to the provisions of
254	152		Section 3 of this act 9103 of this title. All monies accruing to
255	153		the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted
256	154		and expended by the Mental Wellness Division for the purpose of
257	155		providing mental wellness services and programs to public safety
258	156		personnel and retirees thereof . Expenditures from the fund shall be
259	157		made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims
260	158		filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of
261	159		Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
262	160		SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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	162	+	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND B UDGET, dated
	163	+	04/17/2025 - DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored.