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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
3 HOUSE BILL 1343 By: Humphrey
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6 AS INTRODUCED
7 An Act relating to the Department of Mental Health
and Substance Abuse Services; abolishing the
8 Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services; transferring all duties, powers, and
9 responsibilities to the State Department of
Corrections; transferring all real and personal
10 property; providing for codification; providing an
effective date; and declaring an emergency.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2-100 of Title 43A, unless there
16 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
17 A. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
18 is hereby abolished.
19 B. All duties, powers, and responsibilities, including real and
20 personal property, including books, records, and funds controlled by
21 the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall
22 be transferred to the State Department of Corrections.
23 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
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1 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
2 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
3 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
4 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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