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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 1227 By: Bullard
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to mental health; defining terms;
7 authorizing certain request of certain information;
8 requiring development of certain protocol; limiting
8 disclosure of certain information; construing
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9 certain disclosures; providing for codification; and
10 providing an effective date.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-111 of Title 43A, unless there
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16 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 A. As used in this section:
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18 1. "Mobile crisis team" means a group of professionals that
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19 includes a licensed mental health professional and a certified peer
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20 recovery support specialist or case manager and that is employed or
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21 contracted by the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
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22 Services or a political subdivision of this state to provide
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23 community-based crisis intervention services outside of facilities
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1 to individuals experiencing alcohol-related, drug-related, or mental
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2 health crises;
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3 2. "Request for assistance" means a call, dispatch, referral,
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4 or other notification requesting a response from a mobile crisis
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5 team to an individual experiencing a mental health, substance use,
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6 or suicidal crisis; and
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7 3. "Safety-related information" means any information
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8 documented in a law enforcement agency's computer-aided dispatch
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9 system or record management system related to an individual or
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10 address that is relevant to the physical safety of responders at a
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11 scene including, but not limited to:
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12 a. history of violent behavior, threats, or aggression,
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13 b. possession of weapons or firearms,
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14 c. prior incidents related to violent or threatening
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15 behavior or mental health crises that required law
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16 enforcement intervention,
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17 d. outstanding warrants, and
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18 e. any other relevant information that a person could
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19 reasonably assume would indicate a risk to a mobile
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20 crisis team.
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21 B. 1. When a mobile crisis team receives a request for
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22 assistance, the mobile crisis team may request any safety-related
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23 information from a municipal or county law enforcement agency before
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1 2. Municipal and county law enforcement agencies in this state
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2 shall develop a protocol to ensure timely access to and delivery of
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3 safety-related information to a mobile crisis team that pertains to
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4 the address or individual requiring a response from the mobile
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5 crisis team.
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6 C. 1. Any safety-related information disclosed pursuant to
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7 this section shall be limited to what is deemed reasonably necessary
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8 to ensure the safety of the mobile crisis team and shall remain
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9 confidential except as otherwise required by law.
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10 2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the
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11 disclosure of sealed or expunged records or the collection or
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12 retention of information not already within the possession of a law
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13 enforcement agency.
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14 D. An employee of a law enforcement agency who discloses
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15 safety-related information in accordance with protocols developed by
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16 the agency pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be
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17 immune from liability arising from such disclosure.
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18 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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