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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 146 By: Murdock
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the Department of Public Safety;
7 amending Sections 1 and 2, Chapter 165, O.S.L. 2022
8 (74 O.S. Supp. 2024, Sections 9101 and 9102), which
8 relate to the Mental Wellness Division; expanding
9 scope of eligibility; updating statutory reference;
9 updating statutory language; and providing an
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 165, O.S.L.
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14 2022 (74 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 9101), is amended to read as
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16 Section 9101. A. The Department of Public Safety shall
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17 establish and maintain a Mental Wellness Division to provide mental
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18 wellness services and programs to public safety personnel and
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19 retirees thereof to promote good mental wellness. The Commissioner
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20 of Public Safety shall appoint the Director of the Mental Wellness
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21 Division.
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22 B. The Director of the Mental Wellness Division shall report to
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23 the Commissioner. All current and former employees of the Mental
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24 Wellness Division shall maintain the privacy of all public safety
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1 personnel served by the Division or who participate in its programs.
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2 No privileged personal health information shall ever be shared with
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3 the Commissioner or made public without the consent of that person.
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4 However, aggregate mental health information may be shared with the
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5 Commissioner. Aggregate mental health information may be made
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6 public by the Commissioner if, in the judgment of the Commissioner,
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7 doing so could improve public safety mental wellness policies for
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8 public safety personnel and the information is made public for this
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9 sole purpose. Provided, no aggregate mental health information may
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10 be shared or made public if doing so could reveal otherwise
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11 privileged personal mental health information about any specific
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12 individual. It shall be the duty of the Director of the Division to
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13 establish the necessary policies and procedures to ensure the
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14 privacy and confidentiality requirements of this section and of all
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15 other applicable health privacy laws. Any breach of the privacy
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16 provisions of this section and of any other applicable health
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17 privacy laws must be timely and thoroughly investigated and the
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18 appropriate disciplinary and corrective actions taken.
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19 C. The Mental Wellness Division is authorized to enter into
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20 partnerships with private entities to fulfill its mandate.
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21 D. The offices, records, communications, information
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22 technology, equipment, and any other resources of the Mental
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23 Wellness Division shall be located and maintained separately from
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1 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY Section 2, Chapter 165, O.S.L.
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2 2022 (74 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 9102), is amended to read as
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4 Section 9102. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a
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5 revolving fund for the Department of Public Safety on behalf of the
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6 Mental Wellness Division of the Department of Public Safety to be
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7 designated the "Mental Wellness Division Revolving Fund". The fund
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8 shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations,
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9 and shall consist of those monies appropriated to the fund by law or
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10 deposited in the fund as provided pursuant to the provisions of
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11 Section 3 of this act 9103 of this title. All monies accruing to
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12 the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted
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13 and expended by the Mental Wellness Division for the purpose of
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14 providing mental wellness services and programs to public safety
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15 personnel and retirees thereof. Expenditures from the fund shall be
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16 made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims
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17 filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of
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18 Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
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19 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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