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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 217 By: Mann
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the Council on Law Enforcement
7 Education and Training; establishing the Mental
8 Health Response Pilot Program; providing purpose;
8 stating certain criteria; requiring promulgation of
9 rules; establishing the Mental Health Response Pilot
9 Program Revolving Fund; authorizing certain
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10 Education and Training; providing for codification;
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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16 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3311.19 of Title 70, unless
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17 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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18 A. The Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training
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19 (CLEET) shall establish and develop a five-year pilot program called
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20 the Mental Health Response Pilot Program. The purpose of the pilot
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21 program is to provide licensed mental health professionals
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22 throughout this state with CLEET certification to aid law
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23 enforcement response to individuals with mental health crises.
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1 B. Licensed mental health professionals who receive CLEET
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2 certification shall be added to law enforcement agencies determined
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3 by CLEET in the following manner:
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4 1. Fifteen such professionals to two agencies that serve a
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5 population greater than three hundred thousand (300,000);
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6 2. Six such professionals to two agencies that serve a
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7 population greater than twenty-five thousand (25,000) but less than
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8 three hundred thousand (300,000); and
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9 3. One such professional to two county sheriffs' offices that
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10 do not have a professional pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of this
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11 subsection.
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12 C. The Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training shall
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13 promulgate rules to administer the provisions of this section.
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14 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3311.20 of Title 70, unless
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16 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund
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18 for the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET) to
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19 be designated the "Mental Health Response Pilot Program Revolving
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20 Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal
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21 year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the
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23 appropriations, donations, grants, or other sources of funding
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24 provided for the purpose of providing licensed mental health
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1 professionals with CLEET certification to aid law enforcement
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2 response to individuals with mental health crises. All monies
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3 accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may
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4 be budgeted and expended by the Council on Law Enforcement Education
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5 and Training for the purpose provided for in this Section 1 of this
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6 act. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued
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7 by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law
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8 with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
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9 Services for approval and payment.
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10 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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