{"title":"Oklahoma bill to ‘abolish’ MH department a call to action","authors":"Valerie A. Canady","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34329","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Legislation has been introduced in Oklahoma by a state lawmaker aimed at “abolishing” the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) that reads in part, “All duties, powers, and responsibilities, including real and personal property, including books, records, and funds controlled by the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall be transferred to the State Department of Corrections.”</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 6","pages":"6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Mental Health Weekly","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mhw.34329","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Legislation has been introduced in Oklahoma by a state lawmaker aimed at “abolishing” the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) that reads in part, “All duties, powers, and responsibilities, including real and personal property, including books, records, and funds controlled by the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall be transferred to the State Department of Corrections.”