Mental health and substance abuse services; expanding types of services that qualify for certain funds; establishing certain minimum allocation. Effective date. Emergency.
SB 251 expands eligibility for Oklahoma county mental health and substance abuse funding to include employment, education, and housing programs alongside existing treatment services. It requires the state to allocate at least 0.5% of total funds to each county government or multi-county partnership applying for grants. The bill also mandates annual reports to legislative leaders detailing funding distribution and services provided. These changes aim to broaden community-based support options while ensuring minimum funding for all participating counties.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Signed May 15, 2025
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This bill version transitioned from the House to the Senate floor, updating the header information and committee report details. The substantive policy content regarding mental health funding allocations, eligible service types, and reporting requirements remains identical between versions, with only formatting and procedural metadata changed.
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Header changed from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' with updated date to February 10, 2025
Committee report attribution changed from 'COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND BUDGET' to 'COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES'
Page headers and footers updated to reflect Senate Floor Version instead of House Floor Version
Floor votes · Senate Mar 17, 2025 · House May 7, 2025
How they voted
47–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 49
Mar 17, 2025
D
Democratic9
100% Yea
R
Republican40
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
6
Committee
6
May 7, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
upper
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 6
lower
Apr 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Committee
Referred to Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Mar 17, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Mar 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Health and Human Services committee; CR filed
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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