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§ 1-2733. Behavioral Health Workforce Development Fund

Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 63. Public Health and SafetyEffective: November 1, 2023

Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
Title 63. Public Health and Safety (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 1. Public Health Code
Article 27-C. Mental Health Loan Repayment Act
Effective: November 1, 2023
63 Okl.St.Ann. § 1-2733
§ 1-2733. Behavioral Health Workforce Development Fund
1There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the State Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse to be designated the “Behavioral Health Workforce Development Fund”. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies deposited to the credit of the fund by law. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the State Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for the purpose of repaying mental health and substance treatment provider student loans, increasing the number of psychiatric residencies, expanding licensure cohorts to increase the number of clinicians at master's level and above, and developing training, recruitment and supervision capacity. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
B. The State Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall make every attempt to work with health care loan repayment programs operated by other states, tribal, and federal agencies, including applying for matching federal grants, with the goal of maximizing and coordinating resources to fill gaps in loan repayment availability for critically-needed mental health professions.
C. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall promulgate rules to effectuate the provisions of this section.

Credits

Laws 2019, c. 269, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2019; Laws 2023, c. 142, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.

Footnotes

This paragraph was undesignated in Laws 2023, c. 142, § 1. Should be subsection A.
63 Okl. St. Ann. § 1-2733, OK ST T. 63 § 1-2733
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 295 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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