Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma HB4200: Homelessness; partnership; purpose; directing Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to oversee; funding; rules; creating the Forensic Assertive Community Treatment Program Revolving Fund; effective date; emergency.
Status: In committee, March 5, 2026
What the bill says
An Act relating to homelessness; developing a partnership; providing the purpose; directing the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to oversee partnership; regulating funding; providing for promulgation of rules; creating the Forensic Assertive Community Treatment Program Revolving Fund; providing for codification; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
From the engrossed text, March 9, 2026:
An Act relating to homelessness; developing a partnership; providing the purpose; directing the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to oversee partnership; regulating funding; providing for promulgation of rules; creating the Forensic Assertive Community Treatment Program Revolving Fund; providing for codification; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 453 of Title 43A, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: A. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall develop a public-private partnership called the "Forensic Assertive Community Treatment Program". The purpose of the program HB4200 HFLR Page BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments. is t o provide an investment in the development and implementation of forensic assertive community treatment teams across the state with the goal of preventing and addressing homelessness and decreasing recidivism for those with serious mental illness who are criminal justice involved. B. The Forensic Assertive Community Treatment Program shall address, but not be limited to, the following: 1. Creation of a Tulsa County, an Oklahoma County, and a rural forensic assertive community treatment team with the creation of additional teams to be determined by community need if sufficient funding …