Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma SB1369: 988 Mental Health Lifeline; defining terms; suicide prevention and crisis service activities; standards; rules; creating the 988 Lifeline Revolving Fund; declaring funds appropriated. Effective date.
Status: Passed both chambers, April 29, 2026
What the bill says
An Act relating to mental health; creating the 9-8-8 Lifeline Revolving Fund; specifying type of fund and source of monies; stating purpose of fund; providing for expenditure of monies; providing for codification; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency. AUTHORS: Add the following House Coauthors: Pogemiller and Hefner AMENDMENT NO. 1. Strike the title, enacting clause, and entire bill and insert: "An Act relating to 988 Mental Health Lifeline; defining terms…
From the engrossed text, April 29, 2026:
An Act relating to mental health; creating the 9-8-8 Lifeline Revolving Fund; specifying type of fund and source of monies; stating purpose of fund; providing for expenditure of monies; providing for codification; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency. AUTHORS: Add the following House Coauthors: Pogemiller and Hefner AMENDMENT NO. 1. Strike the title, enacting clause, and entire bill and insert: "An Act relating to 988 Mental Health Lifeline; defining terms; designating the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to oversee the suicide prevention and crisis service activities; providing for performance and clinical standards; providing for promulgation of rules; creating the Lifeline Revolving Fund; establishing revolving fund characteristics; declaring the funds appropriated; providing for codification; and providing an effective date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: ENGR. H. A. to ENGR. S. B. NO. 1369 Page SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 12-200 of Title 43A, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: As used in this section: 1. "911" means any telephone system whereby telephone subscribers may utilize a three-digit number (9-1-1) for reporting an emergency to the appropriate public agency providing law enforcement, fire, medical or other emergency services, including ancillary communications systems and …