Oklahoma § 74-9101 - Mental Wellness Division for public safety personnel

§ 74-9101. Mental Wellness Division for public safety personnel

A. The Department of Public Safety shall establish and maintain

a Mental Wellness Division to provide mental wellness services and

programs to public safety personnel and retirees thereof to promote

good mental wellness. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall

appoint the Director of the Mental Wellness Division.

B. The Director of the Mental Wellness Division shall report to

the Commissioner. All current and former employees of the Mental

Wellness Division shall maintain the privacy of all public safety

personnel served by the Division or who participate in its programs.

No privileged personal health information shall ever be shared with

the Commissioner or made public without the consent of that person.

However, aggregate mental health information may be shared with the

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Commissioner. Aggregate mental health information may be made

public by the Commissioner if, in the judgment of the Commissioner,

doing so could improve public safety mental wellness policies for

public safety personnel and the information is made public for this

sole purpose. Provided, no aggregate mental health information may

be shared or made public if doing so could reveal otherwise

privileged personal mental health information about any specific

individual. It shall be the duty of the Director of the Division to

establish the necessary policies and procedures to ensure the

privacy and confidentiality requirements of this section and of all

other applicable health privacy laws. Any breach of the privacy

provisions of this section and of any other applicable health

privacy laws must be timely and thoroughly investigated and the

appropriate disciplinary and corrective actions taken.

C. The Mental Wellness Division is authorized to enter into

partnerships with private entities to fulfill its mandate.

D. The offices, records, communications, information

technology, equipment, and any other resources of the Mental

Wellness Division shall be located and maintained separately from

that of the other divisions within the Department.

Added by Laws 2022, c. 165, § 1. Amended by Laws 2025, c. 397, § 1,

eff. Nov. 1, 2025.