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“People with behavioral health disabilities in the Oklahoma County area are not receiving the support they need,” Kristen Clarke, the head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division ...
The state of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma City Police Department violated federal laws, unnecessarily institutionalized adults with behavioral health disabilities − or put them at serious risk − ...
Ake v. Oklahoma: Indigent criminal defendants have a right to a competency evaluation BOR, 14th 1996 Cooper v. Oklahoma: the burden for proving incompetency is only preponderance; due process would be violated if the burden is required to be carried by clear and convincing evidence.
Oklahoma consistently ranks as one of the top states for the number of individuals with mental illness and addiction,[3] but as one of the bottom states as far as behavioral health funding.[4] For example, while the national average of spending per individual for mental health treatment is $120.56, Oklahoma only spends $53.05.
The Oklahoma Department of Human Services is an agency of the government of Oklahoma.Under the supervision of the Oklahoma Secretary of Health and Human Services, Oklahoma Human Services is responsible for providing help to individuals and families in need through public assistance programs and managing services for seniors and people with disabilities.
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The Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services (DRS) is an agency of the government of Oklahoma responsible for providing people with physical, mental and visual disabilities with the opportunity to obtain employment and independent living through counseling, job training and other individualized services. DRS helps bridge barriers to ...
Dr. Allen Brenzel, medical director of Kentucky’s Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities, testified in November of last year before state legislators that medication and counseling is “the most appropriate treatment.” Such official endorsements are not winning policy debates.