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The new bureau was placed under the direct command of the Governor of Oklahoma. In the late 1960s, narcotics operations and drug-related crimes accelerated. Despite a merger into the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) in 1968, only one full-time narcotics agent was employed by the state. Recognizing this problem, the Legislature ...
The Office of State Finance was created in 1947 by Governor of Oklahoma Robert S. Kerr to replace the State Budget Office. In April 2010, Governor Brad Henry appointed the Oklahoma's first chief information officer following legislation passed in the last session of 2009 modernizing Oklahoma's state government information technology system.
The state agencies make up the machinery of government for the state. All agencies are within one of the three branches of the government of Oklahoma . Pursuant to the provisions of the Executive Branch Reform Act of 1986 , all executive branch agencies are organized under a Cabinet Secretary .
But in May, the state pushed back: Oklahoma appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the decision. In June, 32 state attorneys general and five pharmacist trade groups joined the lawsuit.
The department is led by the Secretary of Health and the Commissioner of Health. Oklahoma law requires the Commissioner of Health to have professional expertise as any of the following: 1) an actively licensed physician (MD/DO), 2) a doctoral-level degree holder in public health or public health administration, 3) a masters' degree holder with a minimum of five years experience in ...
A proposed 13-bedroom, 32-person "sober home" in a former County Street funeral parlor needs city approval, according to Zoning Board.
Scott Raffa needed to fill his rehab centers with patients. Prosecutors allege that he paid 'body brokers' to find patients whose insurance would cover the stay.
But there’s a human cost to maintaining a status quo in which perpetual relapse is considered a natural part of a heroin addict’s journey to recovery. Relapse for a heroin addict is no mere setback. It can be deadly. A sober addict leaves a treatment program with the physical cravings still strong but his tolerance gone.