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Read. Follow. Verify.Oklahoma House Bill 1740 Requires Individualized Service Plans for Individuals Adjudicated Not Guilty by Reason of Mental Illness
Last action · February 4, 2025: Second Reading referred to Rules
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What This Bill Proposed
Individualized service plans; legislative intent; prepared and maintained written individualized service plan; timing requirements; standards; disputed evidence; implementation; disposition; approval; tailoring; language governs; modification; standardization; review hearings; Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; report; effective date.
Establishes mandatory court oversight and structured treatment timelines for individuals under state psychiatric supervision following a not guilty by reason of mental illness adjudication.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Individuals adjudicated not guilty by reason of mental illness
Individuals must participate in the creation of a written service plan, undergo regular risk assessments, and attend mandatory periodic court review hearings regarding their treatment and placement.
Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
ODMHSAS is required to prepare and maintain written service plans, provide comprehensive evaluations, submit reports 10 days before review hearings, and ensure existing patients have compliant service plans within one year.
Courts
Courts must review, approve, and incorporate service plans into disposition orders and conduct mandatory quarterly and semi-annual review hearings.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Rules
- Feb 3, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative Moore
- Feb 3, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst Reading
Version history
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Mandatory Structured Mental Health Oversight
HB 1740 creates a formalized statutory mechanism requiring individualized written plans and mandatory annual, quarterly, and semi-annual court oversight for all NGRI commitments.
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Sources
www.oklegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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