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Read. Follow. Verify.Oklahoma establishes 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline system, trust fund, and telecommunication fee
Last action · February 4, 2025: Referred to Public Health
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What This Bill Proposed
Oklahoma establishes the statewide 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline System under the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, funded by a new monthly telecommunication subscriber fee and a dedicated trust fund effective November 1, 2025.
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Commercial landline, mobile, VoIP, and prepaid wireless subscribers
Subscribers are assessed a monthly statewide 988 telecommunications fee to support and sustain the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline centers.
Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
The department is assigned primary oversight over suicide prevention and crisis service activities, center coordination, and administration of the 988 Trust Fund.
Designated 988 Lifeline Crisis Centers
Centers are required to maintain active agreements with the 988 administrator, meet operational and clinical standards, deploy mobile crisis teams, and report data to the state.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Public Health
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Health and Human Services Oversight
- Feb 3, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative Alonso-Sandoval
- Feb 3, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst Reading
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Dedicated Telecommunication Surcharge for Crisis Services
The legislation mirrors 911 funding models by tying ongoing behavioral health crisis line operations directly to consumer telecommunication surcharges indexed to inflation.
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Sources
www.oklegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 85)
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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