The agency obscured the costs of its operations to pay private providers for care to non-Medicaid eligible clients, the LOFT ...

A report reveals budget mismanagement at the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health, leading to legislative scrutiny and a ...

Citing "evolving scientific research," Gov. Kevin Stitt is ending Oklahoma's endorsement of fluoride in drinking water.

The Oklahoma State Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services is seeking at least $23 million to pay its staff through the rest of the fiscal year, though agency officials told ...

The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma announced on Thursday they have received a U.S. Health and Human Services grant totaling close ...

The first deadline was Sunday, June 8, for the mental health agency to take some steps to fix the state’s competency system as part of a landmark legal settlement.The first deadline required the ...

The Oklahoma State Department of Health is working to revise the state’s COVID-19 alert system, which some state health officials have said is not “helpful” for areas at high risk due to the ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — More than 150 current and former employees of the Oklahoma State Department of Health are suing the department for unnecessarily terminating or furloughing them in 2017 and 2018. The ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — A lawsuit has been filed against the state health department after roughly 200 employees were terminated or forced to retire early in 2017 and 2018. The lawsuit, filed on behalf ...