OKLAHOMA CITY (Jan. 3, 2025) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond made the following remarks after the release today of a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) report alleging that the Oklahoma State Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services has unnecessarily institutionalized people with mental health disabilities. The Attorney General’s Office is representing the State of Oklahoma in the matter.
“While I strongly support reform of the mental health system, I am wary of yet another top-down approach in this 11th hour report by the Biden Administration’s Department of Justice. We will closely review the findings, but the DOJ report appears to be an attempt to bully Oklahoma into compliance with ever-changing and undefined targets. Such federal overreach has been part and parcel with this White House.”
