Oklahoma mental health commissioner fires attorney general as board rejects competency decree
Commissioner Allie Friesen argued the five-year decree would end competency treatment in 75 of 77 counties. Two of the three Contingency Review Board members, Gov. Kevin Stitt and House Speaker Charles McCall, voted to disapprove it, and Senate President Greg Treat abstained.
Attorney General Gentner Drummond, who negotiated the decree, said his client is the State of Oklahoma rather than the agency. The dispute left the future of the settlement in doubt until a revised version was reached in November.
The episode shows how state officials split over fixing the jail-based waitlist.
Source: Oklahoma Mental Health Commissioner removes Attorney General from lawsuit — FOX 25 (KOKH), Oklahoma City, by Colleen Wilson
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