Lawmakers are probing reports of financial disarray at the agency as well as why some provider contracts were abruptly cut or ...

Five hearings in, the Oklahoma department of mental health is still unable to identify the exact needs of its ever-shifting ...

The clock is ticking down on the final days for state lawmakers to settle on next year's fiscal budget, outlining where every ...

Commissioner Allie Friesen asked lawmakers for $23 million to pay the mental health department's employees through the fiscal year.

Legislative leaders expressed rising frustration last week over the inability of Mental Health Commissioner Allie Friesen and ...

On Monday, instead of giving answers about their finances, the Oklahoma State Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse ...

House lawmakers questioned the qualifications of the mental health department’s chief financial officer after he was unable to provide basic information about the agency’s budget shortfall and ...

Lawmakers grew increasingly frustrated as the chief financial officer of Oklahoma’s mental health agency repeatedly failed to ...

House lawmakers questioned the qualifications of the mental health department’s chief financial officer after he was unable ...

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond renewed his call for Governor Stitt to remove Allie Friesen, Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse.

answers questions Thursday at the state Capitol in Oklahoma City during a special committee to examine the department's operations and budget. Friesen described inheriting a "chaotic" agency after ...

Lawmakers on a select committee are set to meet with the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Commissioner on Monday morning.This ...