Rep. Justin Humphrey, R-Lane, today issued the following statements toward the governor and the Oklahoma Legislature asking them to stop the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services from carrying out what he calls 'a tragic plan.'
'The director of the Department of Mental Health's latest plan to dismantle the agency by privatizing regions is outrageous and ludicrous. The department’s audit revealed a $43 million deficiency. In a multimillion-dollar agency, tracking a loss of $100 dollars might be difficult, but tracking a loss of $43 million dollars should be simple. Yet no one has been arrested for stealing state funds.
'It should be abundantly evident that the agency’s dilemma is not found in the regional offices or in the communities. The conundrum is not complicated. The agency is swamped with rogue and unmanageable administrators. To put it simpler, the agency has too many bosses and not enough people doing the jobs.'
