OklahomaOklahoma’s human services agency will oversee the 2-1-1 hotline group
Starting November 1, 2026, Oklahoma’s Department of Human Services will oversee the 2-1-1 Collaborative, which coordinates help hotlines and recommends statewide service plans.
What it does
Starting November 1, 2026, the Department of Human Services will oversee the Oklahoma 2-1-1 Collaborative. This hotline coordination group will recommend statewide service plans and how to divide funding.
Starting November 1, 2026, the hotline coordination group will have nine members. Three state leaders will each appoint two private-sector members, with equal representation from eastern and western Oklahoma.
Starting November 1, 2026, statewide contracts and contracts awarded through competitive bidding will fall outside the hotline coordination group’s authority and the section’s rules.
Argument forStatewide planning recommendations could help 2-1-1 hotlines avoid overlapping work when connecting people with help.
Argument againstExcluding statewide and competitively bid contracts could limit the group’s ability to coordinate hotline services delivered through those contracts.
More detail
The Department of Human Services will oversee the Oklahoma 2-1-1 Collaborative, the state group that coordinates 2-1-1 help hotlines. The group leads Oklahoma’s 2-1-1 call centers, which connect people with help for needs such as food, housing, and medical care. The group will recommend service plans and how to divide state and federal money set aside for 2-1-1 services. It must check that providers seeking to become 2-1-1 call centers meet applicable national quality standards. These provisions take effect November 1, 2026.
Nine members will serve: three state agency heads or their chosen representatives and six private-sector representatives. The state seats belong to the heads of Human Services, Emergency Management, and Health, or their chosen representatives. The governor, Senate president pro tempore, and House speaker will each appoint one private-sector member from each region’s 2-1-1 service area. Private-sector members may be reappointed. Their appointing leader may remove them for cause and fills vacancies for the remaining term. The rules take effect November 1, 2026. The governor’s initial appointees serve one year; each legislative leader’s appointees serve two and three years. Later terms last three years.
The Oklahoma 2-1-1 Collaborative will have no authority over statewide contracts or contracts awarded through competitive bidding. The entire section governing the Collaborative does not apply to either type of contract. The contract exclusion takes effect November 1, 2026.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- May 12Approved by Governor Kevin Stitt 05/12/2026Became Law
- May 6Sent to GovernorTo Governor
- Vote recorded Fourth Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- May 6Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- May 6Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- May 6Referred for enrollment
- May 6Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 2Major
- May 6SA's read, adoptedMajor
- May 5SA's received
- May 5Engrossed to HouseMajor
- May 4Referred for engrossment
- Vote recorded Third Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- May 4Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0Major
- May 4General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- Apr 15Placed on General Order
- Apr 13Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services committee; CR filedMinor
- Vote recorded Health & Human Services. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 1Second Reading referred to Health and Human ServicesMinor
- Mar 10Coauthored by Representative Waldron
- Mar 10First ReadingMinor
- Mar 10Engrossed, signed, to SenatePassed Senate
- Mar 9Referred for engrossment
- Vote recorded Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 9Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 4Passed House
- Mar 9General Order
- Feb 26Authored by Senator Dossett (principal Senate author)
- Feb 26CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services Oversight CommitteeMinor
- Feb 25
- Vote recorded Health And Human Services Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 19Policy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Children, Youth and Family ServicesMinor
- Feb 18
- Vote recorded Children, Youth And Family Services Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 12Referred to Children, Youth and Family ServicesMinor
- Feb 12Referred to Health and Human Services OversightMinor
- Feb 12Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- Feb 3Second Reading referred to RulesMinor
- Feb 2Authored by Representative Norwood
- Feb 2First ReadingIntroduced
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