Oklahoma lawmakers leave with more questions after mental health CFO's testimony

Lawmakers grew increasingly frustrated as the chief financial officer of Oklahoma’s mental health agency repeatedly failed to provide details about the department’s budget crisis on Thursday.

“I think that we still have a lot of questions,” committee chair Rep. Mark Lawson, R-Sapulpa, said after the meeting. “I don’t know that I have any more confidence today than I did when we started.”

The meeting was the second in a series called by the House of Representatives after the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services reported it was $43 million short of its budget.

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