Oklahoma County Commissioners Ask State To Return The County’s $1.5 Million Payment Toward A Psychiatric Hospital Project That Has Ended

The Oklahoma County Board of Commissioners asked the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) to return the county’s payment of $1.5 million toward its share of the construction costs for the now-terminated Donahue Behavioral Health Hospital project. The project had received funding through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The now-discontinued project was initially envisioned as a 330-bed facility at Oklahoma State University–Oklahoma City (OSU–OKC), according to an ODMHSAS spokesperson.

The original project was discontinued, according to the ODMHSAS spokesperson, due to statewide budget challenges and construction cost considerations . . .