Oklahoma's plan to comply with a mental health consent decree has been approved, a year after its due date.

The state of Oklahoma's plan to provide court-ordered mental health treatment to defendants deemed incompetent to stand trial in criminal cases has finally been approved. This approval comes more than a year after its designated deadline.

The state had signed a consent decree to settle a lawsuit filed in 2023. This lawsuit alleged civil rights violations due to long wait times for treatment.

The Department of Mental Health, however, had previously faced fines for failing to reduce these wait times.

This information was published by KGOU.