House Select Committee Chair Comments on Mental Health Department Appointment

OKLAHOMA CITY – Majority Leader Mark Lawson, R-Sapulpa, released the following statement regarding the Governor’s appointment today of Retired Rear Admiral Gregory Slavonic as the head of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. Lawson serves as the chair of the House Select Committee to Review Mental Health Finances.

“It is imperative that the next director of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services work to restore stability, confidence and trust in the agency and its ability to provide critical services to Oklahomans while being good stewards of taxpayer dollars. By all accounts, Admiral Slavonic has served his country and state well and I look forward to working with him as he endeavors to right the ship with this agency.”