Interim Commissioner Gregory Slavonic, left, and Hamel Reinmiller, chair of the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services governing board, lead a meeting on Nov. 20, 2025 in Oklahoma City. (Photo by Emma Murphy/Oklahoma Voice)
OKLAHOMA CITY — A board governing the Mental Health Department on Thursday agreed to purchase properties in southwest Oklahoma City to replace the Griffin Memorial Hospital in Norman.
The cost of purchasing and renovating the three properties totals about $60 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds that the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services are required to spend by the end of 2026, an agency spokesperson said…