STILLWATER – Regents who govern Oklahoma State University have approved a settlement allowing OSU to return lease money it was given from the Oklahoma State Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for a new mental hospital that never was built.
Meeting at OSU on Friday, Dec. 5, OSU/A&M regents authorized OSU’s Oklahoma City branch campus to pay the state agency $4,822,671, after the state agency’s plans to build the hospital on the OSU-OKC campus fell through due to funding issues.
The state agency since has pivoted and purchased a former hospital in southwest Oklahoma City, with plans to renovate it to serve as a mental health facility…