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The Contingency Review Board (CRB) is a body that must give its approval to certain state financial obligations whenever the Legislature is not in session. According to state statute, the Contingency Review Board must sign off on “any default or agreed judgment, consent decree or other settlement of any litigation or claim against this state which would require a settlement expenditure in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) or the creation, modification or implementation of a court-ordered or legislatively authorized plan or program which would necessitate an appropriation by the Legislature in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00)” entered into by any “agency, board or commission, public officer, official or employee of the State of Oklahoma.”
The board is chaired by the Governor and includes the House Speaker and the Senate President Pro Tem as voting members. The executive director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services serves as a non-voting member and the board’s executive secretary. [74 OK Stat ยง 3605 (2023)]
In October 2024, the Board rejected a consent decree negotiated between the Attorney General and plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit alleging unconstitutional delays of mental health competency restoration services in Oklahoma.
