Kevin Stitt in 2020 Governor's State of the State speeches
On Crime:
Consolidated work of Dept. of Corrections and Parole Board
I was told that a change in our prison system wasn't possible without an immediate $1 billion. I was told the Pardon and Parole Board could not take on an increase in casework without more employees and funding. What did we do? Pardon and
Parole Board consolidated its investigators with Department of Corrections. This streamlined the case work while increasing it by 118% over 2018 without a single dollar more. The number of Oklahomans in our state prisons declined by 7.6% from 2018.
Source: 2020 Alabama State of the State address
Feb 3, 2020
On Education:
Raise donations caps for fund for public and private schools
Now is the time to raise the cap on the Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship to $30 million, to allow Oklahomans to be rewarded for investing their funds directly to our students and schools
Increasing the tax credit cap will provide additional incentives for donors, resulting in more public-school grants and private-school scholarships.
Source: 2020 Alabama State of the State address
Feb 3, 2020
On Government Reform:
Moved from 47th to 7th place in online budget transparency
Last year, we delivered the greatest transparency to the State's budget by publishing Oklahoma's checkbook online. With the new system, we are providing user-friendly access to recent spending data. In partnership with my office and Oklahoma Treasurer
Randy McDaniel, we took Oklahoma's 47th ranking to 7th place in online budget transparency. And we will continue to fine tune how citizen interact with it in order to compete for first place in transparency.
Our Office of Emergency Management has the ability to call upon whatever resource it needs to help Oklahoma's communities prevent, respond, or recover from a major crisis. Homeland Security is a key part
of that effort, proving valuable coordination to support our first responders. By merging these two agencies, we will bolster response capabilities, streamline coordination, and leverage existing resources for stronger prevention programs.
Source: 2020 Alabama State of the State address
Feb 3, 2020
On Government Reform:
Remove two regulations every new one added
I am filing an executive order to address Oklahoma's excessive red tape. My executive order will call for the first-ever comprehensive review of the State's administrative code and will instruct agencies to remove two regulations for every new one
created. The intent is to reduce red tape by 25% in the next three years, providing relief to Oklahoma's job creators and farmers and ranchers while also strengthening our recruitment efforts to diversify and grow Oklahoma's economy.
Source: 2020 Alabama State of the State address
Feb 3, 2020
On Health Care:
SoonerCare 2.0: Medicaid modest premiums & work requirements
Oklahoma will begin the process in the coming weeks to rollout SoonerCare 2.0. Under this reformed Medicaid program, we will seek to close the gap of those uninsured in Oklahoma. We will seek to establish moderate premiums and work requirements.
We will encourage able-bodied adults to transition towards a path of maintaining private insurance and pursuing educational or employment opportunities that advances their full personal potential.
Did you know that Oklahoma has 10 different state agencies passing money through the Medicaid program in Oklahoma? And 18 state entities that license health care facilities and providers?
You cannot convince me that operating that many bureaucracies is an efficient way of doing business. And it has to change. This is why I am calling for the Legislature to begin the process of creating one central health care agency.
Source: 2020 Alabama State of the State address
Feb 3, 2020
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