Son of Senator Pro Tem Treat hospitalized for ongoing effects of car accident

CANADIAN COUNTY, OKLA. (KOKH) — Senator Pro Tem Greg Treat will not attend the Contingency Review Board meeting on Wednesday afternoon.

His communications director said his son was in hospital Tuesday after suffering from the effects of a near-fatal car crash in January.

The Treat family reports that Mason is doing well and would appreciate privacy and prayers during his treatment and recovery.

Attorney General Gentner Drummond called the Contingency Review Board meeting scheduled for Wednesday a “farce.”

Drummond said the meeting was likely hastily called to “reject a class action settlement that would save the state many millions of dollars.”

Briggs v Slatton-Hodgesalleges that the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) violated due process rights by failing to timely provide court-ordered competency-restoration services to some defendants who were found incompetent to stand trial.