Okla. Stat. tit. 43A, § 43A-2-207: Employment of assistants and counsel by Commissioner to

enforce claims.

The Commissioner of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

may employ persons to assist in collecting the amount due the state

for the care and treatment of consumers, and may employ counsel to

institute such actions or proceedings as the Commissioner may deem

proper to enforce the claim of the state for the care and treatment

of a consumer against the consumer.