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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
HOUSE BILL 1992 By: Caldwell (Trey)
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to children; amending Section 3,
Chapter 337, O.S.L. 2017 (10A O.S. Supp. 2020,
Section 2-7-620), which relates to juvenile centers;
providing for the operation of group homes at the
Southwest Oklahoma Juvenile Center; g ranting the
Office of Juvenile A ffairs authority to contract with
state agencies; granting the Office of Juvenile
Affairs authority to contract with any tribal nation
and federal government entity; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 3, Chapter 337, O.S.L.
2017 (10A O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 2-7-620), is amended to read as
follows:
Section 2-7-620. A. Concurrent with the Office of Juvenile
Affairs (OJA) campus consolidation process as contemplated by this
act, OJA is directed to develop, in collaboration with other
executive branch agencies and such other entities as OJA deems
necessary in furtherance of the requirements of this act, plans for
the repurposing of the Southwest Oklahoma Juvenile Center and the
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Oklahoma Juvenile Center for Girls campuses. The agency shall
provide a report to the Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House
of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma
State Senate on recommendations for future use of those facilities
not later than March 31, 2018, or one hundred eighty (180) days from
such date if the provisions of this act become effective as law
later than July 1, 2017.
B. The Office of Juvenile Affairs may contract for and/or
operate group homes of any level at the Southwest Oklahoma Juvenile
Center campus located in Manitou, Oklahom a.
C. OJA may contract with any other state agencies to allow for
the placement of children or young adults in the custody of a state
agency to reside and pa rticipate in any identified OJA -contracted or
-operated program or facility.
D. OJA may contract with any tribal nation and/or agency or
department of the federal government, in consultation with and
approval by the Governor and the Oklahoma Attorney General, to allow
for the placement of children and young adults in the custody of the
tribal nation or an agency or department of federal government to
reside and participate in any identified OJA -contracted or -operated
program or facility.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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