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636 BILL NO. 1282 By: Haste of the Senate
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1645 An Act relating to the Oklahoma Juvenile Code;
1746 amending 10A O.S. 2021, Section 2-3-101, which
1847 relates to detention of a child; requiring Office of
1948 Juvenile Affairs approval of certain screening tool;
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25-SUBJECT: Requiring the Office of Juvenile Affairs to utilize a
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2855 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STAT E OF OKLAHOMA:
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3056 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 10A O.S. 2021, Section 2 -3-101, is
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3358 Section 2-3-101. A. When a child is taken into custody
3459 pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Juvenile Code, a risk-
3560 assessment screening tool a pproved by the Office of Juvenile Affairs
3661 (OJA) shall be utilized, and the child shall be detained only if it
3762 is necessary to assure the appearance of the child in court or for
3863 the protection of the child or the public.
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4064 1. a. No child twelve (12) years of age or younger shall be
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4293 alternatives have been exhausted and the child is
4394 currently charged with a crimi nal offense that would
4495 constitute a felony if committed by an adult and it
4596 has been indicated by a an OJA-approved risk-
4697 assessment screening that the child requires
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4998 detention. The detention of any child twelve (12)
5099 years of age or younger shall be judicia lly reviewed
51100 pursuant to subparagraph c of this paragraph.
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53101 b. Any child who is thirteen (13) or fourt een (14) years
54102 of age may be admitted to a juvenile detention
55103 facility only after all al ternatives have been
56104 exhausted and the child is currently charged w ith a
57105 criminal offense that would constitute a felony if
58106 committed by an adult and it has been indica ted by a
59107 an OJA-approved risk-assessment screening that the
60108 child requires detention.
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62109 c. No preadjudicatory or predisposition detention or
63110 custody order shall remain in force and effect for
64111 more than thirty (30) days . The court, for good and
65112 sufficient cause shown, may extend the effective
66113 period of such an order for an additional period not
67114 to exceed sixty (60) days. If the child is being
68115 detained for the commission of a murder, the court
69116 may, if it is in the best interests of justice, extend
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70144 the effective period of such an order an additional
71145 sixty (60) days.
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73146 d. Whenever the court orders a child to be held in a
74147 juvenile detention facility, an order for secure
75148 detention shall remain in force and effect for not
76149 more than fifteen (15) days after such order . Upon an
77150 application of the district attorney and after a
78151 hearing on such application, the court, for good and
79152 sufficient cause shown, may extend the effective
80153 period of such an order for an additional period not
81154 to exceed fifteen (15) days after such hea ring. The
82155 total period of preadjudicatory or predisposition
83156 shall not exceed the ninety -day limitation as
84157 specified in subparagraph a of this paragraph. The
85158 child shall be present at the hearing on the
86159 application for extension unless, as authorized and
87160 approved by the court, the attorney for the child is
88161 present at the hearing and the chil d is available to
89162 participate in the hearing via telephone conference
90163 communication. For the purpose of this paragraph,
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94165 telephone device that allows all parties , including
95166 the child, to hear and be heard by the other parties
96167 at the hearing. After the hearing, the court may
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97195 order continued detention in a juvenile detention
98196 center, may order the child detained in an alt ernative
99197 to secure detention or may order the release of the
100198 child from detention.
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102199 2. No child alleged or adjudicated to be deprived or in need of
103200 supervision or who is or appears to be a minor in need of treatment
104201 as defined by the Inpatient Mental Healt h and Substance Abuse
105202 Treatment of Minors Act, shall be confined in any jail, adult
106203 lockup, or adult detention facility. No child shall be transported
107204 or detained in association with criminal, vicious, or dissolute
108205 persons.
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111207 has been taken into custody as a deprived child, a chil d in need of
112208 supervision, or who appears to be a minor in need of treatment, may
113209 not be placed in any detention facility pending court proceedings,
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115211 a child who appears to be a minor in ne ed of treatment, a behavioral
116212 health treatment facility in accordance with the provisions of the
117213 Inpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment of Minors Act,
118214 or released to the custody of the parents of the child or some other
119215 responsible party. Provided, this shall not preclude runaway
120216 juveniles from other states, with or without delinquent status, to
121217 be held in a detention facility in accordance with the Inter state
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122245 Compact for Juveniles in Sections 2 -9-101 through 2-9-116 of this
123246 title and rules promulgated by the Interstate Commission.
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129249 2. The child is a fugitive from another jurisdiction with a
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138254 4. The child is currently char ged with any criminal offense
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150262 5. The child has willfully failed or there is reason to bel ieve
151263 that the child will willfully fail to appear for juvenile court
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157267 without approval by the court,
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159295 b. the child is absent from designated placement by the
160296 Office of Juvenile Affairs without appro val by the
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169302 C. A child who has violated a court order and has h ad the order
170303 revoked or modified pursuant to Section 2 -2-503 of this title may be
171304 placed into an Office-of-Juvenile-Affairs-designated OJA-designated
172305 sanction detention bed or an Office-of-Juvenile-Affairs-approved
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175307 D. Priority shall be given to the use of juvenile detention
176308 facilities for the detention of juvenile offender s through
177309 provisions requiring the removal from detention of a juvenile with a
178310 lower priority status if an empty detention bed is not available at
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182312 if the juvenile with a higher priority s tatus would be more of a
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187316 for all persons under eighteen (18) years of age . No child shall be
188317 placed in secure detention in an adult jail, adult lockup, adult
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189345 detention facility or other adult facility except as provided in
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192347 1. Any child who is at leas t fifteen (15) years of age who is
193348 charged with murder in the first degree may be detained in an adult
194349 jail, adult lockup, adult detention facility or other adult facility
195350 only after a hearing in wh ich the child is provided representation
196351 and the court makes a written finding that it is in the interest of
197352 justice that the child be placed in an adult jail, adult lo ckup,
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201355 a child who is at least f ifteen (15) years of age and who is ch arged
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220368 specific needs of the child but also to protect the
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232402 a. the court shall hold a hearing not less frequently
233403 than once every thirty (30) days, or in the case of a
234404 rural jurisdiction, which is any jurisdiction not
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237407 not less frequently than once every forty -five (45)
238408 days, to review whether it is still in the inter est of
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242411 b. the child shall not b e held in any adult jail or
243412 lockup for adults or be permitted to have sight or
244413 sound contact with adult inmates for more than one
245414 hundred eighty (180) days, unless the court, in
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247416 extension or the child expressl y waives this
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250418 F. When a child is placed in an adult jail, adult lockup, adu lt
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252447 afforded the following rights and protections in order to address
253448 the child’s health and safety:
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255449 1. A copy of the child’s most current mental health or suicide
256450 screening instrument approved by the Office of Juvenile Affairs
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258452 facility at the time of the child ’s transfer; and
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261454 other adult facilities shall process req uests for visits and allow
262455 approved visitors contact visits with the child within five (5)
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267457 G. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this se ction, no child
268458 shall be placed in secure detention i n an adult jail, adult lockup,
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277465 facility meets the requirements for licensure of
278466 juvenile detention facilities, as adopted by the
279467 Office of Juvenile Affairs , is appropriately licensed,
280468 and provides sight and sound separation for juveniles,
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283497 (1) total separation between juveniles and adult
284498 facility spatial areas such that th ere could be
285499 no haphazard or accidental contact between
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313548 to six (6) hours for purposes of iden tification, processing or
314549 arranging for transfer to a secure detention or alternative to
315550 secure detention. Such holding shall be limited to the absolute
316551 minimum time necessary to comp lete these actions.
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318552 a. The time limitations for holding a child in a jai l for
319553 the purposes of identification, processing or
320554 arranging transfer established by th is section shall
321555 not include the actual travel time requir ed for
322556 transporting a child from a jai l to a juvenile
323557 detention facility or alternative to secure detention.
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325558 b. Whenever the time limitations established by this
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328561 criminal proceeding.
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330562 3. Nothing in this section shall preclude detaining in a county
331563 jail or other adult detention facility an eighteen-year-old charged
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333565 adult is prayed. However, if no certification motion is filed , the
334566 eighteen-year-old may remain in a juvenile detention facility as
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337568 4. Nothing in this section shall preclude detainin g in a county
338569 jail or other adult detention facility a per son provided for in
339570 Section 2-3-102 of this title if written or electronically
340571 transmitted confirmation is rec eived from the state seeking return
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341599 of the individual that the person is a person provid ed for in
342600 Section 2-3-102 of this title and if, during the time of detention,
343601 the person is detained in a facility meeting the requirements of
344602 Section 2-3-103 of this title.
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347604 whose age is not immediately ascertainable and who is being detained
348605 for the commission of a felony, in a jail cert ified by the State
349606 Department of Health, a police station or similar law enforcement
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371648 e. during the time of detention the person is detained in
372649 a facility meeting the requirements of subparagrap h b
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375651 The time limitation provided for in this paragraph shall i nclude the
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380655 the actual travel time required for transporting the person to the
381656 jail, police station, or similar law en forcement office. If the
382657 time limitation established by t his paragraph is exceeded, this
383658 circumstance shall not constitute a defense in any subsequent
384659 delinquency or criminal proceeding.
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386660 H. Nothing contained in this section shall in any way reduce or
387661 eliminate the liability of a county as otherwise provided by law for
388662 injury or damages resulting fr om the placement of a child i n an
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394667 Indian Child Welfare Act, providing that the use of the juvenile
395668 detention facility me ets the requirements of the Oklahoma Juvenile
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401698 J. Each member of the staff of a juvenile detention facility
402699 shall satisfactorily complete a t raining program provided or
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405701 K. Whenever a juvenile is placed in any adult jail, adult
406702 lockup, adult detention facility or other adult facility, the Office
407703 of Juvenile Affairs shall have access to all facilities which detain
408704 such juveniles and shall have access to any data regarding such
409705 juveniles. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall have access to all
410706 adult jails, adult lockups, adult detention facilities or other
411707 adult facilities in this state , including all data maintained by
412708 such facilities, to assure compliance with this section . The Board
413709 of Juvenile Affairs shall promulgate rules as necessary to i mplement
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416711 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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434-OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
435-Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
436-day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
437-By: _______________________________ __
438-Approved by the Governor of the Stat e of Oklahoma this _____ ____
439-day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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442- Governor of the State of Oklahoma
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445-OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
446-Received by the Office of the Secretary of State thi s __________
447-day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
448-By: _______________________________ __
713+COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILY
714+SERVICES, dated 04/05/2022 - DO PASS.