An Act
ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 93 By: Hicks of the Senate
and
McBride and West (Kevin) of
the House
An Act relating to statutory terms; amending 56 O.S.
2011, Section 411, which relates to the Department of
Human Services; updating term; and providi ng an
effective date.
SUBJECT: Department of Human Services
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 56 O.S. 2011, Section 411, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 411. A. Except as otherwise provided by subsect ion B
of this section, the Department of Human Services is authorized to
make the necessary funeral arrangements and pay any reason able
burial expenses incurr ed upon the death of a child or a retarded
person an individual with intellectual disability who is either in
the custody of the Department or is a resident of an institution
under the jurisdiction of the Department. When possible, the
Department shall make such arrangements with any funeral hom e
located in the same vicini ty as the institution or in t he same
vicinity of the child’s or retarded person ’s place of residence or
home town of the child or the individual with intel lectual
disability.
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B. The Department of Human Services is not authorize d to make
such funeral arrangements or make such burial p ayments if the
deceased child or deceased retarded person individual with
intellectual disability has any relatives or next of kin who is
financially able to make the funeral arrangements and make th e
burial payments.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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Passed the Senate the 1st day of March, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representatives the 14th day of April, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _______________________________ __
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _______________________________ __