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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1086 By: Dahm
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to the Oklahoma Children ’s Code;
66	66	amending 10A O.S. 2021, Section s 1-4-704 and 1-4-809,
67	67	which relate to individualized service plan and
68	68	findings establishing that reasonable efforts to
69	69	reunify child are not required ; requiring permanency
70	70	plan for infant to include certain placement goal;
71	71	defining term for specified purpose; and providing an
72	72	effective date.
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77	77	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
78	78	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 10A O.S. 2021, Section 1 -4-704, is
79	79	amended to read as follows:
80	80	Section 1-4-704. A. The Department of Human Ser vices or
81	81	licensed child-placing agency shall prepa re and maintain a written
82	82	individualized service plan for any child that has been adjudicated
83	83	to be a deprived child.
84	84	B. The plan shall b e furnished to the court within thirty (30)
85	85	days after the adjudicat ion of the child and shall be made available
86	86	to counsel for the parties and any applicable tribe by the
87	87	Department or the licensed child -placing agency having custody of
88	88	the child or responsibility for the supervision of the case.
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140	140	C. 1. The individualize d service plan shall be based upon a
141	141	comprehensive assessment and evaluation of the child and family and
142	142	shall be developed with the participation of the parent, legal
143	143	guardian, or legal c ustodian of the child, the attorney for the
144	144	child, the guardian ad l item for the child, if any, the child ’s
145	145	tribe, and the child, if appropriate. The health and safety of the
146	146	child shall be the paramount concern in the development of the plan.
147	147	2. If any part of the plan is disputed or not approved by the
148	148	court, an evidentiary hearing may be held and at its conclusion, t he
149	149	court shall determine the content of the individualized service plan
150	150	in accord with the evidence presented and the best interests of th e
151	151	child.
152	152	3. When approved by the court, each individualized service plan
153	153	shall be incorporated and made a part of the dispositional order of
154	154	the court.
155	155	4. The plan shall be signed by:
156	156	a. the parent or parents or legal guardian of the child,
157	157	b. the attorney for the parent or parents or legal
158	158	guardian of the child,
159	159	c. the child’s attorney,
160	160	d. the guardian ad litem of the child, which may be a
161	161	court-appointed special advocate,
162	162	e. a representative of the child ’s tribe,
163	163	f. the child, if possible, and
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215	215	g. the Department or other responsible agency.
216	216	D. 1. Every service plan pre pared shall be individualized and
217	217	specific to each child and the family of the child.
218	218	2. The individualized service plan shall be written in simple
219	219	and clear English. If English is not the principal language of the
220	220	parent, legal guardian, or custodian of the child, and such person
221	221	is unable to read or c omprehend the English language, to the extent
222	222	possible the plan shall be written in the principal language of the
223	223	person.
224	224	3. The individualized service plan may be modified based on
225	225	changing circumstances consistent with the correction of the
226	226	conditions that led to the adjudication of the child or other
227	227	conditions inconsistent with the health, safety, or welfare of the
228	228	child.
229	229	4. The individualized service plan shall be measurable,
230	230	realistic and consistent with the requirements of other court
231	231	orders.
232	232	E. The individualized service plan shall include, but not be
233	233	limited to:
234	234	1. A history of the child and family, including identification
235	235	of the problems or conditions leading to the deprived child
236	236	adjudication and the changes the parent or parents must make in
237	237	order for the child to safely remain in or return to the home;
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289	289	2. Identification of time -limited reunification services to be
290	290	provided to the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian,
291	291	stepparent, other adult person living in the home, or other family
292	292	members;
293	293	3. Identification of the specific services to be provided to
294	294	the child including, but not limited to, educational, vocational
295	295	educational, medical, drug or alcohol abuse treatment, or counseling
296	296	or other treatment services. The most recent availa ble health and
297	297	educational records of the child shall be provided to the court upon
298	298	the court’s request including:
299	299	a. the names and addresses of the child’s health and
300	300	educational providers,
301	301	b. the child’s grade-level performance,
302	302	c. the child’s school record,
303	303	d. a record of the child ’s immunizations,
304	304	e. the child’s known medical problems, including any
305	305	known communicable diseases,
306	306	f. the child’s medications, and
307	307	g. any other relevant health and education in formation;
308	308	4. A schedule of the frequency of serv ices and the means by
309	309	which delivery of the services will be assured or, as necessary, the
310	310	proposed means by which support services or o ther assistance will be
311	311	provided to enable the parent or the child to obtain the services;
312	312	5. The name of the social wo rker assigned to the case;
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364	364	6. A projected date for the completion of the individualized
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366	366	7. Performance criteria that wil l measure the progress of the
367	367	child and family toward completion of th e individualized service
368	368	plan including, but not l imited to, time frames for achieving
369	369	objectives and addressing the identified problems;
370	370	8. The name and business address of the attorne y representing
371	371	the child;
372	372	9. If the child is placed outside the home, the individualized
373	373	service plan shall further pro vide:
374	374	a. the sequence and time frame for services to be
375	375	provided to the parent, the child, and if the child is
376	376	placed in foster care, the foster parent, to
377	377	facilitate the child ’s return home or to another
378	378	permanent placement,
379	379	b. a description of the child ’s placement and explanation
380	380	about whether it is the least -restrictive placement
381	381	available and in as close proximity as possible to the
382	382	home of the parent or parents or legal guardian of the
383	383	child when the case plan is reunification, and how the
384	384	placement is consistent with the best interests and
385	385	special needs of the child,
386	386	c. a description of any services or resources that were
387	387	requested by the child or the parent or legal guardian
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439	439	of the child since the dat e of the child’s placement,
440	440	and whether those serv ices or resources were provided
441	441	and if not, the basis for the denial of the services
442	442	or resources,
443	443	d. efforts to be made by the parent of the child and the
444	444	Department to enable the child to return to his or her
445	445	home,
446	446	e. a description of the transition plan ning for a
447	447	successful adulthood for a child age fourteen (14) or
448	448	older that includes how the following objectives will
449	449	be met:
450	450	(1) education, vocational, or employment planning,
451	451	(2) health care planning and medical coverage,
452	452	(3) transportation including, w here appropriate,
453	453	assisting the child in obtaining a driver
454	454	license,
455	455	(4) money management,
456	456	(5) planning for housing,
457	457	(6) social and recreational skills, and
458	458	(7) establishing and maintaining connections with the
459	459	child’s family and community,
460	460	f. for a child in placement due solely or in part to the
461	461	child’s behavioral health or medical health issues,
462	462	diagnostic and assessment informat ion, specific
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514	514	services relating to meeting the applicable behavioral
515	515	health and medical care needs of the child, and
516	516	desired treatment outcomes,
517	517	g. a plan and schedule for regular and frequent
518	518	visitation for the child and the child ’s parent or
519	519	parents or legal guardian and siblings, unless the
520	520	court has determined that visitation, e ven if
521	521	supervised, would be harmful to the child, and
522	522	h. a plan for ensuring the educational stability of the
523	523	child while in out-of-home placement, including:
524	524	(1) assurances that the placement of the child
525	525	considers the appropriateness of the current
526	526	educational setting and the proximity to the
527	527	school in which the child was enrolled at the
528	528	time of placement, and
529	529	(2) where appropriate, an assurance that the
530	530	Department has coordinat ed with appropriate local
531	531	educational agencies to ensure that the child
532	532	remains in the school in which the child was
533	533	enrolled at the time of placement, or
534	534	(3) if remaining in the school in which the child was
535	535	enrolled at the time of placement is not in the
536	536	best interests of the child, assurances by the
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589	589	provide immediate and appropria te enrollment in a
590	590	new school with all of the educational records of
591	591	the child provided to the school; and
592	592	10. The permanency p lan for the child, the reason for selection
593	593	of that plan and a description of the steps being taken by the
594	594	Department to finaliz e the plan.
595	595	a. When the permanency plan is adoption or legal
596	596	guardianship, the Department shall describe, at a
597	597	minimum, child-specific recruitment efforts such as
598	598	relative searches conducted and the use of state,
599	599	regional, and national adoption exchanges t o
600	600	facilitate the orderly and timely placement of the
601	601	child, whether in or outside of the state.
602	602	b. When the child is age fourteen (14) or older, the
603	603	permanency plan and any revision or addition to the
604	604	plan, shall include planning for the transition of the
605	605	child to a successful adulthood.
606	606	c. When the child is an infant, age twelve (12) months or
607	607	younger, the permanency plan shall include a goal that
608	608	the infant be placed in a prospective permanent
609	609	placement within one (1) year after the child has been
610	610	adjudicated to be a deprived child .
611	611	F. Each individualized service plan shall specifically provide
612	612	for the safety of the child , in accordance with state and federal
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664	664	law, and clearly define what actions or precaut ions will, or may, be
665	665	necessary to provide for the safety and protection of the child.
666	666	G. The individualized service plan shall include the following
667	667	statement:
668	668	TO THE PARENT: THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT. ITS PURPOSE
669	669	IS TO HELP YOU PROVIDE YOUR CH ILD WITH A SAFE HOME WITHIN THE
670	670	REASONABLE PERIOD SPECIFIED IN THE PLAN. IF YOU ARE UNWILLING OR
671	671	UNABLE TO PROVIDE YOUR CHILD WITH A SAFE HOME OR ATTEND COURT
672	672	HEARINGS, YOUR PARENTAL AND CUSTODIAL DUTIES AND RIGHTS MAY BE
673	673	RESTRICTED OR TERMINATED OR YOUR CHILD MAY NOT BE RETURNED TO YOU.
674	674	H. Whenever a child who is subject to the provisions of this
675	675	section is committed for inpatient behavioral health or substance
676	676	abuse treatment pursuant to the Inpatient Mental Health and
677	677	Substance Abuse Treatment of Minor s Act, the individualized service
678	678	plan shall be amended as necessary and appropriate, including, but
679	679	not limited to, identification of the treatment and services to be
680	680	provided to the child and the child ’s family upon discharge of the
681	681	child from inpatient behavioral health or substance abuse treatment.
682	682	SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 10A O.S. 2021, Section 1 -4-809, is
683	683	amended to read as follows:
684	684	Section 1-4-809. A. At any time prior to or following the
685	685	adjudicatory hearing the court, on its own motion or upon the motion
686	686	of a party, may find that reasonable efforts to prevent the removal
687	687	of a child from home or to reunify the child and fami ly are not
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739	739	required if the court determines, based upon a preponderance of the
740	740	evidence, that:
741	741	1. The parent or legal guardian of the child, who is an i nfant
742	742	age twelve (12) months or younger, has abandoned the child;
743	743	2. The parent or legal guardian of the child has:
744	744	a. committed murder or manslaughter of any child,
745	745	b. aided or abetted, at tempted, conspired, or solicited
746	746	to commit the murder or manslaugh ter of any child,
747	747	c. committed a felony assault upon any child that
748	748	resulted in the child receiving serious bodily injury,
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750	750	d. subjected any child to aggravated circumstances
751	751	including, but not limited to, heinous and shocking
752	752	abuse or heinous and shocki ng neglect;
753	753	3. The parental rights of a parent to the child ’s sibling have
754	754	been terminated involuntarily;
755	755	4. The parent has been found by a court of competent
756	756	jurisdiction to have committ ed sexual abuse against the child or
757	757	another child of the parent; o r
758	758	5. The parent is required to register with a sex offender
759	759	registry pursuant to Section 113(a) of the Adam Walsh Child
760	760	Protection and Safety Act of 2006, 42 U.S.C., Section 16913(a).
761	761	B. The court shall conduct a permanency hearing within thirty
762	762	(30) days of a determination by the court that any of the conditions
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814	814	specified in subsection A of this section exist. Reasonable efforts
815	815	shall be made to place the child in a timely manner in acco rdance
816	816	with the permanency plan. If the child is an abandoned infa nt age
817	817	twelve (12) months or younger as described in paragraph 1 of
818	818	subsection A of this section, a timely manner for purposes of this
819	819	paragraph means three (3) months after the court has m ade the
820	820	determination.
821	821	SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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