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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 226 By: Rogers
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to children; directing the Department
of Human Services to take certain actions to create
specified program; directing pr omulgation of rules;
providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-9-126 of Title 10A, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The Department of Human Services shall consult with and, as
necessary, enter into one or more agreements with the Department of
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and any other relevant
agencies to create a program designed to prevent children who are
not otherwise abused or neglected from entering the custody or
guardianship of the Department of Human Services solely for the
purpose of receiving services for a serious mental illness or
serious emotional disturbance .
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B. The Department of Human S ervices, the Department of Mental
Health and Substance Abuse Servic es, and any other affected agency
shall promulgate such rules as are necessary to implem ent this
section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
59-1-532 DC 1/9/2023 6:07:52 PM