Req. No. 1519 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) SENATE BILL 779 By: Woods AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to the Department of Human S ervices; requiring the Department to reopen certain offices by certain date; requiring the Department to open offices under certain condition; and providing for codification. 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 S ection 162.7 of Title 56, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: Not later than January 1, 2024, the Department of Human Services shall reopen all county or regional offices closed on or after May 1, 2020, that were operating prior to that date. If the property where an office was located has been sold or leased, the Department shall open an office as close as possible to that loca tion, and in no event shall the new office be located outside of a ten-mile radius from the previous location. 59-1-1519 DC 1/18/2023 7:04:57 PM