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1		-	An Act
2		-	ENROLLED HOUSE
3		-	BILL NO. 1929 By: McCall, Fugate, Hill, and
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	28	+	ENGROSSED SENATE AMENDMENT
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	31	+	BILL NO. 1929 By: McCall, Fugate, and Hill of
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8		-	Treat and Floyd of the
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	36	+	Treat of the Senate
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	40	+	An Act relating to children; amending 10A O.S. 2021,
	41	+	Section 1-9-107, which relates to the Successful
	42	+	Adulthood Act; modifying age limit to receive
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	48	+	AUTHOR: Add the following Senate Coauthor: Floyd
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	50	+	AMENDMENT NO. 1. Page 1, strike the title to read
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	52	+	"[ children - Successful Adulthood Act - age limit -
	53	+	effective date ]"
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	56	+	Passed the Senate the 26th day of April, 2023.
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	60	+	Presiding Officer of the Senate
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	63	+	Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
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17	110		An Act relating to children; amending 10A O.S. 2021,
18	111		Section 1-9-107, which relates to the Successful
19	112		Adulthood Act; modifying age limit to receive
20	113		services; and providing an effective date .
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25		-	~~SUBJECT: Children~~
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27	120		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE O F THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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29	121		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 10A O.S. 2021, Section 1 -9-107, is
30	122		amended to read as follows:
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32	123		Section 1-9-107. A. This section shall be known and may b e
33	124		cited as the "Successful Adulthood Act".
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35	125		B. The purpose of the Successful Adulthood Act shall be:
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37	126		1. To ensure that eligible individuals, who hav e been or are in
38	127		the foster care program of the Department of Hum an Services or a
39	128		federally recognized Indi an tribe with whom the Depart ment has a
40	129		contract, due to abus e or neglect, receive the protection and
41	130		support necessary to allow those individuals to become self-reliant
42	131		and productive citizens through the provisio n of requisite services
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43	158		that include, but are not limited to, transitio nal planning,
44	159		housing, medical coverage, and education; provided, that eligibility
45	160		for tuition waivers shall be as set f orth in Section 3230 of Title
46		-	70 of the Oklahoma Statutes; ENR. H. B. NO. 1929 Page 2
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	161	+	70 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
48	162		2. To break the cycle of abuse and neglect that obligates the
49	163		state to assume custody of children; and
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51	164		3. To help children who have experienced foster care at age
52	165		fourteen (14) or older achieve m eaningful permanent connections with
53	166		a caring adult.
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55	167		C. An individual is eligible to receive services for the
56	168		transition of the child t o a successful adulthood from th e age of
57	169		fourteen (14) until the age of eighteen (18), during the time the
58	170		individual is in the custody of the Department or a federally
59	171		recognized Indian tribe and in an out-of-home placement.
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61	172		D. The permanency plan for th e child in transition to a
62	173		successful adulthood shall be developed in consultation with the
63	174		child and, at the option of the child, with up to two members of the
64	175		permanency planning team to be chosen by the child, excluding the
65	176		foster parent and caseworker for the child, subject to the fo llowing
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68	178		1. One individual selected by the child may be designated to be
69	179		the advisor and, as necessary, advocate of the child, with resp ect
70	180		to the application of the reasonable and pr udent parent standard to
71	181		the child; and
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73	208		2. The Department may reject an individual selected by the
74	209		child to be a member of the permanency planning t eam at any time if
75	210		the Department has good cause to believe that the selected
76	211		individual would not act in t he best interests of the chil d.
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78	212		E. 1. Each child in foster care under the responsibility of
79	213		the Department or a federally recognized Indian tribe a nd in an out-
80	214		of-home placement, who has attained fourteen (14) years of age shall
81	215		be given a written Notice of Rights that describes the following
82	216		specific rights of th e child:
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84	217		a. the rights of the child with respect to education,
85	218		health, visitation, and c ourt participation,
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87	219		b. the right to be provided with the documents specified
88	220		in subsection F of this sectio n, and
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90	221		c. the right to stay safe and avoid exploitation.
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92	222		2. The child shall sign an acknowledgment stating that the
93	223		child has been provided with a c opy of the Notice of Rights and that
94	224		the rights described in the notice have been explained to the child
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97	226		F. A child about to leave foster ca re by reason of having
98	227		attained eighteen (18) years of age and who has been in foster ca re
99	228		for at least six (6) months shall be given the fol lowing documents
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103	231		certificate;
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117	265		G. Successful adulthood services may continue to the age of
118	266		twenty-one (21) twenty-five (25), provided the individual is in the
119	267		custody of the Department or a federally recognized Indian tribe due
120	268		to abuse or neglect and is in an out -of-home placement at the time
121	269		of the individual's sixteenth birthday.
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123	270		H. Individuals who are sixteen (16) years of a ge or older, who
124	271		have been released from the custody of the Department or federally
125	272		recognized Indian trib e due to the entry of an adoption decree or
126	273		guardianship order are eligible to receive successful adultho od
127	274		services until the age of twenty-one (21) twenty-five (25).
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130	276		Successful Adulthood Act a nd who are between eighteen (18) and
131	277		twenty-one (21) twenty-five (25) years of age shall be eligible for
132	278		Medicaid coverage, provided such i ndividuals were also in the
133	279		custody of the Department or a federally recognized India n tribe on
134	280		the date they reached eighteen (18) years of age and meet Medicaid
135	281		financial eligibility guidelines.
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137	308		J. The Department, in conj unction with the Oklahoma State
138	309		Regents for Higher E ducation, shall provide parents and legal
139	310		guardians of foster you th with information on the Oklah oma Higher
140	311		Learning Access Program (OHLAP) including, but not limited to,
141	312		eligibility, application guidelin es, academic requirements, and a ny
142	313		other information required by the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access
143	314		Act for participation in the Program.
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146		-	ENR. H. B. NO. 1929 Page 5
147		-	Passed the House of Repres entatives the 25th day of May, 2023.
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156		-	Passed the Senate the ~~25th~~ day of ~~May~~, 2023.
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164		-	OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
165		-	Received by the Office of the Governor this ____ ________________
166		-	day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
167		-	By: _________________________________
168		-	Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
169		-	day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M .
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173		-	Governor of the State of Oklahoma
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175		-	OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
176		-	Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
177		-	day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
178		-	By: _________________________________
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