An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1929 By: McCall, Fugate, Hill, and
Pittman of the House
and
Treat and Floyd of the
Senate
An Act relating to children; amending 10A O.S. 2021,
Section 1-9-107, which relates to the Successful
Adulthood Act; modifying age limit to receive
services; and providing an effective date .
SUBJECT: Children
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE O F THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 10A O.S. 2021, Section 1 -9-107, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1-9-107. A. This section shall be known and may b e
cited as the "Successful Adulthood Act ".
B. The purpose of the Successful Adulthood Act shall be:
1. To ensure that eligible individuals, who hav e been or are in
the foster care program of the Department of Human Services or a
federally recognized Indi an tribe with whom the Department has a
contract, due to abus e or neglect, receive the protection and
support necessary to allow those individuals to become self-reliant
and productive citizens through the provision of requisite services
that include, but are not limited to, transitional planning,
housing, medical coverage, and education; provided, that eligibility
for tuition waivers shall be as set f orth in Section 3230 of Title
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2. To break the cycle of abuse and neglect that obligates the
state to assume custody of children; and
3. To help children who have experienced foster care at age
fourteen (14) or older achieve m eaningful permanent connections with
a caring adult.
C. An individual is eligible to receive services for the
transition of the child to a successful adulthood from th e age of
fourteen (14) until the age of eighteen (18), during the time the
individual is in the custody of the Department or a federally
recognized Indian tribe and in an out-of-home placement.
D. The permanency plan for the child in transition to a
successful adulthood shall be developed in consultation with the
child and, at the option of the child, with up to two members of the
permanency planning team to be chosen by the child, excluding the
foster parent and caseworker for the child, subject to the fo llowing
provisions:
1. One individual selected by the child may be designated to be
the advisor and, as necessary, advocate of the child, with respect
to the application of the reasonable and pr udent parent standard to
the child; and
2. The Department may reject an individual selected by the
child to be a member of the permanency planning t eam at any time if
the Department has good cause to believe that the selected
individual would not act in t he best interests of the child.
E. 1. Each child in foster care under the responsibility of
the Department or a federally recognized Indian tribe a nd in an out-
of-home placement, who has attained fourteen (14) years of age shall
be given a written Notice of Rights that describes the following
specific rights of th e child:
a. the rights of the child with respect to education,
health, visitation, and c ourt participation,
b. the right to be provided with the documents specified
in subsection F of this sectio n, and
c. the right to stay safe and avoid exploitation.
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2. The child shall sign an acknowledgment stating that the
child has been provided with a c opy of the Notice of Rights and that
the rights described in the notice have been explained to the child
in an age-appropriate way.
F. A child about to leave foster ca re by reason of having
attained eighteen (18) years of age and who has been in foster ca re
for at least six (6) months shall be given the following documents
pertaining to the child:
1. An official or certified copy of the United States birth
certificate;
2. A Social Security card issued by the Commissioner of Social
Security;
3. Health insurance information;
4. A copy of the medical records of the child;
5. A state-issued driver license or i dentification card; and
6. Official documentation necessary to show that the child was
previously in foster care.
G. Successful adulthood services may continue to the age of
twenty-one (21) twenty-five (25), provided the individual is in the
custody of the Department or a federally recognized Indian tribe due
to abuse or neglect and is in an out -of-home placement at the time
of the individual's sixteenth birthday.
H. Individuals who are sixteen (16) years of a ge or older, who
have been released from the custody of the Department or federally
recognized Indian trib e due to the entry of an adoption decree or
guardianship order are eligible to receive successful a dulthood
services until the age of twenty-one (21) twenty-five (25).
I. Individuals who are eli gible for services pursuant to the
Successful Adulthood Act a nd who are between eighteen (18) and
twenty-one (21) twenty-five (25) years of age shall be eligib le for
Medicaid coverage, provided such i ndividuals were also in the
custody of the Department or a federally recognized Indian tribe on
the date they reached eighteen (18) years of age and meet Medicaid
financial eligibility guidelines.
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J. The Department, in conjunction with the Oklahoma State
Regents for Higher E ducation, shall provide parents and legal
guardians of foster youth with information on the Oklah oma Higher
Learning Access Program (OHLAP) including, but not limited to,
eligibility, applicatio n guidelines, academic requirements, and a ny
other information required by the Oklaho ma Higher Learning Access
Act for participation in the Program.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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Passed the House of Repres entatives the 25th day of May, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 25th day of May, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
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: _________________________________