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30	30	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 1402 By: Provenzano
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to children; amending 10 O.S. 2021,
41	41	Section 601.6, which relates to the Office of
42	42	Juvenile System Oversight; directin g monitoring of
43	43	children and youth service system; requiring annual
44	44	inspections; granting authority to conduct site
45	45	visits; and providing an effective date.
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54	54	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
55	55	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 10 O.S. 2021, Section 601.6, is
56	56	amended to read as follows:
57	57	Section 601.6. A. The Office of Juvenile System Oversight
58	58	shall have the responsibility of investigating and reporting
59	59	misfeasance and malfeasance within the children and youth service
60	60	system, inquiring into areas of concern, investigating complaints
61	61	filed with the Office of Juvenile System Oversight, and performing
62	62	issue-specific systemic monitoring as directed by the Commission on
63	63	Children and Youth of the children and youth s ervice system to
64	64	ascertain compliance with established responsibilities.
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91	91	It shall be the duty of the Office of Juvenile System Oversight
92	92	to conduct not less than one but not more than two regular,
93	93	periodic, but not less than annual, unannounced inspections of
94	94	state-operated children's institutions and facilities and to review
95	95	the reports of the inspections of the State Fire Marshal , and the
96	96	State Department of Health and any agencies which accredit such
97	97	institutions and facilities . The Office of Juvenile S ystem
98	98	Oversight shall conduct periodic inspections of privately operated
99	99	children's facilities on a periodic basis or as needed .
100	100	B. The Office of Juvenile System Oversight shall:
101	101	1. Have the authority to examine and copy all records and
102	102	budgets pertaining to the children and youth service system and to
103	103	interview the residents of such facilities and shall have access to
104	104	all facilities within the children and youth service system for the
105	105	purpose of conducting systemic oversight and complaint
106	106	investigations site visits and speaking with the residents of such
107	107	facilities;
108	108	2. Have the authority to subpoena witnesses and hold public
109	109	hearings;
110	110	3. Establish, in accordance with the Dispute Resolution Act,
111	111	Sections 1801 through 1813 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Stat utes, a
112	112	voluntary program for foster parents to mediate complaints
113	113	concerning the rights of foster parents, as provided for in Section
114	114	1-9-119 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, that relate to
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141	141	certain actions, inactions or decisions of the Department o f Human
142	142	Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, or child -placing
143	143	agencies that may adversely affect the safety and well -being of
144	144	children in the custody of the state;
145	145	4. Receive any complaint alleging that an employee of the
146	146	Department of Human Serv ices or a child-placing agency has
147	147	threatened a foster parent with removal of a child from the foster
148	148	parent, harassed a foster parent, or refused to place a child in a
149	149	licensed or certified foster home, or disrupted a child placement as
150	150	retaliation or discrimination towards a foster parent who has:
151	151	a. filed a grievance pursuant to Section 1-9-120 of Title
152	152	10A of the Oklahoma Statutes,
153	153	b. provided information to any state official or
154	154	Department employee, or
155	155	c. testified, assisted, or otherwise participated in an
156	156	investigation, proceeding, or hearing against the
157	157	Department or child-placing agency.
158	158	The Office of Juvenile System Oversight shall forward the complaints
159	159	to the Office of Client Advocacy for investigation pursuant to
160	160	subsection D of Section 1 -9-112 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma
161	161	Statutes. The Office of Juvenile System Oversigh t shall work with
162	162	the Office of Client Advocacy to ensure the complaints are
163	163	investigated and resolved in accordance with the grievance
164	164	procedures provided in Section 1 -9-120 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma
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191	191	Statutes. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any
192	192	complaint by a foster parent regarding the result of a criminal,
193	193	administrative, or civil proceeding for a violation of any law,
194	194	rule, or contract provision by tha t foster parent, or the action
195	195	taken by the Department or a child -placing agency in conformity with
196	196	the result of any such proceeding;
197	197	5. Issue reports to the Governor, Speaker of the House of
198	198	Representatives, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Chief Ju stice
199	199	of the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma, any appropriate
200	200	prosecutorial agency, the director of the agency under
201	201	consideration, and other persons as necessary and appropriate; and
202	202	6. Provide recommendations to the Oklahoma Commission on
203	203	Children and Youth on or before May 1 of each year.
204	204	C. The Office of Juvenile System Oversight shall not release
205	205	information that would identify a person who makes a complaint to
206	206	the Office, unless a court of competent jurisdiction orders release
207	207	of the information for good cause shown.
208	208	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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