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34	29		BILL NO. 1863 By: Roberts of the House
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38	33		Rader of the Senate
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43	40		An Act relating to children; amending 10A O.S. 2021,
44	41		Sections 1-6-107 and 1-9-102, which relate to the
45	42		Oklahoma Children's Code; modifying fine amount and
46	43		imprisonment duration; directing the
47	44		multidisciplinary child abuse team to review cases;
48	45		modifying team functions; directing the team to use a
49	46		secure database and report data; directing certain
50	47		protocol to be initiated; directing the Oklahoma
51	48		Commission on Childre n and Youth to create and
52	49		maintain certain database; providing data the
53	50		database shall collec t; providing requirements
54	51		related to data; providing purpose; directing the
55	52		Commission to promulgate rules; providing for
56	53		codification; and providing an effective date.
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61	58		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
62	59		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 10A O.S. 2021, Section 1 -6-107, is
63	60		amended to read as follows:
64	61		Section 1-6-107. A. The reports required by Section 1 -2-101 of
65	62		this title and all other information acquired pursuant to the
66	63		Oklahoma Children’s Code shall be confidential and may be disclosed
67	64		only as provided by this Code, applicable state or federal law,
68	65		regulation, or court order.
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96	92		B. The confidential records and information that are authorized
97	93		to be disclosed pursuant to this Chapter shall remain confidential
98	94		and the use of such information shall be limited to the purposes for
99	95		which disclosure is authorized. Persons or agencies obtaining
100	96		records pursuant to this Chapter are prohi bited from disclosing the
101	97		contents of such records to another person or agency unless
102	98		specifically authorized to do so by law or by the terms of a court
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104	100		C. The disclosure of any confidential records or information
105	101		made by the Department of Human Se rvices pursuant to law or court
106	102		order shall not be deemed a waiver of confidentiality or privilege,
107	103		and any recipient of such records or information shall protect them
108	104		against unauthorized disclosure and maintain them confidentially and
109	105		in compliance with state and federal law.
110	106		D. Any person or agency who knowingly permits, assists, or
111	107		encourages the release, disclosure, or use of confidential records
112	108		or information for any commercial, political, or unauthorized
113	109		purpose may be prosecuted for contempt of co urt or for a
114	110		misdemeanor, which shall, upon conviction, be punishable by up to
115	111		six (6) twelve (12) months in jail, by a fine of Five Hundred
116	112		Dollars ($500.00) Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) , or by both such
117	113		fine and imprisonment.
118	114		SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 10A O.S. 2021, Section 1 -9-102, is
119	115		amended to read as follows:
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147	142		Section 1-9-102. A. 1. In coordination with the Oklahoma
148	143		Commission on Children and Youth, each district attorney shall
149	144		develop a multidisciplinary child abuse team in each county of the
150	145		district attorney or in a contiguous group of counties.
151	146		2. The lead agency for the team shall be chosen by the members
152	147		of the team. The team shall intervene in reports review cases
153	148		involving child sexual abuse or child physical abus e or neglect.
154	149		B. The multidisciplinary child abuse team members shall
155	150		include, but not be limited to:
156	151		1. Mental health professionals licensed pursuant to the laws of
157	152		this state or licensed professional counselors;
158	153		2. Police officers or other law enforce ment agents with a role
159	154		in, or experience or training in child abuse and neglect
160	155		investigation;
161	156		3. Medical personnel with experience in child abuse and neglect
162	157		identification;
163	158		4. Child protective services workers within the Department of
164	159		Human Services;
165	160		5. Multidisciplinary child abuse team coordinators, or Child
166	161		Advocacy Center personnel; and
167	162		6. The district attorney or assistant district attorney.
168	163		C. 1. To the extent that resources are available to each of
169	164		the various multidisciplinary child abuse t eams throughout the
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197	191		state, the functions of the team shall include, but not be limited
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199	193		a. whenever feasible, law enforcement and child welfare
200	194		staff shall conduct joint investigations in an effort
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202	196		b. develop a written protocol for investigating the joint
203	197		investigation of child sexual abuse and child physical
204	198		abuse or neglect cases by law enforcement and child
205	199		welfare staff and for professionals interviewing child
206	200		victims. The purpose of the protocol shall be to
207	201		ensure coordination and cooperation between all
208	202		agencies involved so as to increase the efficiency in
209	203		handling such cases and to minimize the stress created
210	204		for the allegedly abused child by the legal and
211	205		investigatory process. In addition, each team shall
212	206		develop confidentiality statements and interagency
213	207		agreements signed by member agencies that specify the
214	208		cooperative effort of the member agencies to the team,
215	209		c. increase communication and collaboration among the
216	210		professionals responsible for the reporting,
217	211		investigation, prosecution and treatment of child
218	212		abuse and neglect cases,
219	213		d. eliminate duplicative efforts in the investigation and
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249	242		within the community to improve the delivery of
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251	244		f. encourage the development of expertise through
252	245		training. Each team member and those conducting child
253	246		abuse investigations and interviews of chi ld abuse
254	247		victims shall be trained in the multidisciplinary team
255	248		approach, conducting legally sound and age -appropriate
256	249		interviews, effective investigation techniques and
257	250		joint investigations as provided through the State
258	251		Department of Health, the Commissio n on Children and
259	252		Youth, or other resources, and
260	253		g. formalize a case review process that includes the use
261	254		of a secure database provided for in Section 3 of this
262	255		act and provide report program data as requested to
263	256		the Commission for freestanding teams, and
264	257		h. standardize investigative procedures for the handling
265	258		of child abuse and neglect cases .
266	259		2. All investigations of child sexual abuse and child physical
267	260		abuse or neglect and interviews of child abuse or neglect victims
268	261		shall be carried out by appropriate personnel using the protocols
269	262		and procedures specified in this section.
270	263		3. If trained personnel are not available in a timely fashion
271	264		and, in the judgment of a law enforcement officer or the Department
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299	291		of Human Services, there is reasonable cause to beli eve a delay in
300	292		investigation or interview of the child victim could place the child
301	293		in jeopardy of harm or threatened harm to a the child's health or
302	294		welfare, the investigation may proceed without full participation of
303	295		all personnel, provided all reasonabl e efforts have been made to
304	296		facilitate the use of a trained investigator or interviewer . This
305	297		authority applies only for as long as reasonable danger to the child
306	298		exists. A reasonable effort to find and provide a trained
307	299		investigator or interviewer shall be made As soon as possible
308	300		thereafter, the joint investigation protocol shall be initiated .
309	301		4. Freestanding multidisciplinary child abuse teams shall be
310	302		approved by the Commission. The Commission shall conduct direct an
311	303		annual review of freestanding mu ltidisciplinary teams to ensure that
312	304		the teams are functioning effectively , and staff shall conduct on -
313	305		site compliance reviews as necessary . Teams not meeting the minimal
314	306		standards as promulgated by the Commission shall be removed from the
315	307		list of functioning teams in the state.
316	308		D. 1. A multidisciplinary child abuse team may enter into an
317	309		agreement with the Child Death Review Board within the Oklahoma
318	310		Commission on Children and Youth and, in accordance with rules
319	311		promulgated by the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth,
320	312		conduct case reviews of deaths and near deaths of children within
321	313		the geographical area of that multidisciplinary child abuse team.
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349	340		2. Any multidisciplinary child abuse team reviewing deaths and
350	341		near deaths of children shall prepare a nd make available to the
351	342		public, on an annual basis, a report containing a summary of the
352	343		activities of the team relating to the review of the deaths and near
353	344		deaths of children and a summary of the extent to which the state
354	345		child protection system is coor dinating with foster care and
355	346		adoption programs and whether the state is efficiently discharging
356	347		its child protection responsibilities. The report shall be
357	348		completed no later than December 31 of each year.
358	349		E. Nothing in this section shall preclude the us e of hospital
359	350		team reviews for client -specific purposes and multidisciplinary
360	351		teams, either of which were in existence prior to July 1, 1995;
361	352		provided, however, such teams shall not be subject to the provisions
362	353		of paragraph 1 of subsection A of this sectio n.
363	354		F. 1. Child advocacy centers shall be classified, based on the
364	355		child population of a district attorney's district, as follows:
365	356		a. nonurban centers in districts with child populations
366	357		that are less than sixty thousand (60,000),
367	358		b. midlevel nonurban cen ters in districts with child
368	359		populations equal to or greater than sixty thousand
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371	362		c. urban centers in Oklahoma and Tulsa Counties.
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400	390		advocacy center for its accreditation shall meet the criteria
401	391		required by a national association of child advocacy centers and, in
402	392		addition, the team shall:
403	393		a. choose a lead agency for the team,
404	394		b. intervene in reports involving child sexual abuse and
405	395		may intervene in child physical abuse or neglect,
406	396		c. promote the joint investigation of child abuse reports
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409	399		the handling of child abuse and neglect cases.
410	400		G. Multidisciplinary child abuse teams and child advocacy
411	401		centers shall have full access to any service or treatment plan and
412	402		any personal data known to the Department which is directly related
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414	404		H. Each member of the team shall be responsible for protecting
415	405		the confidentiality of the child and any information made available
416	406		to such person as a member of the team. The multidisciplinary team
417	407		and any information received by the team shall be exempt from the
418	408		requirements of Sections 301 through 314 of Title 25 of the Oklahoma
419	409		Statutes and Sections 24A.1 through 24A.31 of Title 51 of the
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448	437		SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
449	438		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1 -9-102a of Title 10A, unless
450	439		there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
451	440		A. The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth shall provide
452	441		for the creation and maintenance of a secure database to be utilized
453	442		by freestanding multidisciplinary child abuse teams during case
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455	444		B. The database shall collect case information and shall
456	445		maintain strict security of all information. The database and its
457	446		use shall be subject to the confidential records requirements
458	447		established pursuant to Section s 1-6-102 and 1-6-107 of this title
459	448		and penalties for violations established pursuant to Section 1 -6-107
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461	450		C. The purpose of the database shall include, but not be
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463	452		1. Facilitating case management;
464	453		2. Providing for appropriate an d uniform collection and
465	454		reporting of case information by all freestanding multidisciplinary
466	455		child abuse teams;
467	456		3. Enabling Commission staff to conduct programmatic
468	457		evaluations; and
469	458		4. Identifying trends to make recommendations for improving the
470	459		children and youth service system.
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498	486		D. The Commission shall promulgate rules necessary to implement
499	487		the provisions of this section.
500	488		SECTION 4. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
501		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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	489	+	Passed the House of Representatives the 12th day of March, 2025.
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	499	+	Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2025.
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