1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA | | | 2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) | | | 3|SENATE BILL 226 By: Rogers | | | 4| | | | 5| | | | 6| AS INTRODUCED | | | 7| An Act relating to children; directing the Department | | of Human Services to take certain actions to create | 8| specified program; directing promulgation of rules; | | providing for codification; and providing an | 9| effective date. | | | 10| | | | 11| | | | 12|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 13| SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 14|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-9-126 of Title 10A, unless | | | 15|there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 16| A. The Department of Human Services shall consult with and, as | | | 17|necessary, enter into one or more agreements with the Department of | | | 18|Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and any other relevant | | | 19|agencies to create a program designed to prevent children who are | | | 20|not otherwise abused or neglected from entering the custody or | | | 21|guardianship of the Department of Human Services solely for the | | | 22|purpose of receiving services for a serious mental illness or | | | 23|serious emotional disturbance. | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 532 Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| B. The Department of Human Services, the Department of Mental | | | 2|Health and Substance Abuse Services, and any other affected agency | | | 3|shall promulgate such rules as are necessary to implement this | | | 4|section. | | | 5| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023. | | | 6| | | | 7| 59-1-532 DC 1/9/2023 7:09:49 PM | | | 8| | | | 9| | | | 10| | | | 11| | | | 12| | | | 13| | | | 14| | | | 15| | | | 16| | | | 17| | | | 18| | | | 19| | | | 20| | | | 21| | | | 22| | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 532 Page 2