ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1867	By:	Billy and Condit of the House

				and

		Anderson of the Senate

An Act relating to resource centers; requiring Department of Human Services to ensure that an entity providing services to certain individuals be assessed annually; providing certain quality standards; requiring certain providers to participate in certain assessments; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1409.1 of Title 10, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The Department of Human Services shall ensure that an entity approved to provide residential services, day services, identified day habilitation, or vocational services to individuals who were residents at the Northern Oklahoma Resource Center of Enid or the Southern Oklahoma Resource Center of Pauls Valley on November 1, 2012, shall be assessed annually by the Quality Assurance Unit of the Developmental Disabilities Services Division of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services for compliance with contract and policy expectations through the performance review process and successfully complete the fiscal year with no outstanding issues of noncompliance.  In assuring the health and safety of these individuals, compliance shall include, but not be limited to, standards related to individual plan implementation, medication administration, staff training, employment background checks, and incident reporting including the reporting of maltreatment.  Failure to comply shall result in sanctions as described in Department policy.  All such providers shall participate in Oklahoma-Advocates Involved in Monitoring (OK AIM) assessments and all other Developmental Disabilities Services Division quality assurance initiatives designed to assess the quality of service delivery.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2013.
Passed the House of Representatives the 13th day of March, 2013.

	
	Presiding Officer of the House
	of Representatives

Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2013.

	
	Presiding Officer of the Senate