STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 54th Legislature (2013)

SENATE BILL 1071	By:	Paddack

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to children; requiring development of certain protocol; specifying certain information to be included in certain protocol; 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 1-4-301.1 of Title 10A, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
To ensure the safety of the child and to evaluate services necessary to best serve the child and the child's family, the office of the Department of Human Services in each county shall develop a protocol for determining the feasibility of a trial reunification of the child and the child's family.  The protocol shall include, but not be limited to, instructions to the caseworker making a recommendation for reunification regarding information required to adequately assess and evaluate any safety risks that may be present and would prevent a successful reunification.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2013.

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