STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 52nd Legislature (2010)

SENATE BILL 1820	By:	Crain

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to poor persons; amending Section 1, Chapter 272, O.S.L. 2002 (56 O.S. Supp. 2009, Section 230.77), which relates to the Temporary Assistance for Need Families Program; clarifying language; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     Section 1, Chapter 272, O.S.L. 2002 (56 O.S. Supp. 2009, Section 230.77), is amended to read as follows:
Section 230.77.  A.  The Department of Human Services shall establish a service delivery system under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program that provides for redemption of vouchers for TANF services at participating private faith-based providers and federally recognized Indian tribes if they are effective and competitively priced for the results achieved.
B.  The vouchers shall be made payable, on behalf of the TANF recipient, for the provision of TANF services that include, but are not limited to, subsidized and unsubsidized hourly employment, work experience, on-the-job training, assisted job search, job readiness assistance, job skills training, community service, substance abuse treatment, literacy and adult basic education, vocational-educational programs and child care.
C.  The Department of Human Services shall establish a procedure whereby a qualified private faith-based provider that wishes to provide services to TANF recipients may register with the Department of Human Services.
D.  The Commission for Human Services shall promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this act.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2010.

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