ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 1937	By:	Burrage and Ivester of the Senate

			and

		Sherrer, Kern and Pittman of the House

An Act relating to children; requiring Department of Human Services to furnish credit report to certain children; requiring Department to take certain corrective action; permitting Department to implement program in certain stages; requiring annual report to Legislature; providing scope of report; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

SUBJECT:  Department of Human Services

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 1-8-111 of Title 10A, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A.  The Department of Human Services shall provide each youth in its custody an annual credit report.  The Department shall inform the court with jurisdiction over the youth of any inaccuracies in a credit report displaying evidence of identity theft or any other activity fraudulently made on behalf of the youth in custody.  The Department may implement the requirements of this section in stages beginning with youth in the independent living program whose credit rating may inhibit employment and housing opportunities when the child is no longer in custody.

B.  Within one (1) year of the effective date of this act, the Department of Human Services shall submit annual reports on the implementation of the provisions of this act to the Chair and Vice Chair of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee and the Chair and Vice Chair of the House Human Services Committee.  Such reports shall include, but not be limited to, the number of youths in the Department's custody receiving credit score reports, the frequency of such reports, and administrative issues faced by the Department in the implementation of this act.  Such reports shall continue to be issued by the Department until November 1, 2018.

SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2014.

Passed the Senate the 6th day of March, 2014.

	
	Presiding Officer of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the 15th day of April, 2014.

	
	Presiding Officer of the House
	of Representatives

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________ day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________ day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.

	_________________________________
	Governor of the State of Oklahoma

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________ day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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