STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

SENATE BILL 480	By:	Crain

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to mental illness service program certification; authorizing the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to establish and maintain a program for the certification of Mental Illness Service Programs; directing application; providing for certification and renewal; authorizing certain fees; authorizing the Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to promulgate certain rules; providing for penalties for noncompliance; 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 4-110 of Title 43A, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services may establish and maintain a program for the certification of Mental Illness Service Programs.
B.  Applications for certification as a Mental Illness Service Program shall be made to the Department on forms prescribed by the Department.  The Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, or the Commissioner of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services upon delegation by the Board, may certify Mental Illness Service Programs for a period of up to three (3) years.  Such certifications may be renewed subject to the rules and regulations promulgated by the Board.
C.  The Department is authorized to establish and collect certification and renewal fees for Mental Illness Service Programs as provided for in Section 3-324 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes.
D.  The Board is authorized to promulgate rules as necessary to implement the certification of Mental Illness Service Programs; provided, however, that such rules shall be in compliance with:
1.  The Joint Commission;
2.  The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities; or
3.  Approved medical and professional standards as determined by the Board.
E.  Failure by a Mental Illness Service Program to comply with the rules and regulations promulgated by the Board shall be grounds for revocation, suspension or nonrenewal of certification.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2011.

53-1-487	JM	1/18/2011 4:31:32 PM