STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

SENATE BILL 481	By:	Crain

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to the prevention of child abuse; amending 63 O.S. 2001, Section 1-227.3, as amended by Section 4, Chapter 147, O.S.L. 2007 (63 O.S. Supp. 2010, Section 1-227.3), which relates to the comprehensive state plan for the prevention of child abuse and neglect; modifying language; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     63 O.S. 2001, Section 1-227.3, as amended by Section 4, Chapter 147, O.S.L. 2007 (63 O.S. Supp. 2010, Section 1-227.3), is amended to read as follows:
Section 1-227.3  A.  The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth shall review and approve the comprehensive state plan and any subsequent revisions of said the plan, prior to the submission of the plan as provided in this section.
B.  On or before July 1, 2007, the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth shall deliver the comprehensive state plan for the prevention of child abuse and neglect to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.  The plan shall include but not be limited to:
1.  Specific proposals for the implementation of the comprehensive state plan which would promote the efficient use of staff, funds and other resources on the state level and improve the coordination and integration of state goals, activities and funds for the prevention of child abuse and neglect, particularly with regard to primary and secondary prevention of child abuse and neglect; and
2.  Specific proposals detailing the interagency provision of services to all populations at risk of committing child abuse.  Services, especially those directed at high-risk populations including, but not limited to, those populations in which parental drug and/or alcohol abuse, mental illness and domestic abuse are an issue, shall be specifically addressed.
C.  The Office of Child Abuse Prevention and the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth shall at least annually review the state plan and make any necessary revisions based on changing needs and program evaluation results not less than every five (5) years.  Any such revisions shall be delivered to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate no later than July 1 of each year.
D.  The Office of Child Abuse Prevention shall provide adequate opportunity for appropriate private and public agencies and organizations and private citizens and consumers to participate at the local level in the development of the state plan.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2011.

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