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§10-1116.6.
§10-1116.6.
A. There is hereby created a State Postadjudication Review Advisory
Board which shall meet at least twice each calendar year. The Advisory
Board shall have the duty of overseeing the implementation of the
state postadjudication review program in coordination with the
Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth.
B. The Advisory Board shall consist of twenty-one (21) members
appointed by the Governor as follows:
1. Eight of the members shall be members of the various review boards
throughout the state;
2. Five of the members shall be judges of the district court;
3. Five of the members shall represent the general public and may be
foster parents;
4. One of the members appointed after the effective date of this act
shall be a foster parent representing foster parents who have a
current contract with the Department of Human Services to provide
foster care services;
5. One of the members appointed after the effective date of this act
shall be a foster parent representing child-placing agencies which
have current contracts with the Department to provide foster care
services; and
6. One of the members appointed after the effective date of this act
shall be a foster parent nominated by any local or statewide foster
parent association.
The members shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The
administrative heads of the divisions which have foster care
responsibilities within the Department of Human Services and the
Office of Juvenile Affairs or their designees shall serve as ex
officio members of the Board.
C. The Director of the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth shall
be the clerk of the Advisory Board.
The Advisory Board shall have the duty to:
1. Assist in the training of the members of the review boards;
2. Serve, in coordination with the Oklahoma Commission on Children and
Youth, as a clearinghouse for reports and information concerning the
foster care review program and the review boards as they relate to
foster care;
3. Make recommendations to the courts, the Oklahoma Commission on
Children and Youth, the Governor, the Legislature, the Department of
Human Services, the Office of Juvenile Affairs, and other state
agencies providing services to children regarding proposed statutory
revisions, and amendments to court rules and procedures, and review
and make recommendations on permanency planning, foster care and child
welfare service delivery policies, guidelines, and procedures;
4. Work with both public and private agencies concerned with foster
care and adoption exchanges to inform the public of the need for
temporary and permanent homes and other services needed by deprived
children; and
5. Specifically:
a. identify, analyze, and recommend solutions to any issue concerning
child welfare and foster care services within the child welfare
delivery system,
b. participate in the statewide planning and promotion of foster
parent involvement in local planning for child welfare services, and
c. develop recommendations concerning foster care training to improve
the quality of foster care services.
D. The State Postadjudication Review Advisory Board may designate
multidisciplinary committees on the local level to act as advocates
for foster parents in order to assist in the resolution of specific
complaints concerning foster care and to help facilitate the
relationship between the Department of Human Services, the Office of
Juvenile Affairs, child-placing agencies, and the foster parents.
E. The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth, with the assistance
of the Administrative Director of the Courts and the State
Postadjudication Review Advisory Board, shall be responsible for
developing and administering training procedures and rules for the
administration of the state postadjudication review board system.
F. The State Postadjudication Review Advisory Board shall submit a
report of the activities of the review boards, including the findings
and recommendations of such review boards, to the Oklahoma Commission
on Children and Youth on or before May 1 of each year.
G. The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth shall incorporate, as
appropriate, the findings and recommendations of the review boards in
the annual report required by Section 601.9 of this title.
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