§43A-3-113.

§43A-3-113.
   
   A. There is hereby created until February 1, 2001, the Task Force on
   Behavioral Health.
   
   B. The Task Force shall be composed of twenty-four (24) members as
   follows:
   
   1. The Director of the Department of Human Services, or a designee;
   
   2. The Director of the Department of Corrections, or a designee;
   
   3. The Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health and Substance
   Abuse Services, or a designee;
   
   4. The State Commissioner of Health, or a designee;
   
   5. The Executive Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs, or a
   designee;
   
   6. The Administrator of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, or a
   designee;
   
   7. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction, or a designee;
   
   8. A medical doctor certified as an addiction specialist, appointed by
   the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
   
   9. A licensed behavioral health provider, appointed by the President
   Pro Tempore of the Senate;
   
   10. Three persons appointed by the Governor, representing the
   following groups:
   
   a. a family member of a child consumer of behavioral health services,
   
   b. a not-for-profit youth and family services provider, and
   
   c. a consumer of domestic violence service;
   
   11. Three persons appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the
   Senate, representing the following groups:
   
   a. a for-profit behavioral health provider,
   
   b. a not-for-profit substance abuse treatment provider, and
   
   c. a consumer of mental health services;
   
   12. Three persons appointed by the Speaker of the House of
   Representatives, representing the following groups:
   
   a. a not-for-profit community mental health provider,
   
   b. a not-for-profit domestic violence services provider, and
   
   c. a consumer of substance abuse services;
   
   13. Three members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives appointed
   by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and
   
   14. Three members of the Oklahoma State Senate appointed by the
   President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
   
   C. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the
   House of Representatives shall each name a cochair of the Task Force
   from among the legislative members appointed to the Task Force. The
   cochairs shall convene the first meeting of the Task Force on or
   before September 1, 1999. The members of the Task Force shall elect
   any other officers during the first meeting and upon a vacancy in any
   office. The Task Force shall meet as often as necessary. Task Force
   members employed by the state shall be reimbursed travel expenses
   related to their service on the Task Force by their respective
   agencies pursuant to the provisions of the State Travel Reimbursement
   Act. Legislative members of the Task Force shall be reimbursed for
   their necessary travel expenses incurred in the performance of their
   duties in accordance with Section 456 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma
   Statutes. Remaining Task Force members shall be reimbursed travel
   expenses related to their service on the Task Force by their
   appointing authorities pursuant to the provisions of the State Travel
   Reimbursement Act.
   
   D. Administrative support for the Task Force, including, but not
   limited to, personnel necessary to ensure the proper performance of
   the duties and responsibilities of the Task Force, shall be provided
   by the staff of the House of Representatives and the Senate. All
   participating state agencies may provide for any administrative
   support through interagency agreements with other state agencies
   represented on the Task Force, pursuant to the provisions of the
   Interlocal Cooperation Act.
   
   E. The Task Force shall:
   
   1. Make recommendations regarding the cooperative and coordinated
   delivery of behavioral health services by state agencies responsible
   for providing such services. In making such recommendations, the Task
   Force shall conduct a review which includes, but is not limited to:
   
   a. identification of all services currently offered and persons
   actually served,
   
   b. identification of barriers to services,
   
   c. assessment of the quality of services offered and recommendations
   to improve the quality of services offered,
   
   d. the extent of duplication of effort between state agencies and
   recommendations for integration and appropriate streamlining of
   service delivery,
   
   e. assessment of oversight of providers of behavioral health services
   to determine whether the type of oversight is appropriate to the
   services offered and is adequate to ensure quality, and whether
   oversight services are duplicated by more than one agency,
   
   f. assessment of performance outcomes, and recommendations for
   improvement of performance outcomes,
   
   g. cost analysis of provided services,
   
   h. analysis of how to fund adequate services while ensuring quality,
   
   i. identification of the nature and requirements of available grants
   and the ability of state agencies and their contractors to obtain
   available grants,
   
   j. identification of any other problem area related to delivery of
   behavioral health services,
   
   k. recommendations for development of a behavioral health system of
   care for children,
   
   l. recommendations for an integrated and comprehensive behavioral
   health system of care for adults needing substance abuse treatment or
   other behavioral health services,
   
   m. review of professional qualifications of providers of behavioral
   health services, and
   
   n. examination of the privatization of services provided to the
   population served by state agencies and recommendations regarding
   privatization of services; and
   
   2. Submit any legislative proposals necessary to implement the
   findings of the Task Force on or before January 1 of each year.
   
   F. The Task Force shall make regular, but not less than semiannual,
   reports to each agency affected by the report, the Governor, the
   President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
   Representatives, and the appropriate committees of the State Senate
   and the House of Representatives.