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56 OK Stat § 56-169 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-169. Reinvestigation of assistance grants.

|All assistance grants made under this act shall be reinvestigated by the Department as frequently as may be required by the Commission. In all cases, the Department shall have the power to modify or revoke its former grant. The same right of hearing shall be accorded an aggrieved recipient as provided in Section 8 thereof. Provided, that on and after June 1st, 1957, it shall be the duty of the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission in conformity with the Federal Social Security Laws and in regard to funds available to revise and liberalize the budget as now used in ascertaining the need of any person eligible to receive old age assistance, and in so doing the increased cost of living and condition of health shall be given due consideration (and excepting earned and/or inconsequential resources and casual irregular or unpredictable wages or salary in an amount of an average of $50.00 or a greater amount per month). Provided further, that the Commission shall immediately direct the reinvestigation and revision of the budget of each and every recipient and the payment of assistance thereafter shall be made on such basis. |Added by State Question No. 226, Initiative Petition No. 155, § 9, adopted July 7, 1936. Amended by Laws 1939, p. 90, § 9, emerg. eff. May 9, 1939; Laws 1945, p. 181, § 2, emerg. eff. May 7, 1945; Laws 1957, p. 457, § 2, emerg. eff. April 9, 1957.
56 OK Stat § 56-172 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-172. Assistance to incompetent to be paid to guardian.

|A grant of assistance to any recipient of Old-Age Assistance or Aid to the Blind, found to be incompetent, may be paid to a guardian appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction. |Added by State Question No. 226, Initiative Petition No. 155, § 12, adopted July 7, 1936. Amended by Laws 1939, p. 91, § 11, emerg. eff. May 9, 1939.
56 OK Stat § 56-173 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-173. Assistance inalienable.

|All rights to assistance under this act shall be inalienable by any assignment, sale or transfer; and said assistance shall not be subject to execution, attachment, garnishment or other process, and in the case of bankruptcy, the assistance shall not pass to or through any trustee or any other person acting on behalf of creditors. Any contract or transfer or assignment or sale made contrary to the provisions of this act shall be void. |Added by State Question No. 226, Initiative Petition No. 155, § 13, adopted July 7, 1936.
56 OK Stat § 56-174 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-174. Change of residence.

|Any recipient who moves to another county in this state shall be entitled to receive assistance in the county in which he has moved and the county department of the county from which he has moved shall transfer with due dispatch all necessary records relating to the recipient to the county department of the county to which he has moved. |Added by State Question No. 226, Initiative Petition No. 155, § 14, adopted July 7, 1936. Amended by Laws 1939, p. 91, § 12, emerg. eff. May 9, 1939.
56 OK Stat § 56-175 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-175. Assistance to crippled children.

|It shall be the duty of the county department in the several respective counties in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission to take the initiative in ascertaining the need for assistance of persons eligible for assistance under the provisions of subsection (c) of Section 164 of this title and report in writing on forms furnished by the Department its recommendations showing the nature of the need for assistance, the kind and amount of assistance needed in each case. The Department shall have authority to enter into agreements with physicians, nurses, hospitals, agencies and individuals for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of subsection (c) of Section 164 of this title. All claims approved for payment under this section shall be drawn against the Human Services Medical and Assistance Fund and paid in the same manner as other expenditures. |Added by State Question No. 226, Initiative Petition No. 155, § 15, adopted July 7, 1936. Amended by Laws 1939, p. 91, § 13, emerg. eff. May 9, 1939; Laws 1943, p. 129, § 1, emerg. eff. April 12, 1943; Laws 1988, c. 326, § 11, emerg. eff. July 13, 1988.
56 OK Stat § 56-176 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-176. Homeless and neglected children.

|The Commission is authorized to set up a division for the protection and care of homeless, dependent and neglected children, and children in danger of becoming delinquent and to provide an adequate child welfare service to accomplish the purposes herein set forth. |Added by State Question No. 226, Initiative Petition No. 155, § 16, adopted July 7, 1936. Amended by Laws 1939, p. 92, § 14, emerg. eff. May 9, 1939; Laws 1988, c. 326, § 12, emerg. eff. July 13, 1988.
56 OK Stat § 56-176.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-176.1. Investigation or study involving custody, placement or adoption of children - Fee.

|If the district court requests or orders the Department of Human Services to perform any investigation or study involving the custody, placement, adoption, or other pertinent matter, with regard to a child or children with whom the Department is not otherwise involved, the Department may charge a reasonable sliding scale fee, subject to standards promulgated by the Commission for Human Services. The court shall specify the party or parties responsible for payment of such a fee. Failure to obey the order to pay the fee may be punished as contempt. The Department may also recover the fee as is provided by law for the recovery of a debt. The investigation, or study filed with the court, is subject to the sovereign immunity of the state and its employees. |Added by Laws 1986, c. 247, § 25, operative July 1, 1986.
56 OK Stat § 56-177 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-177. Assent to provisions of federal law.

|The Commission shall have the authority to accept grants from the federal government of money or services for the purpose of augmenting assistance granted hereunder or to reimburse the state for assistance granted hereunder and to conform to the requirements of any federal agency or agencies governing said federal grants in any manner not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the State of Oklahoma. |The Commission shall have the authority to make apportionments in advance of funds under its control in accordance with the requirements of the federal government where such funds are to be matched in whole or in part by federal funds.Added by State Question No. 226, Initiative Petition No. 155, § 17, adopted July 7, 1936.
56 OK Stat § 56-182 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-182. Charging fees for representing applicant prohibited.

|It shall be unlawful for any person to charge or receive any fee for representing an applicant for or recipient of assistance under the provisions of this act, except as to criminal proceedings brought against an applicant or recipient under the penal provisions of this act, with respect to any application or proceedings before the Department or the Commission, whether such fee or charge be paid by the applicant or recipient or any other person. |Added by State Question No. 226, Initiative Petition No. 155, § 23, adopted July 7, 1936. Amended by Laws 1939, p. 92, § 15, emerg. eff. May 9, 1939.
56 OK Stat § 56-183 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-183. Confidentiality of applications, information and records – Misuse of information.

|A. This section shall be known and may be cited as “Kelley’s Law”. |B. All applications, information and records concerning any applicant or recipient obtained pursuant to law or as authorized by law by the Department of Human Services or any other public or private entity shall be confidential and shall be open to inspection only:1. To persons duly authorized by the Department of Human Services pursuant to rule promulgated in compliance with Article I of the Administrative Procedures Act or by the United States in connection with the performance of their official duties; or2. As otherwise authorized by law.Provided, however, the Department of Human Services shall maintain a process to allow an authorized representative of a client of the Department of Human Services to have access to confidential information when necessary for eligibility determination and the appeals process. For purposes of this section, “authorized representative” shall mean any person designated by a client of the Department of Human Services to review confidential information about the client pertinent to eligibility determination and the appeals process.C. The Developmental Disabilities Services Division of the Department of Human Services shall require all authorized persons accessing service recipient information within a home record to sign a form certifying that they have been informed and understand the penalties for misuse of confidential and protected information within the home record. The form shall include criminal penalties related to identity theft.D. It shall be unlawful and a misdemeanor for any public officer or employee, to furnish or permit to be taken off of the records any information therein contained for commercial or political purposes.E. It shall also be a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not to exceed two (2) years, for any person, firm or corporation to publish, or to use for commercial or political purposes, any list or names obtained through access to such information or records.Added by State Question No. 226, Initiative Petition No. 155, § 24, adopted July 7, 1936. Amended by Laws 1939, p. 92, § 16, emerg. eff. May 9, 1939; Laws 1951, p. 159, § 6, emerg. eff. June 1, 1951; Laws 1953, p. 504, § 1, emerg. eff. June 4, 1953; Laws 1967, c. 85, § 1, emerg. eff. April 18, 1967; Laws 1979, c. 30, § 16, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979; Laws 1994, c. 16, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 1995, c. 170, § 2, emerg. eff. May 8, 1995; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 498, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 363, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2010, c. 88, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 498 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
56 OK Stat § 56-186 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-186. Violations of the provisions of this act a misdemeanor.

|Any person who violates any provision of this act for which no penalty is specifically provided shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. |Added by State Question No. 226, Initiative Petition No. 155, § 27, adopted July 7, 1936.
56 OK Stat § 56-188 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-188. Provisions severable.

|The provisions of this act are severable, and if any section, paragraph, sentence or provision hereof be held to be void by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of the court shall not affect the validity of this act as a whole, or any part thereof, other than the portion so held to be invalid. |Added by State Question No. 226, Initiative Petition No. 155, § 29, adopted July 7, 1936.
56 OK Stat § 56-189 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-189. Short title.

|This act may be cited as the "Oklahoma Social Security Act." |Added by State Question No. 226, Initiative Petition No. 155, § 30, adopted July 7, 1936.
56 OK Stat § 56-189b (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-189b. Partial invalidity.

|The provisions of this act are severable, and if any section, paragraph, sentence or provision hereof be held to be void by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of the court shall not effect the validity of this act as a whole, or any part thereof, other than the portion so held to be invalid. |Added by Laws 1939, p. 93, § 18, emerg. eff. May 9, 1939.
56 OK Stat § 56-190 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-190. Payment of checks or vouchers to recipients of assistance, relief or welfare, upon death of the beneficiary after issuance.

|Whenever any qualified recipient or beneficiary of old-age assistance, aid to the blind, or aid to the permanently and totally disabled, or of other relief or welfare, under the laws of the State of Oklahoma, shall have died after the issuance of assistance checks or vouchers to him, or on or after the due date of said checks or vouchers and before the same is endorsed or presented for payment by the recipient or beneficiary, the judge of the district court of the county in which said recipient resided at the time of his death shall by the filing of an affidavit by one of the next of kin or next friend of said deceased recipient make an order authorizing and directing such next of kin or next friend, or some other reputable person, to endorse said checks or vouchers which shall be paid upon presentation, and it shall not be necessary that an administrator be appointed for the estate of said decedent in order to collect said checks or vouchers. No costs shall be charged in said proceedings. This act shall apply to checks and vouchers heretofore issued as well as to those hereafter issued. |Added by Laws 1937, p. 7, § 1. Amended by Laws 1953, p. 231, § 1; Laws 1957, p. 457, § 1; Laws 1961, p. 438, § 1.
56 OK Stat § 56-191 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-191. Contents of affidavit.

|Such affidavit filed by one of the next of kin or next friend shall state the name of the recipient, the date of his death, and the amount and number of such assistance checks or vouchers. |Added by Laws 1937, p. 8, § 2, emerg. eff. May 22, 1937. Amended by Laws 1961, p. 438, § 2.
56 OK Stat § 56-192 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-192. Exemption from costs in guardianship cases.

|No costs shall be charged whatsoever either by the court clerk or by the county judge of the district court in cases involving the guardianship of persons who are applicants for, or who are receiving Social Security benefits or assistance or veterans disability compensation or pension. |Added by Laws 1937, p. 7, § 1, emerg. eff. May 22, 1937. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 23, § 11, emerg. eff. April 4, 2019.
56 OK Stat § 56-193 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-193. Release of liens - Filing.

|The Director of the State Department of Public Welfare is hereby authorized to execute a written release, in such form as may be required to meet the recording laws of the State of Oklahoma, of any liens now held or which may be obtained, as provided by law, when such liens have been paid or otherwise satisfied, as provided by law and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission. Any such releases shall be filed and indexed in the Mechanic's Lien Docket, where such lien is required to be filed, in the office of the court clerk in the county where the property involved is located. |Added by Laws 1959, p. 221, § 1, emerg. eff. April 15, 1959.
56 OK Stat § 56-195 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-195. Increase of grants.

|The Oklahoma Department of Public Welfare is hereby authorized and directed, subject to the approval of the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission, to increase grants in the old-age assistance category, aid to blind category, and aid to permanently and totally disabled category when, in its judgment, sufficient funds are accumulated to maintain a one month's surplus in each of the accounts of the department and when sufficient funds are available to maintain the increase for a biennium, in order to guarantee a continuity of dependable payments to the recipients of public assistance. |Added by Laws 1961, p. 728, § 2, emerg. eff. March 22, 1961.
56 OK Stat § 56-198.9 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-198.9. Increase in assistance payments.

|The Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission shall cause, at as early a date as practicable and not later than April 1, 1975, the Schedule of Standard Money Payments for Assistance Plans in the categories of needy aged persons, aid to families with dependent children, needy blind persons and needy totally and permanently disabled persons, to be raised Seven Dollars ($7.00) per person per month subject to a finding by the Commission that the increase will not cause a reduction in services or benefits under any program administered by the Department of Institutions, Social and Rehabilitative Services. |Added by Laws 1975, p. 738, H.J.R. No. 1012, § 1, emerg. eff. March 14, 1975.
56 OK Stat § 56-198.10 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-198.10. Increase in assistance payments.

|The Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission shall cause, at as early a date as practicable and not later than April 1, 1976, the Schedule of Standard Money Payments for Assistance Plans in the categories of needy aged persons, aid to families with dependent children, needy blind persons and needy totally and permanently disabled persons to be raised Five Dollars ($5.00) per person per month subject to a finding by the Commission that the increase will not cause a reduction in services or benefits under any program administered by the Department of Institutions, Social and Rehabilitative Services. |Added by Laws 1976, p. 598, H.J.R. No. 1043, § 1, emerg. eff. March 4, 1976.
56 OK Stat § 56-198.11 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-198.11. Oklahoma Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance and Support Services (Oklahoma CD-PASS) Act – Purposes – Legislative findings.

|A. Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance and Support Services (Oklahoma CD-PASS) Act”. |B. The purposes of the Oklahoma Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance and Support Services Act are to:1. Provide assistance, on a voluntary basis, to families with a Medicaid-eligible member who requires long-term support services, or to provide assistance to Medicaid-eligible individuals who require long-term support services, so that such persons may remain in their family residence or in their own home; and2. Afford, on a voluntary basis, frail elderly individuals and adults with disabilities who are Medicaid-eligible and who need basic assistance with mobility, self-care and health maintenance, the ability to have maximum control over the selection of persons working on their behalf and over the manner in which personal assistance services are to be provided to them.C. The Oklahoma Legislature finds that:1. Providing services to individuals needing in-home and community-based care, as well as providing assistance to their family members, should be supported;2. Giving recipients of in-home and community-based services and their family members a choice in the selection of services needed and providers to be utilized enhances a sense of dignity and autonomy for those individuals receiving care; and3. Providing consumers and their families with choice and control over their lives is a goal that should be supported.D. The Oklahoma Legislature further recognizes the importance of providing options and alternatives to persons receiving in-home and community-based services, and as such, supports demonstration programs that result in positive outcomes.Added by Laws 2004, c. 285, § 1, eff. July 1, 2004.
56 OK Stat § 56-198.12 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-198.12. Short title.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Self-Directed Care Act”. |Added by Laws 2005, c. 434, § 1, eff. July 1, 2005.
56 OK Stat § 56-198.13 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-198.13. Legislative findings and intent.

|The Legislature finds that it recognizes the need to nurture the autonomy of citizens of this state who have disabilities by providing home- and community-based care services in the least restrictive and most appropriate setting possible. The Legislature hereby intends to provide such individuals with more choices in and greater control over the purchase of the home- and community-based care services they receive. |Added by Laws 2005, c. 434, § 2, eff. July 1, 2005.
56 OK Stat § 56-198.17 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-198.17. Nursing home prescreening process - Rules.

|A. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority, the Department of Human Services and the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, in cooperation with community stakeholders, shall develop a prescreening process to be utilized prior to an individual being admitted to a nursing facility or within twenty (20) days of admission to such a facility. The purpose of the screening process shall be to ensure that individuals who wish to avoid placement in a nursing facility have access to supports necessary to remain in the community. The prescreening process shall include, but not be limited to, the use of the following tools: |1. Resident Assessment Instrument – Minimum Data Set (RAI-MDS), as designated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services;2. Universal Comprehensive Assessment Tool (UCAT);3. Preadmission Screening and Annual Resident Review (PASARR);4. Inventory for Client and Agency Planning (ICAP); and5. Uniform Case Assessment Protocol (UCAP).B. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board shall promulgate rules necessary to implement the prescreening process developed pursuant to this section, provided funding is made available to implement the process.Added by Laws 2007, c. 270, § 2, emerg. eff. June 4, 2007.
56 OK Stat § 56-199 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-199. Visual or optometric services - Free choice of practitioner and profession.

|Whenever visual or optometric services within the lawful scope of practice of a duly licensed optometrist are included in any program financed with public funds or administered by any public agency, for aid to the indigent, the aged, the legally blind, or any other group or class, the recipient of such aid or his parent or guardian shall be entitled to choose whether such services are to be performed by a duly licensed optometrist or by a duly licensed physician who shall be equally compensated. Visual or optometric services as used herein shall include eye and/or visual examination or a correction of any vision or muscular anomaly and the supplying of ophthalmic materials, including contact lenses and subnormal vision aids. And in the expenditure of public funds for any purpose involving the care of human vision, or in the administration of any public program, the public agency and its employees including school districts and other state, county and municipal agencies or any subdivision of the State of Oklahoma and its employees and agents responsible for such expenditures or services shall not, under any circumstances, in informing a person requiring vision care, or for a correction of any vision or muscular anomaly, either directly or indirectly refer such person to any particular health discipline, but shall merely advise such person the need exists for professional services. |Added by Laws 1967, c. 17, § 2, emerg. eff. Feb. 21, 1967.