10A OK Stat § 10A-1-7-104 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code|§10A-1-7-104. Information to accompany child placed outside child's home – Passport Program.

|A. The court shall ensure that the following information accompanies any deprived child placed outside the child's home as soon as the information becomes available: |1. Demographic information;2. Strengths, needs and general behavior of the child;3. Circumstances which necessitated placement;4. Type of custody and previous placement;5. Pertinent family information including, but not limited to, the names of family members who are and who are not, by court order, allowed to visit the child and the child's relationship to the family which may affect placement;6. Known and important life experiences and relationships which may significantly affect the child's feelings, behavior, attitudes or adjustment;7. Whether the child has third-party insurance coverage which may be available to the child;8. Education history to include present grade placement, last school attended, and special strengths and weaknesses. The Department of Human Services shall also assist the foster parents in getting the child admitted into school and obtaining the child's school records; and9. Known or available medical history including, but not limited to:a.allergies,b.immunizations,c.childhood diseases,d.physical handicaps,e.psycho-social information, andf.the name of the child's last doctor, if known.B. When the Department places a child in out-of-home care, the Department shall provide the placement providers with sufficient medical information to enable the placement providers to care for the child safely and appropriately. Such medical information shall include, but not be limited to:1. Any medical or psychological conditions;2. Diseases, illnesses, accidents, allergies, and congenital defects;3. The child's Medicaid card or information on any other third-party insurer, if any; and4. Immunization history.C. 1. The Department of Human Services shall establish a Passport Program for children in the custody of the Department.2. The Program shall provide for a Passport, which shall be a compilation of the significant information provided for in subsections A and B of this section for each child, in particular, education and physical and behavioral health records.3. In furtherance of the purposes of this section, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, the Department of Education, and the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall cooperate with the Department to establish the Passport Program.4. The Passport shall accompany each child to wherever the child resides so long as the child is in the custody of the Department and the Department shall:a.work with public and private partners to gain access to the information listed in subsections A and B of this section,b.provide for a secure database in which to store the information, andc.consult with the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to convert Medicaid claims data to a usable format and to add it from other data sources in order to provide foster families more information about the history and needs of the child.5. For the purposes of Section 1 of this act, the secure database created to store Passport information shall be made available to the Office of Juvenile Affairs. Such access shall be limited to student performance reports for students in the custody of the Office of Juvenile Affairs.Added by Laws 1981, c. 289, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 1981. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 352, § 31, eff. July 1, 1995. Renumbered from § 1115.2 of Title 10 by Laws 1995, c. 352, § 199, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 353, § 21, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 2, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 26, 1997; Laws 1997, c. 389, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 1998, c. 5, § 5, emerg. eff. March 4, 1998; Laws 1998, c. 421, § 17, emerg. eff. June 11, 1998; Laws 2009, c. 233, § 36, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009. Renumbered from § 7003-5.4 of Title 10 by Laws 2009, c. 233, § 278, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 338, § 7, eff. July 1, 2009; Laws 2014, c. 46, § 2, eff. July 1, 2014.NOTE: Laws 1996, c. 212, § 1 repealed by Laws 1997, c. 2, § 26, emerg. eff. Feb. 26, 1997. Laws 1997, c. 386, § 6 repealed by Laws 1998, c. 5, § 29, emerg. eff. March 4, 1998.