Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 1 - EXECUTIVE ORDERS › Section 1:2015-17

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
By Executive Order 2013-8, I established the Governor's Blue
			 Ribbon Panel for Developmental Disabilities (Blue Ribbon Panel), which was
			 tasked with developing a comprehensive plan to support individuals with
			 developmental disabilities and their families in acquiring reliable,
			 high-quality care. This Blue Ribbon Panel, comprised of individuals with
			 developmental disabilities, their family members, and professionals from
			 developmental disability-related fields, is scheduled to sunset on April 1,
			 2015. Much important work, however, remains unfinished.
It is for this reason that, I, Mary Fallin, Governor of the
			 State of Oklahoma, pursuant to the authority vested in me by Sections 1 and 2
			 of Article VI of the Oklahoma Constitution, hereby create an executive council
			 of State officials (Executive Council), which shall be composed of the
			 individuals designated in Section A, below. The Executive Council is hereby
			 authorized, with the support and guidance of an Advisory Committee as
			 established in Section B, below, to continue improving the range and quality of
			 services accessible to Oklahomans with developmental disabilities.
More specifically, the Executive Council shall coordinate and
			 improve the information tools that key State agencies make publicly available
			 regarding existing developmental disability services and community resources
			 (hereinafter referred to as "resources"). As part of this initiative, the
			 Executive Council shall:
1) provide
		  for the regular, periodic dissemination of information about resources to
		  individuals on the waiver services request list that are specifically-tailored
		  to each individual's need;
2)
		  develop and implement resource training programs that are designed both for
		  State workers to employ at the point of intake, and for families and
		  self-advocates to access, more generally, throughout Oklahoma; and
3) improve the ease-of-use and prominence of
		  information on State agency websites concerning resources, including the
		  potential creation of a uniform disability information web portal. In addition,
		  the Executive Council shall analyze how best to prioritize the waiver services
		  request list so that need and urgency of care, and not just date of
		  application, are considered in the ordering of the list.
The Executive Council, however, is by no means restricted from
			 considering and recommending implementation of statutorily authorized State
			 agency action(s) on unanticipated issues critical to the developmentally
			 disabled community, or from championing necessary statutory amendments to me or
			 the Legislature, where appropriate.
A.
		  The Executive Council shall be composed of the following State officials:
1. The Chief Executive Officer of the
		  Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA), or his or her designee;
2. The State Superintendent of Public
		  Instruction (Superintendent), or his or her designee;
3. The Director of the Oklahoma Department of
		  Rehabilitation Services (DRS), or his or her designee;
4. The Commissioner of the Oklahoma
		  Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS), or his or
		  her designee;
5. The Chancellor of
		  the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education (Chancellor), or his or her
		  designee;
6. Director of the
		  Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS), or his or her designee;
7. The Secretary of Health and Human
		  Services, or his or her designee; and
8. The Secretary of Education and Workforce
		  Development, or his or her designee.
The Chair(s) of the Executive Council shall rotate on an annual
			 basis, with the DHS representative serving as Chair in 2015; the OHCA and
			 ODMHSAS representatives serving as co-Chairs in 2016; the Superintendent and
			 Chancellor representatives serving as co-Chairs in 2017; and the DRS
			 representative serving as Chair in 2018. Administrative support for the
			 Executive Council and its Advisory Committee, as is deemed necessary and
			 appropriate to ensure compliance with this Order, shall be provided by the
			 State agency of that year's designated Chair; except that, OHCA shall be
			 exclusively responsible for providing administrative support in 2016, and the
			 Chancellor shall be exclusively responsible for providing administrative
			 support in 2017.