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Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 7 - MEDICAL SERVICES › Section 340:75-13-63 - Prior authorization and claims procedures for medical services

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Prior authorization is required for medical services, per
					 Oklahoma Administrative Code (OAC)
					 317:30-3-82.
					 Procedures and guidelines for prior authorization are outlined in OAC
					 317:30-3-82,
					 available to all healthcare providers at www.ohca.state.ok.us.
(1)
Contact Oklahoma Health Care
				  Authority (OHCA).
For services, supplies, or equipment requiring prior
				  authorization, the healthcare provider contacts the OHCA-contracted agency for
				  specific instructions and assistance.
(2)
Contact Child Welfare Services
				  (CWS) Finance and Business Operations (FBO).
When child welfare (CW)
				  staff or placement providers are referred to a collection agency for nonpayment
				  of a medical bill for a child in Oklahoma Department of Human Services custody,
				  CW staff contacts CWS FBO for guidance regarding payment procedures. Any
				  medical payments made from state funds are paid at rates no greater than
				  established Oklahoma Medicaid rates.
Amended at 11 Ok Reg
					 505, eff 11-15-93 (emergency); Amended at 11 Ok Reg 1733, eff 5-12-94; Amended
					 at 16 Ok Reg 102, eff 10-13-98 (preemptive); Amended at 22 Ok Reg 854, eff
					 5-12-05; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1323, eff 6-1-07; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 894, eff
					 7-1-11
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 7 - MEDICAL SERVICES › Section 340:75-13-64 - Sources of funding for medical services

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Medical services for children in Oklahoma Department of
					 Human Services (DHS) custody are paid through a variety of funds.
(1)
Title XIX Medicaid and Children's
				  Special Health Care Needs program.
Title XIX Medicaid, a combination of
				  state and federal money, is administered through Oklahoma Health Care Authority
				  (OHCA). Medicaid claims are paid from the OHCA budget through a designated
				  fiscal agent. The Medicaid program:
(A) has
				  specific eligibility requirements;
(B) covers specific services as determined by
				  Oklahoma's State Plan; and
(C) does
				  not pay for experimental procedures.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 7 - MEDICAL SERVICES › Section 340:75-13-65 - Consent for medical services [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Amended at 10 Ok Reg
					 3987, eff 7-13-93 (emergency); Amended at 11 Ok Reg 999, eff 1-13-94
					 (emergency); Amended at 11 Ok Reg 2727, eff 6-13-94; Amended at 13 Ok Reg 989,
					 eff 4-10-95 (emergency); Amended at 13 Ok Reg 2199, eff 6-14-96; Amended at 16
					 Ok Reg 102, eff 10-13-98 (preemptive); Amended at 23 Ok Reg 1024, eff 5-11-06;
					 Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1323, eff 6-1-07; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 1092, eff 3-26-10
					 (emergency); Amended at 27 Ok Reg 1865, eff 7-1-10; Revoked at 28 Ok Reg 375,
					 eff 12-1-10 (emergency); Revoked at 28 Ok Reg 894, eff
					 7-1-11
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 7 - MEDICAL SERVICES › Section 340:75-13-66 - Consent for admission/treatment [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 7 - MEDICAL SERVICES › Section 340:75-13-66.1 - Admission to Children's Convalescent Center [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Added at 11 Ok Reg
					 505, eff 11-15-93 (emergency); Added at 11 Ok Reg 1733, eff 5-12-94; Revoked at
					 16 Ok Reg 102, eff 10-13-98 (preemptive)
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 7 - MEDICAL SERVICES › Section 340:75-13-67 - Consent for Surgery [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Amended at 10 Ok Reg
					 3987, eff 7-13-94 (emergency); Revoked at 11 Ok Reg 999, eff 1-13-94
					 (emergency); Revoked at 11 Ok Reg 2727, eff
					 6-13-94
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 7 - MEDICAL SERVICES › Section 340:75-13-68 - Consent for DHS custody children in own or relative's homes [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 11 Ok Reg
					 999, eff 1-13-94 (emergency); Revoked at 11 Ok Reg 2727, eff
					 6-13-94
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 7 - MEDICAL SERVICES › Section 340:75-13-69 - Consent for DHS custody children in purchase of care facilities and residential treatment facilities [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 11 Ok Reg
					 999, eff 1-13-94 (emergency); Revoked at 11 Ok Reg 2727, eff
					 6-13-94
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 7 - MEDICAL SERVICES › Section 340:75-13-70 - Consent for DHS custody children in State Schools for the Mentally Retarded [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 11 Ok Reg
					 999, eff 1-13-94 (emergency); Revoked at 11 Ok Reg 2727, eff
					 6-13-94
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 7 - MEDICAL SERVICES › Section 340:75-13-71 - Children's Hospital of Oklahoma (CHO) [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Amended at 10 Ok Reg
					 3987, eff 7-13-93 (emergency); Revoked at 11 Ok Reg 505, eff 11-15-93
					 (emergency); Revoked at 11 Ok Reg 1733, eff
					 5-12-94
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 7 - MEDICAL SERVICES › Section 340:75-13-72 - Medical care unavailable locally [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 11 Ok Reg
					 999, eff 1-13-94 (emergency); Revoked at 11 Ok Reg 2727, eff
					 6-13-94
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 7 - MEDICAL SERVICES › Section 340:75-13-73 - Specialized medical facilities (Children's Convalescent Center, O'Donoghue Rehabilitation Center) [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 11 Ok Reg
					 505, eff 11-15-93 (emergency); Revoked at 11 Ok Reg 1733, eff
					 5-12-94
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 7 - MEDICAL SERVICES › Section 340:75-13-74 - Medical identification cards

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
A child in Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) or
					 tribal custody in out-of-home placement receiving Medicaid is issued a medical
					 identification card.
Amended at 10 Ok Reg
					 3987, eff 7-13-93 (emergency); Amended at 11 Ok Reg 505, eff 11-15-93
					 (emergency); Amended at 11 Ok Reg 1733, eff 5-12-94; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 102,
					 eff 10-13-98 (preemptive); Amended at 19 Ok Reg 2265, eff 6-27-02; Amended at
					 24 Ok Reg 1323, eff 6-1-07; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 635, eff
					 6-1-12
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 7 - MEDICAL SERVICES › Section 340:75-13-75 - Out-of-state Medicaid coverage

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Title IV-E eligible.
A child certified for Title IV-E in Oklahoma
				  is eligible for Title XIX Medicaid coverage in the child's state of residence
				  when the child is placed in an out-of-state Interstate Compact on the Placement
				  of Children placement, receiving state, with relatives or non-relatives.
(1) The child continues to receive Title XIX
				  Medicaid coverage from the state of residence when the Title IV-E foster care
				  eligibility remains in effect.
(2)
				  A medical plan that provides necessary and expected medical services and
				  payment for those services must be in place before the child in Oklahoma
				  Department of Human Services (OKDHS) custody is sent to reside
				  out-of-state.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 7 - MEDICAL SERVICES › Section 340:75-13-76 - Medical categories [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Amended at 10 Ok Reg
					 3987, eff 7-13-93 (emergency); Amended at 11 Ok Reg 1733, eff 5-12-94; Revoked
					 at 19 Ok Reg 2265, eff 6-27-02
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 7 - MEDICAL SERVICES › Section 340:75-13-77 - Potential payment from third party sources

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Section 447.20 of Title 42 of the Code of Federal
					 Regulations requires that the Oklahoma Department of Human Services take all
					 reasonable measures to ascertain liability of a third party, for example,
					 private insurance, to pay for care and services.
(1) Third party liability is treated as a
				  resource if payment by a third party has been made on behalf of the recipient.
(A) In instances where such liability is
				  found to exist after medical assistance has been made available, the Oklahoma
				  Health Care Authority (OHCA) seeks reimbursement to the extent of such legal
				  liability.
(B) If the applicant or
				  recipient has already received payments from a third party, Form 08AD050E,
				  Third Party Liability Resource, is completed and submitted to the OHCA Third
				  Party Liability Unit.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 7 - MEDICAL SERVICES › Section 340:75-13-78 - Third party liability, accident, or injury

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
When medical services are provided to a recipient of
					 Medicaid as the result of an accident or injury, the Child Welfare (CW) worker
					 determines if there has been or may be monetary settlements that affect
					 eligibility. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA), Third Party Liability
					 Unit checks all paid claims for potential accident or trauma related diagnosis
					 codes and follows up on those with the recipient directly. If the recipient
					 fails to cooperate or does not respond to requests from OHCA, OHCA may request
					 the local office to submit Form ADM-50, Third Party Liability Resource. If a
					 recipient continues to not respond to requests for information or fails to
					 cooperate with the CW worker, the worker suspends further benefits until the
					 recipient has supplied the necessary information to OHCA.
Amended at 10 Ok Reg
					 3987, eff 7-13-93 (emergency); Amended at 11 Ok Reg 1733, eff 5-12-94; Amended
					 at 16 Ok Reg 102, eff 10-13-98 (preemptive); Amended at 19 Ok Reg 2265, eff
					 6-27-02; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1323, eff 6-1-07
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 7 - MEDICAL SERVICES › Section 340:75-13-79 - Transportation and travel expenses for necessary medical services outside the child's community

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Transportation for medical services outside the child's community.
Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) ensures that necessary transportation is
				  available to a child approved for Medicaid who is in need of medical services
				  that are unavailable in the child's community.
(1) Community-based residential care
				  contractors providing transportation do not receive transportation
				  reimbursement.
(2) Placement
				  providers are responsible for transporting the child to routine medical
				  appointments.
(3) Placement
				  providers who must travel out of the community for necessary and non-routine
				  medical services for the child use the SoonerRideNon-Emergency Transportation
				  (NET) service.
(A) NET is used for
				  transportation for routine medical services and must be scheduled by
				  appointment at least three business days prior to the child's health care
				  appointment, but may be scheduled up to 14 business days in advance.
(B) Standing transportation appointments for
				  the child with NET may be scheduled beyond the 14-day time requirements, not to
				  exceed 30 days.
(C) When scheduling
				  SoonerRide transportation, the placement provider identifies himself or herself
				  as the child's foster parent.
(D)
				  The placement provider has the option of receiving gasoline reimbursement for
				  providing transportation when the provider chooses not to use public
				  transportation or when public transportation is not available.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 7 - MEDICAL SERVICES › Section 340:75-13-80 - Determination of medical eligibility

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Determination of medical assistance eligibility.
Determination of
				  eligibility for the state's medical assistance programs is required when a
				  child:
(1) is removed from home and placed in
				  the custody of Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) or a federally
				  recognized Indian tribe when the state is paying for the Indian child's care;
				  or
(2) enters state-paid care by
				  signed parental agreement.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 7 - MEDICAL SERVICES › Section 340:75-13-81 - Withdrawal of life support, withholding, or withdrawal of hydration and nutrition, resuscitation efforts, and organ donation

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Decisions for a child in OKDHS
				  custody.
When a child is in Oklahoma Department of Human Services
				  (OKDHS) legal custody of, regardless of custody status, the court must be
				  involved and make any decision regarding:
(1)
				  withdrawal or withholding of life support systems;
(2) hydration;
(3) nutrition; and
(4) approval of a Do Not Resuscitate
				  Order.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 7 - MEDICAL SERVICES › Section 340:75-13-82 - Funeral expenses for children

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) The
				  Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) is responsible for funeral and
				  burial expenses and related costs for a child in permanent DHS
				  custody.
(b) When the child is in
				  emergency or temporary DHS custody and in out-of-home placement, DHS determines
				  the parent(s)' or next of kin's ability to assume the cost. When the parent(s)
				  or next-of-kin is unable or unwilling, DHS assumes the responsibility. A
				  maximum reimbursement limit of $4,500 is allowed for the funeral and burial.
				  The parent(s) is responsible for all funeral and burial expenses when the child
				  resides with the parent(s).
(c)
				  When a child in permanent DHS custody has a documented terminal medical
				  diagnosis at the time of adoption finalization, a maximum reimbursement limit
				  of $4,500 is allowed for the funeral and burial.
Added at 19 Ok Reg
					 2208, eff 6-27-02; Amended at 22 Ok Reg 875, eff
					 5-12-05
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 7 - MEDICAL SERVICES › Section 340:75-13-83 - Child Welfare Targeted Case Management

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Oklahoma's Medicaid State Plan was amended August 1, 1997
					 to include Targeted Case Management (TCM). Under the plan, the Oklahoma
					 Department of Human Services (OKDHS) is designated as a TCM provider for
					 children under the age of 18 who are in the voluntary, emergency, temporary, or
					 permanent custody of OKDHS and who are in out-of-home care or trial adoption.
					 Specific TCM services are those that assist these children to access needed
					 medical, educational, social, and other services. The Child Welfare (CW)
					 worker:
(1) selects TCM services when
				  completing the child's placement plan; [OAC
				  340:75-6-40.1
				  ]
(2) provides TCM services during
				  contacts with the child or with other persons on behalf of the child; and [OAC
				  340:75-6-48
				  ]
(3) documents TCM services on the
				  KIDS Contacts screen. [OAC
				  340:75-6-40.6
				  ]
Added at 20 Ok Reg
					 935, eff 5-12-03
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 9 - INDEPENDENT LIVING [Revoked] › Section 340:75-13-95 - Independent Living Initiative [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Added at 11 Ok Reg
					 379, eff 10-15-93 (emergency); Added at 11 Ok Reg 1733, eff 5-12-94; Revoked at
					 14 Ok Reg 2288, eff 6-12-97
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 9 - INDEPENDENT LIVING [Revoked] › Section 340:75-13-96 - Preparation for adult life/independent living initiative [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Added at 11 Ok Reg
					 379, eff 10-15-93 (emergency); Added at 11 Ok Reg 1733, eff 5-12-94; Revoked at
					 14 Ok Reg 2288, eff 6-12-97
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 9 - INDEPENDENT LIVING [Revoked] › Section 340:75-13-97 - Administration [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Added at 11 Ok Reg
					 379, eff 10-15-93 (emergency); Added at 11 Ok Reg 1733, eff 5-12-94; Revoked at
					 14 Ok Reg 2288, eff 6-12-97
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 9 - INDEPENDENT LIVING [Revoked] › Section 340:75-13-98 - Eligibility [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Added at 11 Ok Reg
					 379, eff 10-15-93 (emergency); Added at 11 Ok Reg 1733, eff 5-12-94; Revoked at
					 14 Ok Reg 2288, eff 6-12-97
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 9 - INDEPENDENT LIVING [Revoked] › Section 340:75-13-99 - Federal requirements [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Added at 11 Ok Reg
					 379, eff 10-15-93 (emergency); Added at 11 Ok Reg 1733, eff 5-12-94; Revoked at
					 14 Ok Reg 2288, eff 6-12-97
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 9 - INDEPENDENT LIVING [Revoked] › Section 340:75-13-100 - Services [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Added at 11 Ok Reg
					 379, eff 10-15-93 (emergency); Added at 11 Ok Reg 1733, eff 5-12-94; Revoked at
					 14 Ok Reg 2288, eff 6-12-97
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 9 - INDEPENDENT LIVING [Revoked] › Section 340:75-13-101 - Matrix of independent living initiative services [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Added at 11 Ok Reg
					 379, eff 10-15-93 (emergency); Added at 11 Ok Reg 1733, eff 5-12-94; Revoked at
					 14 Ok Reg 2288, eff 6-12-97
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care › Part 9 - INDEPENDENT LIVING [Revoked] › Section 340:75-13-102 - Oklahoma Children's Initiative (OCI) [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Added at 11 Ok Reg
					 379, eff 10-15-93 (emergency); Added at 11 Ok Reg 1733, eff 5-12-94; Revoked at
					 14 Ok Reg 2288, eff 6-12-97
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 14 - Well-Being › Section 340:75-14-1 - Purpose, definitions, and assessment

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Purpose.
(1) A child's well-being is comprised of four
				basic domains:
(A) cognitive
				functioning;
(B) physical health
				and development;
(C)
				behavioral/emotional functioning; and
(D) social functioning.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 14 - Well-Being › Section 340:75-14-2 - Rights of a child served by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS)

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Rights.
Child Welfare
				Services (CWS) makes reasonable, good-faith efforts to provide the rights in
				(1) through (5) for a child in DHS custody, when doing so is in the child's
				best interest, per Section 1-9-119.1 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes (10A
				O.S. § 1-9-119.1).
(1)
Placement.
A child deserves to:
(A) remain in the custody of his or her
				parent(s) or legal custodian unless and until there is a determination in
				accordance with state law that removal is appropriate;
(B) be placed in accordance with state law,
				when circumstances permit and, in (i) through (iv) order of preference, with an
				approved:
(i) relative;
(ii) kinship placement;
(iii) resource family who previously cared
				for the child; and
(iv) resource
				family;
(C) be placed in
				the nearest geographic proximity to his or her home as possible;
(D) be placed with the child's sibling(s),
				when the sibling(s) is also placed outside of his or her home, when
				appropriate;
(E) be placed with a
				child of his or her own, when appropriate;
(F) be placed with an approved resource
				family that can and is willing to accommodate the child's communication needs,
				when possible;
(G) be provided with
				both information about a resource family or program and, when circumstances
				permit, an opportunity to meet the resource parent or program staff before
				placement occurs;
(H) be provided
				an age-appropriate explanation why he or she is in foster care and what is
				happening to him or her and to his or her family, including a sibling(s), when
				possible;
(I) continue in the same
				school or educational placement with minimal disruption in order to receive an
				education that fits his or her age and individual needs;
(J) be treated with dignity during placement
				changes.
(i) Except when a change in placement
				is due to an emergency, a child and the child's attorney are given
				five-judicial days' notice before a change in placement.
(ii) Prior to any placement change, the
				impacted child is consulted when appropriate and advised in an age-appropriate
				manner of the circumstances and the reason for the placement change. The
				child's input concerning the placement change is considered, taking the child's
				age and developmental level into account; and
(K) receive reasonable equipment and
				assistance to transport personal possessions during placement
				changes.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 14 - Well-Being › Section 340:75-14-3 - Medical services for the child in Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) custody

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Definitions.
The following words and terms, when used in this
				Subchapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly
				indicates otherwise:
(1)
"Consent"
means obtaining approval from a person for the procedure
				after providing an explanation of the necessity for the procedure involved, any
				known risks involved and, when appropriate, any alternative course of care.
(A)
"Informed consent"
means
				voluntary written consent from a person who received full, accurate, and
				sufficient information and explanation about a child's medical condition,
				medication, and treatment to enable the person to make a knowledgeable decision
				without being subjected to any deceit or coercion.
(B)
"Separate and specific
				consent"
means a licensed physician, psychiatrist, or other medical
				professional recommended a treatment or medication and requires an additional
				consent form provided by the professional be signed to authorize the treatment
				to occur or medication to be administered.
(C)
"Sufficient explanation"
means information provided and explained in plain language by the prescribing
				physician or physician's representative to the consent-giver including, but not
				limited to, the:
(i) medical care and
				treatment or the medication;
(ii)
				reason for prescribing the treatment or medication and the medication's purpose
				or intended results;
(iii) side
				effects, risks, and contraindications including the effects of stopping the
				medication;
(iv) method for
				administering the treatment or medication and dosage range, when
				applicable;
(v) potential drug
				interactions;
(vi) alternative
				treatments;
(vii) behavioral health
				or other services used to complement the use of the psychotropic medication,
				when applicable; and
(viii) other
				treatment interventions considered by the physician that may include, but are
				not limited to, medical, mental health, behavioral, counseling, or other
				services.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 14 - Well-Being › Section 340:75-14-4 - Child placed with a parent in a licensed residential family-based treatment facility

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Per Section 472 of the Social Security Act (
				  42 U.S.C. §
										672 ) as amended by the Family First
				  Prevention Services Act, a child in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of
				  Human Services (DHS) is eligible for foster care maintenance payments (FCMP)
				  when placed with a parent receiving services through a residential family-based
				  treatment facility for substance use or abuse. The Oklahoma Department of
				  Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) administers the program
				  for such facilities.
(1)
FCMP-eligible substance use or abuse facility.
(A) The facility must meet all ODMHSAS
				established licensing requirements.
(B) The treatment facility must provide
				parenting skills, parent education, and individual and family therapy in
				addition to the substance use or abuse treatment.
(C) All treatments are provided under an
				organizational structure and treatment framework that involves understanding,
				recognizing, and responding to the effects of all types of trauma and, per
				recognized principles of trauma-informed approach and trauma-specific
				interventions, to address the consequences of trauma and facilitate
				healing.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 15 - Adoptions › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS [Revoked] › Section 340:75-15-1 - Legal base [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 11 Ok Reg
					 651, eff 11-15-93 (emergency); Revoked at 11 Ok Reg 3281, eff
					 6-27-94
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 15 - Adoptions › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS [Revoked] › Section 340:75-15-1.1 - Permanency planning [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Added at 14 Ok Reg
					 998, eff 1-24-97 (emergency); Added at 14 Ok Reg 2288, eff 6-12-97; Amended at
					 15 Ok Reg 1463, eff 3-30-98 (emergency); Revoked at 16 Ok Reg 102, eff 10-13-98
					 (preemptive)
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 15 - Adoptions › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS [Revoked] › Section 340:75-15-2 - Program responsibilities [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 11 Ok Reg
					 651, eff 11-15-93 (emergency); Revoked at 11 Ok Reg 3281, eff
					 6-27-94
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 15 - Adoptions › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS [Revoked] › Section 340:75-15-3 - Recruitment [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 11 Ok Reg
					 651, eff 11-15-93 (emergency); Revoked at 11 Ok Reg 3281, eff
					 6-27-94
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 15 - Adoptions › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS [Revoked] › Section 340:75-15-4 - Eligibility [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 11 Ok Reg
					 651, eff 11-15-93 (emergency); Revoked at 11 Ok Reg 3281, eff
					 6-27-94
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 15 - Adoptions › Part 2 - ADOPTION SERVICES PROGRAM LEGAL AUTHORITY AND SCOPE › Section 340:75-15-5 - Oklahoma Human Services (OKDHS) adoption services program legal authority and scope

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Legal
				  authority.
Every child has the right to be raised in a secure, loving
				  home and when the child's biological parents are unable or unwilling to provide
				  for the child's care, the child's interests are best served by providing the
				  child with a permanent family through adoption, per the Oklahoma Adoption Code,
				  Section 7501-1.2 of Title 10 of the
				  Oklahoma Statutes (10 O.S. § 7501-1.2).
(b)
Adoption and Safe Families Act
				  (ASFA).
Per Public
				  Law 105-89, ASFA mandates that OKDHS:
(1) identify an appropriate adoptive home for
				  the legally-free child when adoption is the child's permanency plan;
(2) provide for the interjurisdictional
				  placement of children; and
(3)
				  provide post-adoption services as a component of family preservation
				  services.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 15 - Adoptions › Part 2 - ADOPTION SERVICES PROGRAM LEGAL AUTHORITY AND SCOPE › Section 340:75-15-6 - Adoption program services

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Adoption services for the child in Oklahoma Department of Human Services
				  (DHS) custody.
Adoption services are provided to the child in DHS
				  custody when reunification efforts with the parent or legal guardian failed or
				  are not in the child's best interests, and permanency may be achieved through
				  an adoptive placement. Adoption is considered for each child in DHS custody who
				  cannot return home regardless of the child's age or special needs.
(b)
Pre-adoption services.
DHS
				  pre-adoption services assist the prospective adoptive family incorporate the
				  child into the adoptive family during the pre-adoption placement period prior
				  to the legal finalization of the adoption, and include, but are not limited to:
(1) pre-finalization adoption
				  assistance;
(2) individualized
				  service planning;
(3) disclosure of
				  identifying or non-identifying background information;
(4) medical services;
(5) counseling; and
(6) child care, when eligibility requirements
				  are met.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 15 - Adoptions › Part 2 - ADOPTION SERVICES PROGRAM LEGAL AUTHORITY AND SCOPE › Section 340:75-15-8 - Adoption specialist, youth transition specialist, and resource specialist responsibilities

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The adoption process is a team effort that includes the
					 adoption specialist, youth transition specialist, child welfare specialist,
					 resource specialist, and service providers, such as resource parents, group
					 homes, or resource family partners. The adoption specialist, youth transition
					 specialist, and resource specialist:
(1) consult with permanency planning, foster
				  care, and child protective services specialists to address permanency issues
				  for the child in out-of-home care; and
(2) conduct an ongoing process that begins
				  with the adoption consultation and concludes when an adoption for a child is
				  finalized by the court.
Added at 11 Ok Reg
					 651, eff 11-15-93 (emergency); Added at 11 Ok Reg 3281, eff 6-27-94; Amended at
					 14 Ok Reg 998, eff 1-24-97 (emergency); Amended at 14 Ok Reg 2288, eff 6-12-97;
					 Amended at 16 Ok Reg 102, eff 10-13-98 (preemptive); Amended at 16 Ok Reg 2740,
					 eff 4-14-99 (emergency); Amended at 17 Ok Reg 1311, eff 5-11-00; Amended at 18
					 Ok Reg 3067, eff 7-12-01; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 2072, eff 6-26-03 ; Amended at
					 23 Ok Reg 1024, eff 5-11-06; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1323, eff 6-1-07; Revoked at
					 27 Ok Reg 1092, eff 3-26-10 (emergency); Revoked at 27 Ok Reg 1865, eff
					 7-1-10
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 15 - Adoptions › Part 2 - ADOPTION SERVICES PROGRAM LEGAL AUTHORITY AND SCOPE › Section 340:75-15-9 - Confidentiality

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Section 7505 -1.1 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes (10
					 O.S. § 7505-1.1) requires that all papers and records pertaining to
					 adoption are confidential except as authorized by 10 O.S. §§
					 7505-3.2, 7505-6.6, 7508-1.2, and 7508-1.3 or upon order of a court of record
					 for good cause shown. The adoption case record includes the child's case file
					 and the adoptive family resource files. These files are adoption records once
					 they become part of an authorized adoptive placement, per Oklahoma
					 Administrative Code (OAC)
					 340:75-15-103.
(1)
Disclosure of medical and social
				  history.
When a child is in Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS)
				  custody, per 10 O.S. § 7504-1.2 his or her medical and social histories
				  may be disclosed to the potential adoptive parent without any agreement and
				  without redacting identifying information, unless DHS determines redaction of
				  such information is in the child's best interests, when the:
(A) potential adoptive parent is a kinship or
				  relative caregiver for the child; or
(B) child lived in the potential adoptive
				  parent's home for 12 or more months.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 15 - Adoptions › Part 3 - APPLICATION PROCESS [Revoked] › Section 340:75-15-20 - Confidentiality [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 11 Ok Reg
					 651, eff 11-15-93 (emergency); Revoked at 11 Ok Reg 3281, eff
					 6-27-94
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 15 - Adoptions › Part 3 - APPLICATION PROCESS [Revoked] › Section 340:75-15-21 - Application and intake interview [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 11 Ok Reg
					 651, eff 11-15-93 (emergency); Revoked at 11 Ok Reg 3281, eff
					 6-27-94
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 15 - Adoptions › Part 3 - APPLICATION PROCESS [Revoked] › Section 340:75-15-22 - Setting up the record [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 11 Ok Reg
					 651, eff 11-15-93 (emergency); Revoked at 11 Ok Reg 3281, eff
					 6-27-94
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 15 - Adoptions › Part 3 - APPLICATION PROCESS [Revoked] › Section 340:75-15-23 - Interviews with applicants [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 11 Ok Reg
					 651, eff 11-15-93 (emergency); Revoked at 11 Ok Reg 3281, eff
					 6-27-94
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 15 - Adoptions › Part 3 - APPLICATION PROCESS [Revoked] › Section 340:75-15-24 - Adoptive home study [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 11 Ok Reg
					 651, eff 11-15-93 (emergency); Revoked at 11 Ok Reg 3281, eff
					 6-27-94
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 15 - Adoptions › Part 4 - PLANNING AND PREPARATION OF CHILDREN FOR ADOPTION [Revoked] › Section 340:75-15-25 - Permanency planning through adoption [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Added at 11 Ok Reg
					 651, eff 11-15-93 (emergency); Added at 11 Ok Reg 3281, eff 6-27-94; Amended at
					 13 Ok Reg 483, eff 11-14-95 (emergency); Amended at 13 Ok Reg 2199, eff
					 6-14-96; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 998, eff 1-24-97 (emergency); Amended at 14 Ok
					 Reg 2288, eff 6-12-97; Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1463, eff 3-30-98 (emergency);
					 Amended at 16 Ok Reg 102, eff 10-13-98 (preemptive); Amended at 16 Ok Reg 2740,
					 eff 4-14-99 (emergency); Amended at 17 Ok Reg 1311, eff 5-11-00; Revoked at 18
					 Ok Reg 3067, eff 7-12-01
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 15 - Adoptions › Part 4 - PLANNING AND PREPARATION OF CHILDREN FOR ADOPTION [Revoked] › Section 340:75-15-26 - Responsibility for adoptive planning and placement of custody children [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Added at 11 Ok Reg
					 651, eff 11-15-93 (emergency); Added at 11 Ok Reg 3281, eff 6-27-94; Amended at
					 14 Ok Reg 998, eff 1-24-97 (emergency); Amended at 14 Ok Reg 2288, eff 6-12-97;
					 Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1463, eff 3-30-98 (emergency); Amended at 16 Ok Reg 102,
					 eff 10-13-98 (preemptive); Amended at 17 Ok Reg 445, eff 10-19-99 (emergency);
					 Amended at 17 Ok Reg 1311, eff 5-11-00; Revoked at 18 Ok Reg 3067, eff
					 7-12-01
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 15 - Adoptions › Part 4 - PLANNING AND PREPARATION OF CHILDREN FOR ADOPTION [Revoked] › Section 340:75-15-27 - Assessing the child for adoption [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Added at 11 Ok Reg
					 651, eff 11-15-93 (emergency); Added at 11 Ok Reg 3281, eff 6-27-94; Amended at
					 13 Ok Reg 483, eff 11-14-95 (emergency); Amended at 13 Ok Reg 2199, eff
					 6-14-96; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 998, eff 1-24-97 (emergency); Amended at 14 Ok
					 Reg 2288, eff 6-12-97; Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1463, eff 3-30-98 (emergency);
					 Amended at 16 Ok Reg 2740, eff 4-14-99 (emergency); Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1052,
					 eff 4-26-99; Amended at 17 Ok Reg 1311, eff 5-11-00; Revoked at 18 Ok Reg 3067,
					 eff 7-12-01
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 15 - Adoptions › Part 4 - PLANNING AND PREPARATION OF CHILDREN FOR ADOPTION [Revoked] › Section 340:75-15-28 - Preparation of the child [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Added at 11 Ok Reg
					 651, eff 11-15-93 (emergency); Added at 11 Ok Reg 3281, eff 6-27-94; Amended at
					 14 Ok Reg 998, eff 1-24-97 (emergency); Amended at 14 Ok Reg 2288, eff 6-12-97;
					 Amended at 16 Ok Reg 2740, eff 4-14-99 (emergency); Amended at 17 Ok Reg 923,
					 eff 3-1-00 (emergency); Amended at 17 Ok Reg 2429, eff 6-26-00; Revoked at 18
					 Ok Reg 3067, eff 7-12-01
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 15 - Adoptions › Part 4 - PLANNING AND PREPARATION OF CHILDREN FOR ADOPTION [Revoked] › Section 340:75-15-29 - Indian Child Welfare Act requirements in adoptive planning [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Added at 11 Ok Reg
					 651, eff 11-15-93 (emergency); Added at 11 Ok Reg 3281, eff 6-27-94; Amended at
					 14 Ok Reg 998, eff 1-24-97 (emergency); Amended at 14 Ok Reg 2288, eff 6-12-97;
					 Amended at 16 Ok Reg 2740, eff 4-14-99 (emergency); Revoked at 17 Ok Reg 829,
					 eff 1-6-00 (emergency); Revoked at 17 Ok Reg 1311, eff
					 5-11-00
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 15 - Adoptions › Part 4 - PLANNING AND PREPARATION OF CHILDREN FOR ADOPTION [Revoked] › Section 340:75-15-30 - Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994 (MEPA) requirements in adoptive planning [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Amended at 13 Ok Reg
					 483, eff 11-14-95 (emergency); Amended at 13 Ok Reg 2199, eff 6-14-96; Amended
					 at 16 Ok Reg 2740, eff 4-14-99 (emergency); Amended at 17 Ok Reg 1311, eff
					 5-11-00; Revoked at 18 Ok Reg 3067, eff 7-12-01
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 15 - Adoptions › Part 5 - TEAM TRAINING FOR EDUCATION AND RECRUITMENT [Revoked] › Section 340:75-15-40 - Scope and responsibility [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 11 Ok Reg
					 651, eff 11-15-93 (emergency); Revoked at 11 Ok Reg 3281, eff
					 6-27-94
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 15 - Adoptions › Part 6 - ADOPTION PROCESS › Section 340:75-15-41 - Adoptive placement criteria staffing [Revoked]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Added at 11 Ok Reg
					 651, eff 11-15-93 (emergency); Added at 11 Ok Reg 3281, eff 6-27-94; Amended at
					 13 Ok Reg 483, eff 11-14-95 (emergency); Amended at 13 Ok Reg 2199, eff
					 6-14-96; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 998, eff 1-24-97 (emergency); Amended at 14 Ok
					 Reg 2288, eff 6-12-97; Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1463, eff 3-30-98 (emergency);
					 Amended at 16 Ok Reg 102, eff 10-13-98 (preemptive); Amended at 16 Ok Reg 2740,
					 eff 4-14-99 (emergency); Amended at 17 Ok Reg 1311, eff 5-11-00; Amended at 18
					 Ok Reg 3067, eff 7-12-01; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 2072, eff 6-26-03 ; Amended at
					 23 Ok Reg 1024, eff 5-11-06; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1323, eff 6-1-07; Amended at
					 25 Ok Reg 970, eff 5-15-08; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 884, eff 5-15-09; Revoked at
					 27 Ok Reg 1092, eff 3-26-10 (emergency); Revoked at 27 Ok Reg 1865, eff
					 7-1-10
The
					 revoked version of this section by
					 Oklahoma
					 Register, Volume 35, Issue 24, September 4, 2018, eff.
					 9/17/2018 is not
					 yet available.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 15 - Adoptions › Part 6 - ADOPTION PROCESS › Section 340:75-15-41.2 - Adoption consultation

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The adoption and permanency planning specialists
					 participate in the adoption consultation meeting no later than 10-calendar days
					 after:
(1) the child's name first
				  appears on Report YI602, Adoption Permanency Plan Case Goal Report, listing the
				  child with a permanency plan of adoption; or
(2) an in-person, email, or phone
				  notification from the permanency planning specialist or supervisor is
				  received.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 15 - Adoptions › Part 6 - ADOPTION PROCESS › Section 340:75-15-41.3 - Adoption criteria staffing

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) The
				  adoption criteria staffing determines the type of adoptive placement that meets
				  the child's long-term needs and best interests. The adoption criteria staffing
				  does not constitute agency approval or authorization for an adoptive
				  placement.
(b) Every effort is made
				  to place the child with suitable relatives, per Section
				  1-4-706 of Title 10A of the
				  Oklahoma Statutes (10A O.S. § 1-4-706).
(c) A prospective adoptive parent who has the
				  ability to meet the child's needs may be identified during the adoption
				  criteria staffing.
(d) Factors in
				  paragraphs (1) through (10) of this subsection are considered when identifying
				  the placement that meets the child's long-term needs and best interests.
(1)
Siblings.
Siblings are:
(A) placed together when possible, unless a
				  joint placement is contrary to the safety or well-being of any of the siblings;
				  or
(B) separated for purposes of
				  adoptive placement only in certain circumstances, per Oklahoma Administrative
				  Code (OAC)
				  340:75-6-85.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 15 - Adoptions › Part 6 - ADOPTION PROCESS › Section 340:75-15-41.4 - Trial adoptive (TA) placement

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The youth transition specialist, child welfare specialist
					 assigned to the child, and resource specialist coordinate the TA placement to
					 transition the child into the adoptive family.