The county commissioners of any county of this state having a population of not less than seventy-five thousand (75,000) persons, according to the last Decennial Federal Census, or any Decennial Federal Census hereafter taken, are hereby authorized and empowered, if they deem it necessary or expedient, to purchase a farm and to construct, establish, equip […]
For the purpose of purchasing sites, erecting or enlarging buildings, purchasing equipment, repairing or remodeling buildings or equipment and for the purpose of defraying the maintenance cost and current running expenses of such schools and homes, the excise board of each county hereby authorized to establish and conduct such schools and homes, is hereby authorized […]
The judge of the juvenile court, or children’s court, or a judge of the district court, if there be no judge of the juvenile court or children’s court, and the chairman of the board of county commissioners and a superintendent of a school district located in whole or in part in the county shall constitute […]
All boys or girls under the age of sixteen (16) years, residing in such county, and who may be adjudged to be dependent or neglected children, under existing laws, shall be eligible to appointment to such schools and homes, and the district court of such county shall have power to enforce their appointment and attendance […]
It is hereby declared to be the duty of the superintendent of the school district in which the child resides, together with the truant and probation officers, to report to the district court the names of all children who are neglected or dependent and who are not attending school as provided by law, and upon […]
The parents, guardians, or near relatives of such children shall be permitted to visit such homes and see the children at any reasonable hour; provided, that the board of supervision or the superintendent shall be empowered to designate certain hours for visitation. No parents, relatives or guardian of any such children shall be allowed to […]
The guardian of any child who has an income or estate belonging to such child sufficient to educate and maintain such child and who refuses to maintain such child, or refuses to send him to school as provided by law, shall be compelled under the provisions of this Act, to deliver said child to the […]
A. The Northern Oklahoma Resource Center of Enid, located at Enid, Oklahoma, the Southern Oklahoma Resource Center of Pauls Valley, located at Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, and the Hissom Memorial Center, located at Sand Springs, Oklahoma, are hereby transferred from the Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and the Department of Mental Health and […]
A. “Individual with intellectual disability” as used in Sections 1406 through 1424 of this title means a person who has significantly subaverage functioning, intelligence quotient of less than seventy (70), manifested before the age of eighteen (18) and existing concurrently with related limitations in two or more of the following applicable adaptive skill areas: 1. […]
All powers and duties relating to the Northern Oklahoma Resource Center of Enid, the Southern Oklahoma Resource Center of Pauls Valley, and the Hissom Memorial Center formerly vested in the Mental Health Board, the Director of Mental Health, or in the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services are hereby transferred to the Commission […]
(a) All personal properties, records, equipment, and supplies now owned and in use by the above-named institutions shall be transferred to and become the property of the Department of Human Services. (b) All contracts, leases, and other such agreements as may have been entered into by the Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services […]
(a) The Director of Human Services is authorized and directed to promulgate and adopt all rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of Section 1406 et seq. of this title. (b) The Director shall establish and maintain such methods of administration (including methods relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards on […]
A. Beginning January 1, 1999, and on January 1 each year thereafter, the Department of Human Services shall submit to the Governor and the Legislature an annual report of the administrative activities of the Developmental Disabilities Services Division. The report shall include a clear and complete description of the administrative procedures utilized by the Developmental […]
Subject to the availability of funds, the Developmental Disabilities Services Division (DDSD) of the Department of Human Services shall, within six (6) months of the effective date of this act, design and implement a voucher waiver program to serve persons on the DDSD waiting list. The purpose of the voucher waiver program shall be to […]
A. The Director of Human Services, who shall not be removed from office, except for cause, subject to the approval of the Commission for Human Services, shall appoint an advisory committee to advise the Commission and Director on matters relating to service delivery for persons with developmental disabilities. B. Such advisory committee shall include among […]
The Commission is authorized to transfer any pupil or pupils from any institution referred to in Section 1406 of this title to any other of such institutions, or to any institution within the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, with the consent of the Director of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services when […]
A. 1. Individuals with intellectual disability who are legal residents of this state and who have a mental age not above that of the average nine-year-old child, as determined by psychological examination, may be admitted to an institution named in Section 1406 of this title or provided community services, if available, on a voluntary basis […]
A. In addition to the admissions requirements of Section 1414 of this title, the Greer Center Facility located on the grounds of the Northern Oklahoma Resource Center of Enid in Enid, Oklahoma, shall be established as a separate entity from the Northern Oklahoma Resource Center of Enid and further shall provide for the admission of […]
A. The voluntary placement of a child in an institution for individuals with intellectual disabilities by the child’s parents shall not, by itself, abrogate the rights and authority of the parents. B. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, no later than January 1, 1988, all residents of the institutions specified in Section 1406 […]
A. 1. All institutions named in Section 1406 of this title within the Department of Human Services, which are established primarily for the purpose of caring for individuals with intellectual disabilities, shall maintain an adequate clinical record of each resident. Such record shall contain initial social, psychological, and medical evaluation results, as well as interval […]
