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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 1377 By: Hall
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to foster care; requiring and
7 authorizing the Department of Human Services to
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8 authorizing promulgation of rules; providing certain
9 appropriation to the Department; providing for
9 codification; providing an effective date; and
10 declaring an emergency.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-9-126 of Title 10A, unless
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16 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 A. The Department of Human Services, either directly or through
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18 a child-placing agency, shall provide a duffel bag to children in
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19 foster care who lack a suitcase or other adequate bag in which to
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20 pack personal belongings. As funds allow, the Department may
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21 include personal hygiene items or other personal supplies in the
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22 duffel bags described in this subsection.
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23 B. The Director of Human Services may promulgate rules as
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1 SECTION 2. There is hereby appropriated to the Department of
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2 Human Services from any monies not otherwise appropriated from the
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3 General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury for the fiscal year
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4 ending June 30, 2027, the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars
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5 ($250,000.00) or so much thereof as may be necessary to perform the
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6 duties imposed upon the Department by Section 1 of this act.
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7 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.
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8 SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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9 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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10 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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11 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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