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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 440 By: Prieto
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to children; amending 10 O.S. 2021,
7 Section 601.1, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 347,
8 O.S.L. 2024 (10 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 601.1),
8 which relates to the Oklahoma Commission on Children
9 and Youth; decreasing membership of the Commission;
9 modifying composition of membership; updating
10 statutory language; and providing an effective date.
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1 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 10 O.S. 2021, Section 601.1, as
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1 5 amended by Section 2, Chapter 347, O.S.L. 2024 (10 O.S. Supp. 2024,
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1 6 Section 601.1), is amended to read as follows:
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17 Section 601.1. A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma
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1 8 Commission on Children and Youth which shall be composed of eighteen
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1 9 (18) sixteen (16) members. The membership shall include:
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20 1. The Three members who shall be appointed by the President
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2 1 Pro Tempore of the Senate;
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22 2. Three members who shall be appointed by the Speaker of the
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2 3 House of Representatives;
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24 3. Three members who shall be appointed by the Governor; and
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1 4. The following members or their designees, each of whom shall
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2 serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member:
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3 a. the Director of the Department of Human Services,
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4 b. the State Commissioner of Health,
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5 c. the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health
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6 and Substance Abuse Services,
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7 d. the State Superintendent of Public Instruction,
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8 e. the Administrator of the Oklahoma Health Care
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9 Authority,
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10 f. the Director of the State Department of Rehabilitation
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11 Services, and
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12 g. the Chair of the SJR 13 Oversight Committee;
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13 2. The Executive Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs;
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14 3. Five members who shall be appointed by the Governor from a
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1 5 list submitted by the governing board of each of the following
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1 6 organizations:
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17 a. the Oklahoma Children's Agencies and Residential
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18 Enterprises,
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19 b. one statewide association of youth services,
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20 c. the Oklahoma Bar Association,
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21 d. the Oklahoma District Attorneys Association, and
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22 e. a statewide court-appointed Special Advocate
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23 Association;
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1 4. One member appointed by the Governor who shall represent one
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2 of the metropolitan juvenile bureaus;
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3 5. One member representing business or industry, appointed by
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4 the Governor;
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5 6. One member who is the parent of a child with special needs,
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6 appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
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7 7. One member with a demonstrated interest in improving
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8 children's services who is not employed by a state agency or a
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9 private organization that receives state funds, appointed by the
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1 0 President Pro Tempore of the Senate; and
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11 8. One member who shall be appointed by the Governor from a
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1 2 list of three names submitted by the Post Adjudication Review Board.
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13 B. The appointed members shall have had active experience in
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1 4 services to children and youth and may serve four terms of two (2)
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1 5 years each. A person appointed to fill the remainder of a vacant
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1 6 term shall, upon completion of that term, be eligible to serve four
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1 7 additional two-year terms. Terms shall coincide with the fiscal
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1 8 year.
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19 C. The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth shall provide
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2 0 a report on Commission member attendance to the appointing
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2 1 authorities following each Commission meeting.
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22 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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24 60-1-681 DC 1/14/2025 3:51:27 PM
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