2014 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 63. Public Health and Safety
§63-1-227.2. Power and duties of Office of Child Abuse Prevention.

A. The Office of Child Abuse Prevention, giving consideration to the recommendations of the Infant and Children's Health Advisory Council created in Section 44 of this act, is hereby authorized and directed to:

1. Prepare and implement a comprehensive state plan for the planning and coordination of child abuse prevention programs and services and for the establishment, development and funding of such programs and services, and to revise and update said plan pursuant to the provisions of Section 1-227.3 of this title;

2. Monitor, evaluate and review the development and quality of services and programs for the prevention of child abuse and neglect, publish and distribute an annual report of its findings on or before January 1 of each year to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and to the chief administrative officer of each agency affected by the report. The report shall include:

a.activities of the Office,

b.a summary detailing the demographic characteristics of families served including, but not limited to, the following:

(1)age and marital status of parent(s),

(2)number and age of children living in the household,

(3)household composition of families served,

(4)number of families accepted into the program by grantee site and average length of time enrolled,

(5)number of families not accepted into the program and the reason therefor, and

(6)average actual expenditures per family during the most recent state fiscal year,

c.recommendations for the further development and improvement of services and programs for the prevention of child abuse and neglect, and

d.budget and program needs; and

3. Conduct or otherwise provide for or make available continuing professional education and training in the area of child abuse prevention.

B. For the purpose of implementing the provisions of the Child Abuse Prevention Act, the State Department of Health is authorized to:

1. Accept appropriations, gifts, loans and grants from the state and federal government and from other sources, public or private;

2. Enter into agreements or contracts for the establishment and development of:

a.programs and services for the prevention of child abuse and neglect,

b.training programs for the prevention of child abuse and neglect, and

c.multidisciplinary and discipline specific training programs for professionals with responsibilities affecting children, youth and families; and

3. Secure necessary statistical, technical, administrative and operational services by interagency agreement or contract.

C. For the purpose of implementing the provisions of the Child Abuse Prevention Act, the State Board of Health, giving consideration to the recommendations of the Infant and Children's Health Advisory Council created in Section 44 of this act, is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations as necessary to implement the duties and responsibilities assigned to the Office of Child Abuse Prevention.

Added by Laws 1984, c. 216, § 3, operative July 1, 1984. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 154, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1990; Laws 2001, c. 356, § 2, emerg. eff. June 4, 2001; Laws 2007, c. 147, § 3, eff. July 1, 2007; Laws 2013, c. 229, § 47, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.