An Act relating to state government; amending 2 O.S. 2021, Sections 5-10, 5-85, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 174, O.S.L. 2025, 5-507, 3, Chapter 391, O.S.L. 2022, 6, Chapter 297, O.S.L. 2023, 14, Chapter 297, O.S.L. 2023, and 19, Chapter 297, O.S.L. 2023 (2 O.S. Supp. 2025, Sections 5-85, 11-13, 4006, 4014, and 4019), which relate to agriculture; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; removing certain obsolete report; amending Section 1, Chapter 126, O.S.L. 2024 (3 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 415), which relates to the Long-Term Aerospace and Aeronautics Infrastructure Sustainability Revolving Fund; directing submission of certain report to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 3A O.S. 2021, Sections 204, 619, 733, as amended by Section 4, Chapter 332, O.S.L. 2023, and 734 (3A O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 733), which relate to amusement and sports; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 6 O.S. 2021, Section 212, which relates to the Banking Department; directing submission of certain report to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 10 O.S. 2021, Sections 22.1, 405.1, 601.5, as amended by Section 3, Chapter 347, O.S.L. 2024, 601.6, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 178, O.S.L. 2025, 601.6a, as amended by Section 4, Chapter 347, O.S.L. 2024, 601.6b, as amended by Section 5, Chapter 347, O.S.L. 2024, 601.6c, 601.81, 2, Chapter 35, 1st Extraordinary Session, O.S.L. 2023, 1150.2, as last amended by Section 10, Chapter 347, O.S.L. 2024, and 1411.1 (10 O.S. Supp. 2025, Sections 601.5, 601.6, 601.6a, 601.6b, 802, and 1150.2), which relate to children; removing certain obsolete report; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 10A O.S. 2021, Sections 1-2-111, 1-6-105, 1-8-111, 1-9-105, 1-9-120, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 28, O.S.L. 2023, 2-7-311, 2-7-606, 2-7-705, 2-7-905, and 2-10-103 (10A O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 1-9-120), which relate to the children and juvenile codes; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; removing certain obsolete report; amending 11 O.S. 2021, Sections 49-100.8, 49-100.9, 50-105.3, and 50-105.4, which relate to municipal firefighter and police pension and retirement systems; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 14A O.S. 2021, Sections 6-104 and 6-504, which relate to the Department of Consumer Credit; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 17 O.S. 2021, Sections 40.1, 253, 325, 1, Chapter 403, O.S.L. 2022, and 802.3, as last amended by Section 2, Chapter 31, O.S.L. 2024 (17 O.S. Supp. 2025, Sections 801.9 and 802.3), which relate to the Corporation Commission; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 19 O.S. 2021, Section 215.28, which relates to the creation of the District Attorneys Council; directing submission of certain report to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 20 O.S. 2021, Sections 3.3, 1103.1, 1108, 1225, and 1656, which relate to courts; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 21 O.S. 2021, Sections 142.15 and 1290.16, which relate to crimes and punishments; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 22 O.S. 2021, Sections 34.5, 116, 988.15, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 14, O.S.L. 2023, 991a, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 306, O.S.L. 2025, 991f-1.1, 1355.4, 1601, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 51, O.S.L. 2024, and 2002, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 327, O.S.L. 2025 (22 O.S. Supp. 2025, Sections 988.15, 991a, 1601, and 2002), which relate to criminal procedure; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 27A O.S. 2021, Sections 1-1-202, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 164, O.S.L. 2023, 1-2-101, 2-3-101, 2-3-109, 2-6-501.4, 2-7-307, 2-10-802, 2-11-401.6, as amended by Section 22, Chapter 282, O.S.L. 2022, 2-11-607, 3-2-106, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 326, O.S.L. 2025, 3-2-107, and 3-2-108 (27A O.S. Supp. 2025, Sections 1-1-202, 2-11-401.6, and 3-2-106), which relate to environment and natural resources; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; removing certain obsolete report; amending 29 O.S. 2021, Sections 3-103, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 6, O.S.L. 2024, and 3-306 (29 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 3-103), which relate to game and fish; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 36 O.S. 2021, Sections 312.1 and 924.2, which relate to insurance; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 40 O.S. 2021, Sections 6-204, as amended by Section 6, Chapter 346, O.S.L. 2023, and 5, Chapter 361, O.S.L. 2023, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 408, O.S.L. 2025 (40 O.S. Supp. 2025, Sections 6-204 and 904), which relate to labor; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 43 O.S. 2021, Section 107.2, which relates to actions where a minor child is involved; directing submission of certain report to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 43A O.S. 2021, Sections 2-205, 4, Chapter 201, O.S.L. 2023, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 230, O.S.L. 2025, 1, Chapter 202, O.S.L. 2024, 10-112, and 12-105, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 317, O.S.L. 2025 (43A O.S. Supp. 2025, Sections 2-312.4, 3-335, and 12-105), which relate to mental health; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 47 O.S. 2021, Sections 2-107, 2-146, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 370, O.S.L. 2022, 2-303.1, 3, Chapter 282, O.S.L. 2022, as amended by Section 3, Chapter 47, 1st Extraordinary Session, O.S.L. 2023, 1, Chapter 265, O.S.L. 2024, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 104, O.S.L. 2025, 7-606.1, 7-606.2, 156.1, as last amended by Section 55, Chapter 452, O.S.L. 2024, 1104.1, as last amended by Section 8, Chapter 171, O.S.L. 2025, and 1140.3 (47 O.S. Supp. 2025, Sections 2-146, 3-103, 6-212.7, 156.1, and 1104.1), which relate to motor vehicles; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 52 O.S. 2021, Section 87.2, which relates to application protests; directing submission of certain report to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 53 O.S. 2021, Sections 1.9 and 166, which relate to Oklahoma Historical Society and associations; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 56 O.S. 2021, Sections 71, 162, 198.11b, 198.16, 229, 230.50, 230.65, 239, 241.4, 1008, 1011.5, 1017.4, 3002, and 17, Chapter 395, O.S.L. 2022, as amended by Section 3, Chapter 386, O.S.L. 2025 (56 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 4002.12b), which relate to poor persons; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; removing certain obsolete task force; removing certain obsolete reports; amending 57 O.S. 2021, Sections 95, 115, 521, 530.3, and 541, which relate to prisons and reformatories; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 59 O.S. 2021, Sections 858-705.1, 1000.4, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 321, O.S.L. 2025, 1000.25, as amended by Section 4, Chapter 225, O.S.L. 2025, 3024, and 4000.1, as last amended by Section 9, Chapter 227, O.S.L. 2024 (59 O.S. Supp. 2025, Sections 1000.4, 1000.25, and 4000.1), which relate to professions and occupations; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; removing certain obsolete report; amending 60 O.S. 2021, Sections 177.2, 178, and 1, Chapter 220, O.S.L. 2024 (60 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 1403), which relate to property; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 61 O.S. 2021, Sections 65, as amended by Section 11, Chapter 238, O.S.L. 2022, 130, as amended by Section 27, Chapter 238, O.S.L. 2022, and 328 (61 O.S. Supp. 2025, Sections 65 and 130), which relate to public buildings and public works; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 62 O.S. 2021, Sections 34.2, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 86, O.S.L. 2025, 34.6, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 14, 2nd Extraordinary Session, O.S.L. 2022, 34.11.1, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 193, O.S.L. 2024, 34.32, as amended by Section 25, Chapter 228, O.S.L. 2022, 34.36, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 199, O.S.L. 2025, 34.37, 34.42, as last amended by Section 3, Chapter 199, O.S.L. 2025, 34.52, 34.88, 34.94, 34.95, 34.200-1, 34.301, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 319, O.S.L. 2025, 35.9, 36, 45.3, 45.11, 48.2, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 313, O.S.L. 2019, 49, 71.1, as amended by Section 4, Chapter 308, O.S.L. 2025, 88.4, 89.2, as amended by Section 5, Chapter 308, O.S.L. 2025, 89.7, 91.5, 166d, 1, Chapter 14, 2nd Extraordinary Session, O.S.L. 2022, 690.19, 695.7, 847, 901, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 439, O.S.L. 2025, 901.1, 2309, 7004, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 125, O.S.L. 2023, 7005, as amended by Section 3, Chapter 125, O.S.L. 2023, and 9010.4 (62 O.S. Supp. 2025, Sections 34.2, 34.6, 34.11.1, 34.32, 34.36, 34.42, 34.301, 71.1, 89.2, 255.1, 901, 7004, and 7005), which relate to public finance; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; removing certain obsolete report; updating statutory reference; amending 63 O.S. 2021, Sections 1-110.1, 2, Chapter 439, O.S.L. 2024, 1-227.2, 1-227.3, 1-229.8, 1-237, 1-238, 1-270.2, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 111, O.S.L. 2024, 1-534.1, 1-550.3, 1-552, 1-556, 1-740.11, 1-753, 1-756.8, 1-2530.9, 1-2712, 1-2721, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 184, O.S.L. 2024, 1-2731, 2-805, 2-904, 2-1001, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 198, O.S.L. 2025, 10, Chapter 322, O.S.L. 2023, 1, Chapter 321, O.S.L. 2024, 683.4, 2565, 3208, 3220, 3224, 3229, 3240.6, 3240.7, 3250.6, 3250.7, 3276, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 334, O.S.L. 2023, 1, Chapter 112, O.S.L. 2023, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 295, O.S.L. 2024, 3285, 3290, as amended by Section 3, Chapter 334, O.S.L. 2023, 5007, 5010, 5013, 1, Chapter 162, O.S.L. 2022, 5061.2, and 7301, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 328, O.S.L. 2023 (63 O.S. Supp. 2025, Sections 1-114.22, 1-270.2, 1-2721, 2-1001, 427.17a, 427.29, 3276, 3278.1, 3290, 5026.1, and 7301), which relate to public health and safety; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; removing certain obsolete reports; amending 64 O.S. 2021, Section 1013, as amended by Section 40, Chapter 228, O.S.L. 2022 (64 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 1013), which relates to investment of permanent school funds and other educational funds and property; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 65 O.S. 2021, Section 3-114, which relates to deposit of publications with publishing clearinghouse; directing submission of certain report to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 66 O.S. 2021, Sections 190 and 304, as amended by Section 556, Chapter 486, O.S.L. 2025 (66 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 304), which relate to railroads; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 67 O.S. 2021, Section 315, which relates to the delivery of records for disposition; directing submission of certain report to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 68 O.S. 2021, Sections 102.3, 120, 205, as last amended by Section 2, Chapter 204, O.S.L. 2025, 270, 291, 400.1, as amended by Section 3, Chapter 285, O.S.L. 2023, 1357.21, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 353, O.S.L. 2025, 2357.1A-2, 2357.7A, 2357.22, as last amended by Section 153, Chapter 452, O.S.L. 2024, 2357.32A, 2357.65, 2357.76, 2370.1, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 223, O.S.L. 2024, 3507, 3610, 3633, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 341, O.S.L. 2025, 4, Chapter 66, O.S.L. 2022, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 1, O.S.L. 2023, 3808, 3910, 3920, 4206, 4210, 4310, 4510, and 50016 (68 O.S. Supp. 2025, Sections 205, 400.1, 1357.21, 2357.22, 2370.1, 3633, and 3645.4), which relate to revenue and taxation; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 69 O.S. 2021, Sections 322, 1705.6, 1728, and 1912, which relate to roads, bridges, and ferries; removing certain obsolete reports; directing submission of certain report to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Sections 3-104, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 445, O.S.L. 2025, 3-104.10, 3-117.3, 3-118, 3-127, 3-129.10, 5-141, 5-146, 6-186, 6-211, 11-103.6, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 384, O.S.L. 2024, 11-103.6a, 1, Chapter 280, O.S.L. 2022, as last amended by Section 45, Chapter 59, O.S.L. 2024, 1, Chapter 336, O.S.L. 2022, 17-106.1, 17-116.7, 18-162, 24-158, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 281, O.S.L. 2022, 625.14, as amended by Section 15, Chapter 407, O.S.L. 2022, 695.20, 697.2, as amended by Section 17, Chapter 407, O.S.L. 2022, 697.25, 698.1, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 249, O.S.L. 2023, 1, Chapter 155, O.S.L. 2023, 1210.228, 1210.258, 1210.307, 1210.405, 1210.407, 1210.508C, as last amended by Section 2, Chapter 297, O.S.L. 2025, 2, Chapter 288, O.S.L. 2023, as amended by Section 9, Chapter 411, O.S.L. 2024, 1210.509, 1210.516, 1210.544, 1210.591, 2120, as amended by Section 3, Chapter 18, O.S.L. 2022, 2607, 2632, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 129, O.S.L. 2025, 3206, 3206.6a, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 84, O.S.L. 2025, 3218.2, 3219.1, 3224, 3903, 3909, as amended by Section 575, Chapter 486, O.S.L. 2025, 3954, 3970.11, 3980.4, as amended by Section 4, Chapter 186, O.S.L. 2023, and 4705 (70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Sections 3-104, 11-103.6, 11-202, 14-201, 24-158, 625.14, 697.2, 698.1, 1210.210, 1210.508C, 1210.508H, 2120, 2632, 3206.6a, 3909, and 3980.4), which relate to schools; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; removing certain obsolete report; amending 71 O.S. 2021, Section 1-601, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 225, O.S.L. 2023 (71 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 1-601), which relates to the Oklahoma Securities Commission; directing submission of certain report to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 73 O.S. 2021, Sections 179, 2, Chapter 1, 1st Extraordinary Session, O.S.L. 2023, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 393, O.S.L. 2024, 3, Chapter 441, O.S.L. 2024, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 439, O.S.L. 2025, and 2, Chapter 441, O.S.L. 2024, as amended by Section 3, Chapter 439, O.S.L. 2025 (73 O.S. Supp. 2025, Sections 187B, 188A, and 188B), which relate to the state capital and State Capitol Building; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 74 O.S. 2021, Sections 18b, as last amended by Section 2, Chapter 335, O.S.L. 2025, 20i, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 212, O.S.L. 2024, 51.1a, as last amended by Section 2, Chapter 257, O.S.L. 2024, 51.2b, as last amended by Section 5, Chapter 257, O.S.L. 2024, 61.8, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 194, O.S.L. 2025, 63.3, 63.5, 78, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 351, O.S.L. 2023, 78d, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 351, O.S.L. 2023, 85.5, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 102, O.S.L. 2024, 85.7, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 339, O.S.L. 2023, 85.43, 85.44D.1, 85.45f, 85.45j.11, 150.5, 150.38, 212, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 93, O.S.L. 2022, 213.2, 214, 324.2, 325.1, 450, 452.8, 452.10, 452.13, 452.14, 464, 471, 484, 500.2, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 63, O.S.L. 2022, 500.18, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 325, O.S.L. 2022, 3, Chapter 414, O.S.L. 2024, 589, 669, 2, Chapter 201, O.S.L. 2024, 840-1.6A, as amended by Section 4, Chapter 243, O.S.L. 2022, 840-2.17, as amended by Section 13, Chapter 243, O.S.L. 2022, 840-2.27C, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 341, O.S.L. 2024, 909.1, 942, 1207, 1332.1, as amended by Section 8, Chapter 245, O.S.L. 2024, 2109, 2205, 2220, 2236, 2276.2, 2901.4, 2, Chapter 22, 1st Extraordinary Session, O.S.L. 2023, 4, Chapter 22, 1st Extraordinary Session, O.S.L. 2023, 3117, 3122, 3601.2, 3602, 3917, 5003.7, as last amended by Section 3, Chapter 133, O.S.L. 2025, 5003.9, 5003.10, as amended by Section 6, Chapter 377, O.S.L. 2024, 5003.10a, as amended by Section 7, Chapter 377, O.S.L. 2024, 5010.3, 5040.4, as amended by Section 7, Chapter 375, O.S.L. 2024, 5060.22, 5062.19, 5066.7, 5079, 5156, 5402, 6112, 8303, 9053, 9076, 5, Chapter 229, O.S.L. 2022, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 336, O.S.L. 2023, 6, Chapter 229, O.S.L. 2022, 3, Chapter 231, O.S.L. 2022, and 4, Chapter 231, O.S.L. 2022 (74 O.S. Supp. 2025, Sections 18b, 20i, 51.1a, 51.2b, 61.8, 78, 78d, 85.5, 85.7, 212, 500.2, 500.18, 583.1, 692, 840-1.6A, 840-2.17, 840-2.27C, 1332.1, 2903.1, 2903.3, 5003.7, 5003.10, 5003.10a, 5040.4, 9204, 9205, 12003, and 12004), which relate to state government; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; removing certain obsolete reports; removing certain requirement to follow certain procedure; amending 75 O.S. 2021, Sections 250.6, 252, 253, as last amended by Section 6, Chapter 258, O.S.L. 2025, 303.1, as amended by Section 3, Chapter 38, O.S.L. 2023, and 308, as last amended by Section 2, Chapter 420, O.S.L. 2025 (75 O.S. Supp. 2025, Sections 253, 303.1, and 308), which relate to statutes and reports; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; updating statutory language; directing the Office of the Secretary of State to create and maintain certain centralized filing system; requiring the Secretary of State to provide certain notification in certain circumstance; requiring the Secretary of State to submit certain report; amending 76 O.S. 2021, Section 17, which relates to medical malpractice; directing submission of certain report to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 82 O.S. 2021, Sections 863.3, 1085.14, 1085.62, 1085.82, 1, Chapter 268, O.S.L. 2023, and 1623 (82 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 1086.7), which relate to water and water rights; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 85 O.S. 2021, Section 380, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 256, O.S.L. 2024, and as renumbered by Section 3, Chapter 256, O.S.L. 2024 (74 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 85.70), which relates to volunteer fire departments; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; amending 85A O.S. 2021, Sections 17, as amended by Section 10, Chapter 199, O.S.L. 2025, 50, 60, 101, 121, and 400, as amended by Section 3, Chapter 279, O.S.L. 2024 (85A O.S. Supp. 2025, Sections 17 and 400), which relate to workers’ compensation; directing submission of certain reports to utilize certain centralized filing system; updating statutory language; making language gender neutral; repealing Section 6, Chapter 222, O.S.L. 2024 (2 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 5-606), which relates to reports; repealing 2 O.S. 2021, Sections 18-34 and 18-192, which relate to reports; repealing 10 O.S. 2021, Section 630.2, which relates to coordinated database system; repealing Section 1, Chapter 288, O.S.L. 2024 (17 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 294), which relates to Southwest Power Pool report; repealing 19 O.S. 2021, Section 547.2, which relates to the Sheriffs’ Personnel Task Force; repealing 20 O.S. 2021, Sections 127 and 1103H, which relate to reports; repealing Section 1, Chapter 333, O.S.L. 2023, as amended by Section 4, Chapter 329, O.S.L. 2025 (21 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 2200), which relates to the Oklahoma Organized Retail Crime Task Force; repealing 36 O.S. 2021, Sections 6057.5, 6060.9c, 6060.13, and Section 5, Chapter 151, O.S.L. 2022 (36 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 6060.44), which relate to reports; repealing 40 O.S. 2021, Section 800.1, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 401, O.S.L. 2022 (40 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 800.1), which relates to the Occupational Licensing Advisory Commission; repealing Section 1, Chapter 232, O.S.L. 2023 (47 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 173.1), which relates to the State Task Force on Motor Carrier Regulation and Enforcement; repealing 56 O.S. 2021, Sections 162.1b, 245, 245.1, and 3121, which relate to reports; repealing 57 O.S. 2021, Section 521.1, which relates to the Reentry Policy Council; repealing 62 O.S. 2021, Section 46.5, which relates to the State Revenue Apportionment Evaluation Commission; repealing 63 O.S. 2021, Sections 2-112, 2175.1, 5009.6, and 5030.4A, which relate to reports; repealing 70 O.S. 2021, Sections 3-116.5, 3-123.1, 628.19, and 7001, which relate to reports; repealing 74 O.S. 2021, Sections 20l, 30c, 30.2, 2900.3, and 9100, which relate to reports; repealing 82 O.S. 2021, Section 1088.14, which relates to the Water for 2060 Advisory Council; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

SUBJECT:  Centralized report system

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     2 O.S. 2021, Section 5-10, is amended to read as follows:

Section 5-10.  A.  To implement the Made in Oklahoma Program and the Grown in Oklahoma Program, the State Department of Agriculture shall:

1.  Design a “Made in Oklahoma” logo and a “Grown in Oklahoma” logo for use by Oklahoma processors, providers, or growers;

2.  Establish standards and requirements for logos;

3.  Establish fees for logos; provided any Oklahoma processor, provider, or grower may acquire use of the logos on their foods, products, or services free of charge for the first year after authorization for use;

4.  Establish a task force to assist in ascertaining strengths and weaknesses of the program;

5.  Cooperate with other state agencies and other organizations as needed in development of the program;

6.  Foster conferences, institutes, and exhibits on Oklahoma-made products and services or Oklahoma-grown foods;

7.  Publish reports, surveys, news bulletins, or other materials pertaining to its findings, recommendations, and work; and

8.  Report Electronically report, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate areas needing legislative or procedural changes to help promote the purchase and use of Oklahoma-made products and services and Oklahoma-grown foods or to attract manufacturers to supply processors with needed materials.

B.  The Department may apply for, accept, and use any gift, grant, or bequest from any source for the purpose of discharging its duties.

SECTION 2.     AMENDATORY     2 O.S. 2021, Section 5-85, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 174, O.S.L. 2025 (2 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 5-85), is amended to read as follows:

Section 5-85.  A.  The State Treasurer is authorized to issue guidelines and administer the Oklahoma Agricultural Linked Deposit Program.

B.  The State Treasurer shall, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, electronically submit an annual report outlining the status of the Oklahoma Agricultural Linked Deposit Program to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

SECTION 3.     AMENDATORY     2 O.S. 2021, Section 5-507, is amended to read as follows:

Section 5-507.  If state funds are utilized, unless otherwise required by federal law, the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service shall, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, electronically provide the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma Senate a copy of any report or other document that it provides to the United States Department of Agriculture concerning the Oklahoma AgrAbility Project.

SECTION 4.     AMENDATORY     Section 3, Chapter 391, O.S.L. 2022 (2 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 11-13), is amended to read as follows:

Section 11-13.  A.  The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall develop a grant program for the purpose of providing grants to incorporated municipalities to mitigate extreme purchase costs, extraordinary costs, or both, incurred by the incorporated municipality’s owned or controlled unregulated utility affected by the extreme weather event that began February 7, 2021.  To qualify for a grant, the following requirements shall be met:

1.  The incorporated municipality must shall show proof of extreme purchase costs, extraordinary costs, or both incurred by the incorporated municipality’s owned or controlled unregulated utility;

2.  The population of the incorporated municipality shall be no greater than three thousand five hundred (3,500) persons according to the most recent Federal Decennial Census or most recent annual estimate of the population by the United States Census Bureau; and

3.  The incorporated municipality’s owned or controlled unregulated utility has had no costs mitigated through securitization as provided by Sections 9070 through 9081 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B.  The Department shall promulgate rules necessary for determining the eligibility and priority of applicants for the grants.  In determining the priority of applicants, the Department shall consider the implications of the extraordinary costs and extreme purchase costs regarding the incorporated municipality’s solvency and the amount of the incorporated municipality’s extraordinary costs and extreme purchase costs on a per capita basis.

C.  On or before February 1, 2023, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall provide a report to the Governor, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives that includes the list of municipalities who applied for the grant, the amount requested by each municipality, municipalities that were awarded grants, the amount of each grant awarded, and any other information the Department determines to be necessary.

SECTION 5.     AMENDATORY     Section 6, Chapter 297, O.S.L. 2023 (2 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 4006), is amended to read as follows:

Section 4006.  A.  On and after July 1, 2023, the Authority shall have the power and duty to:

1.  Adopt bylaws and promulgate rules for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business;

2.  Adopt an official seal;

3.  Maintain an office at a location to be determined by the Authority;

4.  Sue and be sued, subject to the provisions of the Governmental Tort Claims Act;

5.  Enter into cooperative agreements with the Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges and/or or other Oklahoma State University agencies, authorities, trusts or entities for educational programs, professional staffing, research and other veterinary activities;

6.  Make and enter into all contracts necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers pursuant to the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority Act;

7.  Purchase or lease equipment, furniture, materials, and supplies, and incur such other expenses as may be necessary to maintain and operate animal hospitals or clinics, or to discharge its duties and responsibilities or to make any of its powers effective;

8.  Acquire by purchase, lease, gift, or by any other manner, and to maintain, use and operate or to contract for the maintenance, use and operation of or lease of any and all property of any kind, real, personal, or mixed or any interest therein unless otherwise provided by the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority Act;

9.  Appoint such officers, agents, and employees, including but not limited to attorneys, as it deems necessary and to prescribe their duties and to fix their compensation;

10.  Accept grants from the United States of America, or from any corporation or agency created or designed by the United States of America, and, in connection with any grant, to enter into such agreements as the United States of America or such corporation or agency may require;

11.  Make and issue bonds and to pledge revenues of the Authority subject to the Oklahoma Bond Oversight and Reform Act.  Nothing in the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority Act shall authorize the issuance of any bonds of the Authority payable other than from revenues of the Authority.  Authority revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall not at any time be deemed to constitute a debt of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or of any political subdivision, but such bonds shall be payable solely from the funds herein provided.  Such revenue bonds shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that neither the state nor the Authority shall be obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon except from the revenues of the project or projects for which they are issued and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state or any political subdivision thereof is pledged, or may hereafter be pledged, to the payment of the principal of or the interest on such bonds.  The maximum amount of outstanding bonds at any time shall not exceed Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00) unless a greater amount is expressly approved by the Legislature by a concurrent resolution adopted prior to commencing any action in anticipation of issuance of revenue bonds of the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority for the greater amount;

12.  Provide for complete financial audits on all accounts of the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority and to authorize periodic audits by an independent external auditing agency.  Such audits shall be performed annually in a format approved by the State Auditor and Inspector, and all such audits shall be submitted to the State Auditor and Inspector for review.  Such audits shall be made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and government auditing standards.  Financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

13.  Engage in long-term planning for the operation and management of the Authority;

14.  Establish petty cash funds and provide for appropriate accounting procedures and controls;

15.  Contract with national manufacturers and distributors of drugs and medical supplies when appropriate to carry out the purposes of this act;

16.  Do all other things necessary and proper to implement the provisions of the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority Act;

17.  Provide funding to other entities related to public health, animal health, teaching, research, and the purposes of the Oklahoma State Veterinary Medicine Authority Act when provided funding for such purposes by the Legislature;

18.  Waive, by such means as the Authority deems appropriate, the exemption from federal income taxation of interest on the Authority’s bonds provided by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any other federal statute providing a similar exemption;19.  Arrange for guaranties or insurance of its bonds by the federal government or by any private insurer, and to pay any premiums therefor; and

20. 19.  Make a declaration of necessity as provided in Section 3 of this act.  The Authority may, in its exclusive judgment, make a declaration of necessity when such a declaration is deemed necessary to effectuate the purposes of the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority Act.

B.  The Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority shall be subject to the Oklahoma State Finance Act.

C.  The Authority shall prepare monthly a “budget vs. actual” report which shows by budget activity the monthly and year-to-date revenues and expenditures compared to budgeted revenues and expenditures.  Such report shall be electronically submitted to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and to the Directors of the House of Representatives Fiscal Division and the Senate Fiscal Division utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act.

D.  The Authority shall be subject to the professional risk management program provided for in Section 85.58A of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

SECTION 6.     AMENDATORY     Section 14, Chapter 297, O.S.L. 2023 (2 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 4014), is amended to read as follows:

Section 4014.  The Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority shall, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, electronically submit an annual report to the Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate.  Such report shall be submitted in accordance with the requirements for financial statement audits in Section 212A of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes and shall include an account of the operations and actions of the Authority and an accounting of all revenue received and disbursed by the Authority for the previous fiscal year.  The report shall include an accounting of expenses related to each of the following:

1.  Education and training of students of the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine, resident veterinarians and others;

2.  Care and treatment of animal patients for whom the Authority receives any form of state or federal reimbursement; and

3.  Research.

SECTION 7.     AMENDATORY     Section 19, Chapter 297, O.S.L. 2023 (2 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 4019), is amended to read as follows:

Section 4019.  A.  The State of Oklahoma expressly approves the creation of a public trust to be named the “Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medical Trust”, of which the State of Oklahoma shall be the beneficiary, provided such approval shall be contingent upon satisfaction of the following conditions:

1.  Finalizing of the declaration of trust;

2.  Adoption of the declaration of trust by an official action of the trustees of the Trust;

3.  Submission of the Trust for acceptance of the beneficial interest and approval as required by Section 177 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and

4.  The approved declaration of trust shall:

a.       clearly state that the principal purpose of the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medical Trust is to effectuate the purposes of the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority as established in the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority Act,

b.       except as otherwise provided by law, provide that the title to real property held by the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority shall not be transferred, conveyed, or assigned to the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medical Trust without the express consent of the Legislature as the governing entity of the beneficiary pursuant to Section 176 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

c.       provide that any indebtedness incurred by the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medical Trust or the trustees of the Trust shall not be secured with or create a lien upon real property to which title is held by the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority and shall not involve the bonding capacity of the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority,

d.       provide that the trust estate of the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medical Trust shall not include fee simple title to real property owned by the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority,

e.       clearly state that the creation of the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medical Trust shall not in any way reduce, limit, or interfere with the power granted to the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority in the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority Act,

f.       provide that any lease or contractual agreement involving use of the real property to which title is held by the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority and any improvements thereto shall contain a provision and covenants requiring the proper maintenance and upkeep of the real property and improvements,

g.       provide that the trustees of the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medical Trust shall be the acting members of the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority as provided in the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority Act, and

h.       provide that the trustees of the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medical Trust shall have the duty to, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, electronically submit an annual report to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.  The report shall be submitted by January 1 of each year and shall include an account of all operations, actions of the Trust, and an account of all revenue received and disbursed by the Trust for the previous fiscal year.  The report shall also provide a complete accounting of how the Trust meets its primary function of effectuating the purposes of the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority, as established in the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority Act.

B.  The Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medical Trust shall require any agreements which it enters into with any entity pursuant to Section 22 of this act for the operations of facilities leased by the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority to the Trust to include, but not be limited to:

1.  The inclusion of all the members of the Trust, representing the State of Oklahoma in a governing committee;

2.  Binding arbitration shall not be required by such agreements for resolving issues under consideration by the governing committee; and

3.  Major decisions shall be resolved by the governing committee, and approval of any major decision by the governing committee must shall include the approval of a majority of the state appointees and the approval of a majority of the private entity appointees to the governing committee.  Major decisions shall include:

a.       approval of the operating and capital budgets,

b.       sale or disposition of assets over Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00),

c.       the termination, transfer, material addition, or material diminution of animal medical services at the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Hospital related to and part of a teaching program of the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine, and

d.       other major decisions as may be agreed upon by the Trust and the private entity.

C.  To the extent it is determined by legislative enactment that the Trust has expended funds in contravention of its mission as set forth in this section, the Trust shall remit, upon a thirty (30) day written notice from the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority, such sum or sums to the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine Authority.

SECTION 8.     AMENDATORY     Section 1, Chapter 126, O.S.L. 2024 (3 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 415), is amended to read as follows:

Section 415.  There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics to be designated the “Long-Term Aerospace and Aeronautics Infrastructure Sustainability Revolving Fund”.  The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the Department from appropriations designated for the purpose of construction, maintenance, or other capital projects.  The Director of the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics shall, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, electronically provide at the end of each month, provide a current balance and statement of encumbrances of the fund to the Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Chair of the House of Representatives Appropriations and Budget Committee.  All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics for the sole purpose provided for in this section.  Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.

SECTION 9.     AMENDATORY     3A O.S. 2021, Section 204, is amended to read as follows:

Section 204.  A.  The Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission shall:

1.  Have supervision of:

a.       all race meetings held in this state; provided, for non-pari-mutuel race meetings and training races held at non-pari-mutuel tracks jurisdiction of the Commission shall be limited to a period of time beginning twelve (12) hours before the commencement of the first race on a race day and ending four (4) hours after the finish of the last race on a race day,

b.       all occupation and organization licensees in this state, and

c.       all persons on the property of an organization licensee; provided, for non-pari-mutuel race meetings and training races held at non-pari-mutuel tracks supervision of such persons shall be limited to the period set out in subparagraph a of this paragraph;

2.  Have the authority to promulgate rules for the purpose of administering the provisions of the Oklahoma Horse Racing Act;

3.  Administer and enforce the provisions of the Oklahoma Horse Racing Act and the rules of the Commission;

4.  Adjudicate controversies arising from the enforcement of the provisions of the Oklahoma Horse Racing Act and the rules of the Commission;

5.  Allocate racing days of not to exceed six (6) days per calendar week, dates, and hours which are in the best interests of the people of this state to organization licensees;

6.  Promulgate rules for the granting or refusing and the suspension or revoking of licenses;

7.  Promulgate rules for the holding, conducting, and operating of all race meetings held in this state; provided, the rules of the American Quarter Horse Association for regulation of the holding, conducting and operating of non-pari-mutuel race meetings and training races held at non-pari-mutuel tracks shall serve as the rules for the holding, conducting and operating of non-pari-mutuel race meetings and training races held at non-pari-mutuel tracks, except that appeals from decisions of the stewards shall be to the Commission, until such time as the Commission has promulgated substantially similar rules for regulation of the holding, conducting and operating of non-pari-mutuel race meetings and training races held at non-pari-mutuel tracks;

8.  Have supervision and control of the pari-mutuel machines and all other equipment at all race meetings held in this state;

9.  Check the making of pari-mutuel pools and the distribution of such pools and shall:

a.       contract with the Office of the State Auditor and Inspector to conduct an annual audit and inspection of live race meets in this state, and

b.       reimburse the Office of the State Auditor and Inspector for the cost of these services;

10.  Promulgate rules governing:

a.       bids on leases,

b.       the rate charged by an organization licensee for admission to races, and

c.       the rate charged for the performance of any service or for the sale of any article on the premises of an organization licensee;

11.  Approve all contracts and agreements for the payment of money and all salaries, fees, and compensations by any organization licensee;

12.  Have the authority to exclude, or compel the exclusion, from any race meeting:

a.       any person who violates the provisions of any rule or order of the Commission or any law of this state, any other state, or the United States,

b.         any person who has been previously convicted of violating any law of this state, any other state, the United States, or

c.       any other person, licensed or unlicensed, whose conduct or reputation is such that his or her presence at the race meeting may, in the opinion of the Commission reflect on the honesty and integrity of horse racing or interfere with the orderly conduct of the race meeting.  No person shall be excluded or ejected from a race meeting solely on the grounds of race, color, creed, sex, national origin, or ancestry;

13.  Have investigatory powers and authority to place attendants and such other persons as may be deemed necessary by the Commission in the offices, on the tracks, or in places of business of any organization licensee for the purpose of determining whether an organization or occupation licensee is complying with the provisions of the Oklahoma Horse Racing Act and the rules of the Commission;

14.  Have authority to acquire or contract with, or establish, maintain, and operate testing laboratories and related facilities for the purpose of conducting:

a.       human substance abuse testing on occupation licensees who may affect the outcome of race results.  Human substance abuse tests and the laboratories performing such tests must shall meet the nationally recognized standards specified in the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs adopted by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.  The Commission may require any occupation licensee to submit to a human substance abuse test if the Commission has probable cause to believe that such licensee is possessing or using any controlled dangerous substance or any other drug in violation of any federal or state law.  Provided, on and after July 1, 1994, such testing shall be in compliance with the provisions of the Standards for Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Act, and

b.       a saliva test, a blood test, a urine test, or other tests or combinations of tests on the horses run or to be run in any race meeting.  Prior to the Commission entering into any contract pursuant to this paragraph, the Attorney General shall review and approve the contract.  Any contract entered into pursuant to this paragraph shall contain the specifications that were in the request for bid for the contract;

15.  Approve of all proposed construction on property owned or leased by an organization licensee;

16.  Have authority to require that all financial, employment, or other records of an organization licensee shall be kept in such manner as prescribed by the Commission and shall be subject to inspection by the Commission.  The organization licensee shall submit to the Commission an annual balance sheet, profit-and-loss statement, and any other information the Commission deems necessary in order to administer the provisions of the Oklahoma Horse Racing Act;

17.  Have the authority to suspend or revoke a license or impose fines in amounts not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) against individuals for each violation and in amounts not to exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) against organization licensees for each violation of any provision of the Oklahoma Horse Racing Act, any rules adopted by the Commission, or any order of the Commission, or for any other action which, in the discretion of the Commission, is a detriment or impediment to horse racing or both such suspension or revocation and fine.  Each day upon which such violation or other action by the organization licensee occurs shall constitute a separate offense;

18.  Have authority to suspend a horse from participating in races if the horse has been involved in any violation of the rules promulgated by the Commission or the provisions of the Oklahoma Horse Racing Act; and

19.  Prepare and, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, electronically submit an annual report to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.  The report shall include an account of the operations, actions, and orders of the Commission, and an accounting of all revenue received by the Commission.

B.  1.  The Commission may delegate to stewards or the Executive Director, those of its powers and duties as it deems necessary to fully implement and effectuate the purposes of the Oklahoma Horse Racing Act.

2.  The Commission, upon appeal or due consideration, may overrule any decision of a steward except decisions regarding disqualifications for interference during the running of a race if a preponderance of evidence indicates:

a.       the stewards mistakenly interpreted the law,

b.       new evidence of a convincing nature is produced, or

c.       the best interests of racing and the state may be better served.

3.  Any decision pertaining to the finish of a race, as used for purposes of pari-mutuel pool distribution to winning ticket holders, may not be overruled.  Any decision pertaining to the distribution of purses may be changed only if a claim is made in writing to the Commission by one of the involved owners or trainers, and a preponderance of evidence clearly indicates to the Commission that one or more of the grounds for protest, as provided for in the rules prepared by the Commission, has been substantiated.

SECTION 10.     AMENDATORY     3A O.S. 2021, Section 619, is amended to read as follows:

Section 619.  Beginning February 1, 2000, the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission shall, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, electronically file an annual report of combative sports activities in Oklahoma with the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.  Said Such report shall include, but not be limited to, the amount of revenue collected, the number of permits and licenses issued and revoked, the number of violations of the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission Act, and the number of professional combative sports events, amateur mixed martial arts events and amateur kickboxing events conducted.

SECTION 11.     AMENDATORY     3A O.S. 2021, Section 733, as amended by Section 4, Chapter 332, O.S.L. 2023 (3A O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 733), is amended to read as follows:

Section 733.  To ensure the financial integrity of the lottery, the Oklahoma Lottery Commission through its board of trustees shall:

1.  Submit Electronically submit annual reports, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, to the Governor, State Auditor and Inspector, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, Attorney General, and the oversight committee created by Section 734 of this title, disclosing the total lottery revenues, prize disbursements, operating expenses, and administrative expenses of the Commission.  The annual report shall additionally describe the organizational structure of the Commission and summarize the functions performed by each organizational division within the Commission;

2.  Adopt a system of internal audits;

3.  Maintain weekly or more frequent records of lottery transactions, including the distribution of tickets or shares to retailers, revenues received, claims for prizes, prizes paid, prizes forfeited, and other financial transactions of the Commission;

4.  Contract with a certified public accountant or firm for an annual financial audit of the Commission.  The certified public accountant or firm shall have no financial interest in any vendor with whom the Commission is under contract.  The certified public accountant or firm shall present an audit report not later than seven (7) months after the end of the fiscal year.  The certified public accountant or firm shall evaluate the internal auditing controls in effect during the audit period.  The cost of this annual financial audit shall be an operating expense of the Commission.  The State Auditor and Inspector may at any time conduct an audit of any phase of the operations of the Commission at the expense of the Commission and shall receive a copy of the annual independent financial audit.  A copy of any audit performed by the certified public accountant or firm or the State Auditor and Inspector shall be electronically transmitted to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the State Auditor and Inspector, and the cochairs of the oversight committee created in Section 734 of this title utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act;

5.  Submit Electronically submit, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and the State Auditor and Inspector by June 30 of each year a copy of the annual operating budget for the Commission for the next fiscal year.  This annual operating budget shall be approved by the board and be on such forms as prescribed by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services; and

6.  Submit Electronically submit, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, to the Office of Management and Enterprise Services by October 1 of each year a proposed estimate of the net proceeds to be deposited into the Oklahoma Education Lottery Trust Fund during the succeeding fiscal year.  The estimate shall be on such forms as prescribed by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.

SECTION 12.     AMENDATORY     3A O.S. 2021, Section 734, is amended to read as follows:

Section 734.  A.  There is hereby created as a joint committee of the Legislature the Oklahoma Lottery Commission Legislative Oversight Committee, to be composed of the members of the House Revenue and Taxation Committee and the Senate Finance Committee.  The chairs of the committees shall serve as cochairs of the oversight committee.  The oversight committee shall periodically inquire into and review the operations of the Oklahoma Lottery Commission, as well as periodically review and evaluate the success with which the Commission is accomplishing its statutory duties and functions as provided in the Oklahoma Education Lottery Act.  The oversight committee may conduct any independent audit or investigation of the Commission it deems necessary.

B.  The Commission shall, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, electronically provide the oversight committee not later than December 1 of each year with a complete report of the level of participation of minority businesses in all retail and major procurement contracts awarded by the Commission.

SECTION 13.     AMENDATORY     6 O.S. 2021, Section 212, is amended to read as follows:

Section 212.  A.  Commissioner’s Report - Contents.  The Commissioner shall report to the Governor annually.  The report shall be a public document and shall include such matters as the Commissioner deems advisable.

B.  Copies furnished to Legislature and Oklahoma Publishing Clearing House.  Copies of the annual reports not previously so submitted shall be electronically submitted to the Legislature at the opening of each regular session and to the Oklahoma Publishing Clearing House utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act.  A copy of the annual report shall also be published on the Oklahoma State Banking Department’s website.

SECTION 14.     AMENDATORY     10 O.S. 2021, Section 22.1, is amended to read as follows:

Section 22.1.  A.  The Oklahoma Legislature recognizes that:

1.  Children who have been abused, who are dependent or neglected, or whose parents, for whatever reason, may be unable or unwilling to provide care for their children, are best served when they can be cared for by grandparents or other suitable relatives instead of placing those children in foster care with the State of Oklahoma; and

2.  While grandparents or other relatives are often willing to provide for the care of children who can no longer remain with their parents, there may exist financial obstacles to the provision of such care, or there may be a need for other services to enable the children to remain with their grandparents or other relatives in order to prevent the entry of those children into the foster care system.

B.  It is the intent of the Oklahoma Legislature in enacting this section to:

1.  Recognize family relationships in which a grandparent or other relative within the third degree of relationship to the child is the head of a household that includes a child otherwise at risk of foster care placement by the Department of Human Services;

2.  Enhance family preservation and stability by recognizing that most children in placements with grandparents and other relatives within the third degree of relationship to the child do not need intensive supervision of the placement by the courts or by the Department;

3.  Provide additional placement options and incentives that will achieve permanency and stability for many children who are otherwise at risk of foster care placement by the Department because of abuse, abandonment, or neglect, but who may successfully be able to reside in the care of relatives within the third degree of relationship to the child; and

4.  Reserve the limited casework and supervisory resources of the Department and the courts expended to care for children in state custody for those cases in which children do not have the option for safe, stable care within their immediate family.

C.  The Department of Human Services shall establish and operate a relative support program pursuant to eligibility guidelines established in this section and by rules of the Department promulgated thereto which will divert children from the foster care program operated by the Department.  The relative support program shall provide assistance to relatives within the third degree of relationship to a child who are caring for the child on a full-time basis, regardless of whether there is a court order granting custody of the child to the relative.

D.  Grandparents or other such relatives who qualify for and participate in the relative support program are not required to be certified as foster parents or to meet the foster care requirements but shall be capable of providing a physically safe environment and a stable, supportive home for the children under their care.

E.  Upon request by grandparents or other relatives who are caring for a child on a full-time basis, the Department shall complete a needs assessment on such grandparents or other relatives to determine the appropriate services and support needed by the child and the grandparents or other such relatives.

F.  Within available funding specified by this section, the relative support program may provide grandparents or other suitable relatives with:

1.  Case management services;

2.  Monthly stipends or other financial assistance, family support and preservation services;

3.  Flexible funds to enable the grandparents or other relatives to meet unusual or crisis expenditures, including but not limited to, making housing deposits, utility deposits, or to purchase beds, clothing and food;

4.  Subsidized child care and after school care;

5.  Respite care;

6.  Transportation;

7.  Counseling;

8.  Support groups;

9.  Assistance in accessing parental child support payments;

10.  Aid in accessing food stamps, Social Security and other public benefits;

11.  Information about legal options for relative caregivers;

12.  Assistance for establishing a relative guardianship or relative custodianship for the child;

13.  Available volunteer attorney services;

14.  Mediation/family group conferencing; and

15.  Community-based services and state or federal programs available to the child and relatives to support the child’s safety, growth and health development.

G.  Children living with grandparents or other relatives within the third degree of relationship to the child who are receiving assistance pursuant to this section shall be eligible for Medicaid coverage.

H.  Subject to availability of funding, and as may be permitted by federal law or regulations governing the Department of Human Services’ block grant for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the Department is specifically authorized to provide funding assistance from such block grant or other available funds for the development and operation of the relative support program by providing available funds which are not otherwise committed to or necessary for the provision of the Statewide Temporary Assistance Responsibility System.  In addition, the Department may use any other state, federal or private funds available to the Department for such purposes to implement the provisions of this section.

I.  1.  In order to qualify for the receipt of any monthly stipend, the grandparent or other relative shall meet any eligibility criteria determined by the Department of Human Services.

2.  Within limits of available funding, monthly stipends may be paid to grandparents or other relatives with the third degree of relationship to the child who have physical full-time custody of a child who would be unable to serve in that capacity without a monthly stipend because of inadequate financial resources, thus exposing the child to the trauma of potential placement in a shelter or in foster care placement by the Department of Human Services.  The statewide average monthly rate for children in the legal custody of grandparents or other relatives who are not certified as foster homes shall not exceed the cost of providing foster care.

J.  Additional assistance may be made available to qualified grandparents or other relatives within the third degree of relationship and children, based upon specific needs of the grandparent or other relative of the child and the specific needs of the child.  Such assistance shall also be subject to available funding.

K.  The relative support program established by the Department pursuant to this section may receive referrals from district courts of this state, from social service or child advocate agencies, from any other agency of this state, or other states or federal programs.  In addition, the relative support program may be accessed directly by the grandparents or other relatives of the affected children by application made to the Department of Human Services.

L.  The Department of Human Services may provide any services necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section by contract with any person or with any public or private entity.

M.  The provisions of this section shall also be available to a legal guardian of a child who is within the fifth degree of relation to the child.

N.  The Department of Human Services shall, pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act, promulgate any rules necessary to implement the provisions of this section.

O.  As a part of the relative support program, the Department shall develop, publish, and distribute an informational brochure for grandparents and other relatives who provide full-time care for children.  The information provided under the program authorized by this section may include, but is not limited to, the following:

1.  The benefits available to children and grandparents or other relatives pursuant to this section providing full-time care;

2.  The procedures to access the relative support program;

3.  A list of support groups and resources located throughout the state;

4.  Such other information deemed necessary by the Department; and

5.  The brochure may be distributed through municipal and district courts, hospitals, public health nurses, child protective services, medical professional offices, county health departments, elementary and secondary schools, senior citizens centers, public libraries, local, city, county and state offices and community action agencies selected by the Department.

P.  The Department of Human Services shall submit a report of the outcomes associated with the relative support program established pursuant to this section to the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the State Senate on or before January 15, 2002.

SECTION 15.     AMENDATORY     10 O.S. 2021, Section 405.1, is amended to read as follows:

Section 405.1.  A.  The Department of Human Services shall collaborate with other appropriate agencies to develop a comprehensive Oklahoma state plan for child care.

B.  The comprehensive plan shall:

1.  Meet all requirements for child care state plans as periodically determined by the United States Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families Child Care Bureau; and

2.  Be electronically submitted to the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate on a biannual basis utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act.

SECTION 16.     AMENDATORY     10 O.S. 2021, Section 601.5, as amended by Section 3, Chapter 347, O.S.L. 2024 (10 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 601.5), is amended to read as follows:

Section 601.5.  A.  The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth shall appoint a Director who shall be a person having experience in the operation and administration of services to children and youth.  Such Director shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years and may be reappointed.  Such Director may be dismissed only for cause.  The Director shall:

1.  Employ such staff as may be necessary to perform the duties of the Commission, with the advice and approval of the Commission;

2.  Prepare an annual report summarizing the activities of the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth for the previous fiscal year, other reports as necessary and appropriate, and an annual budget for the approval of the Commission;

3.  Formulate and recommend rules and regulations for approval or rejection by the Commission;

4.  Serve as chief executive officer of the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth; and

5.  Act as agent as authorized for the Commission in the performance of its duties.

B.  The Director may periodically convene issue-specific task groups for the purpose of improving services for children and youth.  A copy of any report or recommendations which result from meetings of a task group shall be electronically provided to the Commission, Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the director of each state agency affected by the report or recommendations utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act.

SECTION 17.     AMENDATORY     10 O.S. 2021, Section 601.6, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 178, O.S.L. 2025 (10 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 601.6), is amended to read as follows:

Section 601.6.  A.  For purposes of this section, the term “children and youth service system” shall have the same meaning as it is defined in Section 600 of this title.

B.  The Office of Juvenile System Oversight shall have the responsibility of inspecting and investigating misfeasance and malfeasance within the children and youth service system, as directed by the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth, to ascertain compliance with established responsibilities.

C.  The Office shall conduct not less than one but not more than two regular, periodic, unannounced inspections of state-operated children’s institutions and facilities annually.  The Office is further authorized to inspect privately operated children’s institutions and facilities that receive state or federal funding, on a periodic basis or as needed.

D.  The Office shall investigate complaints filed with the Office regarding the children and youth service system.

E.  The Office of Juvenile System Oversight shall have the authority to:

1.  Access all facilities within the children and youth service system for the purpose of conducting inspections and investigations;

2.  Examine and copy all records and budgets pertaining to the children and youth service system and to review inspection reports of the State Fire Marshal, State Department of Health, and any other agency that accredits such institutions and facilities;

3.  Interview the residents of institutions and facilities within the children and youth service system;

4.  Subpoena witnesses and hold public hearings;

5.  Establish, in accordance with the Dispute Resolution Act, Sections 1801 through 1813 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, a voluntary program for foster parents to mediate complaints concerning the rights of foster parents, as provided for in Section 1-9-119 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, that relate to certain actions, inactions or decisions of the Department of Human Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, or child-placing agencies that may adversely affect the safety and well-being of children in the custody of the state;

6.  Receive any complaint alleging that an employee of the Department of Human Services or a child-placing agency has threatened a foster parent with removal of a child from the foster parent, harassed a foster parent, or refused to place a child in a licensed or certified foster home, or disrupted a child placement as retaliation or discrimination towards a foster parent who has:

a.       filed a grievance pursuant to Section 1-9-120 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes,

b.       provided information to any state official or Department employee, or

c.       testified, assisted, or otherwise participated in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing against the Department or child-placing agency.

The Office of Juvenile System Oversight shall forward the complaints to the Office of Client Advocacy for investigation pursuant to subsection D of Section 1-9-112 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes.  The Office of Juvenile System Oversight shall work with the Office of Client Advocacy to ensure the complaints are investigated and resolved in accordance with the grievance procedures provided in Section 1-9-120 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes.  The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any complaint by a foster parent regarding the result of a criminal, administrative, or civil proceeding for a violation of any law, rule, or contract provision by that foster parent, or the action taken by the Department or a child-placing agency in conformity with the result of any such proceeding;

7.  Issue Electronically issue reports, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, to the Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma, any appropriate prosecutorial agency, the director of the agency under consideration, and other persons as necessary and appropriate; and

8.  Provide recommendations to the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth on or before May 1 of each year.

F.  The Office of Juvenile System Oversight shall not release information that would identify a person who makes a complaint to the Office, unless a court of competent jurisdiction orders release of the information for good cause shown.

SECTION 18.     AMENDATORY     10 O.S. 2021, Section 601.6a, as amended by Section 4, Chapter 347, O.S.L. 2024 (10 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 601.6a), is amended to read as follows:

Section 601.6a.  The Office of Planning and Coordination for Services to Children and Youth shall:

1.  Convene meetings of public and private agencies that provide services to children and youth for the purpose of facilitating and implementing joint planning and service coordination among said such agencies;

2.  Prepare, with input from the Parent Partnership Board and affected public and private agencies, a State Plan for Services to Children and Youth for the upcoming three (3) years for the approval of the Commission;

3.  Make recommendations, to be included in the State Plan, for the development and improvement of services provided to children and youth, including homeless children and youth and youth at risk of homelessness; and

4.  Issue Electronically issue reports, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, to the Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma, public and private agencies, and such other persons as necessary and appropriate.

SECTION 19.     AMENDATORY     10 O.S. 2021, Section 601.6b, as amended by Section 5, Chapter 347, O.S.L. 2024 (10 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 601.6b), is amended to read as follows:

A.  On or before July 1, 2024, and on or before July 1 of every third year thereafter, the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth shall, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, electronically transmit to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, the director of each affected agency, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Governor a copy of the State Plan for Services to Children and Youth for the next three (3) fiscal years.

B.  The Office of Planning and Coordination, with the assistance of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and affected agencies, may assemble topic-specific reports regarding services to children, youth, and families to include program descriptions, past and current expenditures, future budget requests, and a description of program outcomes as directed by the Legislature or the Commission.

SECTION 20.     AMENDATORY     10 O.S. 2021, Section 601.6c, is amended to read as follows:

Section 601.6c.  A.  The Office of Planning and Coordination for Services to Children and Youth Steering Committee shall:

1.  Review data and propose policy solutions relating to the issue of child homelessness; and

2.  Update the Oklahoma State Legislature on existing programs to reduce child homelessness including, but not limited to, programs administered or financed in whole or in part by any agency of this state, nonprofit organizations, or private-sector entities.

B.  The Steering Committee shall include an examination of the following in its assessment and recommendations:

1.  State trends in the number of children who are homeless or are at risk of becoming homeless;

2.  The state’s role in providing services to children and youth who are homeless or at risk for becoming homeless;

3.  State policy regarding homeless children and youth; and

4.  Existing services, resources, and capacity including, but not limited to, the availability of publicly or privately provided resources to children and youth who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.

C.  The Steering Committee shall, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, electronically submit a report to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives by December 31, 2015, and annually thereafter, describing assessment and recommendations provided for by this act.

SECTION 21.     AMENDATORY     10 O.S. 2021, Section 601.81, is amended to read as follows:

Section 601.81.  A.  The departments that provide home-visiting services may adopt and promulgate rules by which the home-visiting program shall operate.

B.  The departments shall provide a framework for service delivery and accountability across all home-visiting programs to promote a continuum of care that targets families at the greatest risk for experiencing adverse childhood outcomes.

C.  A home-visiting program shall provide face-to-face visits by specially trained parent educators to provide home-based family support services.

D.  The departments shall ensure home-visiting programs work in partnership to serve children, thereby maximizing the opportunities for families to receive services that best fit their needs.

E.  A home-visiting program shall achieve two or more of the following:

1.  Improve prenatal, maternal, infant or child health outcomes, including, but not limited to, indicators such as preterm birth rates, substance abuse, and tobacco use;

2.  Reduce entry into the child welfare system;

3.  Improve positive parenting and relationship skills;

4.  Improve parental self-sufficiency, including increased employment and educational attainment;

5.  Improve children’s readiness to succeed in school; and

6.  Improve children’s social-emotional, cognitive and language and physical development, including efforts at early identification of delays.

F.  The departments shall work with community partners, researchers, model developers, program providers and interested private entities to develop processes that provide for a greater ability to collaborate, as well as share best practices and information as necessary and appropriate.

G.  When the departments authorize funds through payments, contracts or grants that are used for home-visiting programs, they shall include language regarding home visiting in the funding agreement contract or grant that is consistent with the provisions of the Family Support Accountability Act.

H.  State and local agencies administering home-visiting programs as defined in this act, providers of home-visiting services and experts in home-visiting program evaluation shall collaborate with the Early Childhood Advisory Council created in Section 640.1 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes to:

1.  Jointly develop an outcomes measurement plan which includes indicators related to the objectives established in subsection E of this section in order to monitor outcomes for children and families receiving home-visiting programs and determine the efficiency of agency program implementation;

2.  Complete and, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, electronically submit the outcomes measurement plan for state-funded home-visiting programs by January 1, 2016, to the Governor, the Legislature, the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth and the Early Childhood Advisory Council and complete and submit an updated plan every subsequent five (5) years; and

3.  Develop a process for collecting and reporting outcomes measures to maintain privacy and security.

I.  Beginning December 1, 2017, and annually thereafter, the departments shall allocate resources to collaborate with the Early Childhood Advisory Council to, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, electronically submit an annual outcomes report to the Governor and the Legislature.

J.  The annual outcomes report shall include:

1.  Achieved outcomes as agreed upon and described in the previously submitted outcomes measurement plan pursuant to subsection H of this section for all state-funded family support programs;

2.  Combined program data regarding:

a.         the cost per family served,

b.         the number of families served,

c.         demographic data on families served, and

d.         the number and type of programs that the departments have funded; and

3.  Recommendations for quality improvements and future program investments.

SECTION 22.     AMENDATORY     Section 2, Chapter 35, 1st Extraordinary Session, O.S.L. 2023 (10 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 802), is amended to read as follows:

Section 802.  A.  There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Administrative Office of the Courts to be designated the “Family Representation and Advocacy Program Revolving Fund”.  The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the Administrative Office of the Courts for child and indigent parent, legal guardian, and Indian custodian legal and interdisciplinary representation services to be provided by the Family Representation and Advocacy Program.  The revolving fund shall include funds appropriated to the fund, federal funds, gifts, donations, and grants.  All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Administrative Office of the Courts for the purpose of administering the Family Representation and Advocacy Program and for the provision of legal and interdisciplinary services to indigent parents and children by and through the Family Representation and Advocacy Program.  By January 31, 2024, and by January 31 of each year thereafter, the Administrative Office of the Courts shall disburse funds from the Family Representation and Advocacy Program Revolving Fund to the contracted eligible organization.

B.  The Administrative Office of the Courts shall allocate and expend funds from the Family Representation and Advocacy Program Revolving Fund to provide for the necessary operating costs of the Family Representation and Advocacy Program including court-appointed legal and interdisciplinary representation to children, indigent parents, legal guardians, or Indian custodians in proceedings governed by the Oklahoma Children’s Code, to the extent that funds are available from the Family Representation and Advocacy Program Revolving Fund.  The Administrative Office of the Courts shall allocate and expend these funds pursuant to the contract with the eligible organization.  The Administrative Office of the Courts may charge an administrative fee as provided in subsection D of this section for administering the contract.

C.  The eligible organization that contracts to operate and manage the Family Representation and Advocacy Program to provide legal and interdisciplinary services shall maintain books and records in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.  The books and records shall account for the receipt and expenditure of all funds paid pursuant to contract.  Books and records shall be maintained for a period of five (5) years from the close of the fiscal year of the contract period.  The State Auditor and Inspector may audit each organization annually.  The necessary expense of each audit including but not limited to the cost of typing, printing, and binding shall be paid from funds of the organization.

D.  The Administrative Office of the Courts may use up to two and one-half percent (2.5%) of the funds deposited in the Family Representation and Advocacy Program Revolving Fund in any given fiscal year to provide financial support staff, financial data entry staff and facilities, and operating assistance for the Family Representation Program Advisory Board.

E.  An annual report issued by the Administrative Office of the Courts outlining performance measures for the Family Representation and Advocacy Program and recommendations for ongoing appropriations shall be electronically transmitted to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives no later than December 31 of each year utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act.

SECTION 23.     AMENDATORY     10 O.S. 2021, Section 1150.2, as last amended by Section 10, Chapter 347, O.S.L. 2024 (10 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 1150.2), is amended to read as follows:

Section 1150.2.  A.  There is hereby re-created until July 1, 2026, in accordance with the Oklahoma Sunset Law, the Child Death Review Board within the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth.  The Board shall have the power and duty to:

1.  Conduct case reviews of deaths and near deaths of children in this state;

2.  Develop accurate statistical information and identification of deaths of children due to abuse and neglect;

3.  Improve the ability to provide protective services to the surviving siblings of a child or children who die of abuse or neglect and who may be living in a dangerous environment;

4.  Improve policies, procedures and practices within the agencies that serve children including the child protection system;

5.  Enter into agreements with regional teams established by the Board to carry out such duties and responsibilities as the Board shall designate including assigned cases in the geographical area for that regional team.  The Commission, with the advice of the Board, shall promulgate rules necessary for the implementation of the provisions of this paragraph; and

6.  Enter into agreements with other state, local, or private entities as necessary to carry out the duties of the Board including, but not limited to, conducting joint reviews with the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board on domestic violence cases involving child death or child near-death incidents.

B.  In carrying out its duties and responsibilities the Board shall:

1.  Establish criteria for cases involving the death or near death of a child subject to specific, in-depth review by the Board.  As used in this section, the term “near death” means a child is in serious or critical condition, as certified by a physician, as a result of abuse or neglect;

2.  Conduct a specific case review of those cases where the cause of death or near death is or may be related to abuse or neglect of a child;

3.  Establish and maintain statistical information related to the deaths and near deaths of children including, but not limited to, demographic and medical diagnostic information;

4.  Establish procedures for obtaining initial information regarding near deaths of children from the Department of Human Services and law enforcement agencies;

5.  Review the policies and procedures of the child protection system and make specific recommendations to the entities comprising the system as to actions necessary for improvement;

6.  Review the extent to which the state child protection system is coordinated with foster care and adoption programs and evaluate whether the state is efficiently discharging its child protection responsibilities under the federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act State Plan;

7.  As necessary and appropriate, for the protection of the siblings of a child who dies and whose siblings are deemed to be living in a dangerous environment, refer specific cases to the Department of Human Services or the appropriate district attorney for further investigation;

8.  Request and obtain a copy of all records and reports pertaining to a child whose case is under review including, but not limited to:

a.       the report of the medical examiner,

b.       hospital records,

c.       school records,

d.       court records,

e.       prosecutorial records,

f.       local, state, and federal law enforcement records including, but not limited to, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI),

g.       fire department records,

h.       State Department of Health records including birth certificate records,

i.        medical and dental records,

j.        Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and other mental health records,

k.       emergency medical service records,

l.        files of the Department of Human Services, and

m.      records in the possession of the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board when conducting a joint review pursuant to paragraph 6 of subsection A of this section.

Confidential information provided to the Board shall be maintained in a confidential manner as required by state and federal law.  Any person damaged by disclosure of such information by the Board, its regional teams or their members, not authorized by law, may maintain an action for damages, costs, and attorney fees;

9.  Maintain all confidential information, documents and records in possession of the Board as confidential and not subject to subpoena or discovery in any civil or criminal proceedings; provided, however, information, documents and records otherwise available from other sources shall not be exempt from subpoena or discovery through those sources solely because such information, documents and records were presented to or reviewed by the Board;

10.  Conduct reviews of specific cases of deaths and near deaths of children and request the preparation of additional information and reports as determined to be necessary by the Board including, but not limited to, clinical summaries from treating physicians, chronologies of contact, and second-opinion autopsies;

11.  Report Electronically report, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, if recommended by a majority vote of the Board, to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives any gross neglect of duty by any state officer or state employee, or any problem within the child protective services system discovered by the Board while performing its duties;

12.  Recommend, when appropriate, amendment of the cause or manner of death listed on the death certificate; and

13.  Subject to the approval of the Commission, exercise all incidental powers necessary and proper for the implementation and administration of the Child Death Review Board Act.

C.  The review and discussion of individual cases of death or near death of a child shall be conducted in executive session and in compliance with the confidentiality requirements of Section 1-6-102 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes.  All other business shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.  All discussions of individual cases and any writings produced by or created for the Board and recommended by the Board, as the result of a review of an individual case of the death or near death of a child, shall be privileged and shall not be admissible in evidence in any proceeding.  The Board shall periodically conduct meetings to discuss organization and business matters and any actions or recommendations aimed at improvement of the child protection system which shall be subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.  Part of any meeting of the Board may be specifically designated as a business meeting of the Board subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.

D.  1.  The Board shall submit an annual statistical report on the incidence and causes of death and near death of children in this state for which the Board has completed its review during the past calendar year, including its recommendations, to the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth on or before May 1 of each year.  The Board shall also prepare and make available to the public, on an annual basis, a report containing a summary of the activities of the Board relating to the review of deaths and near deaths of children, the extent to which the state child protection system is coordinated with foster care and adoption programs, and an evaluation of whether the state is efficiently discharging its child protection responsibilities.  The report shall be completed no later than December 31 of each year.

2.  The Commission shall review the report of the Board and, as appropriate, incorporate the findings and recommendations into the State Plan for Services to Children and Youth.

SECTION 24.     AMENDATORY     10 O.S. 2021, Section 1411.1, is amended to read as follows:

Section 1411.1.  A.  Beginning January 1, 1999, and on January 1 each year thereafter, the Department of Human Services shall, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, electronically 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 Disabilities Services Division including, but not limited to:

1.  Accounting and budgeting practices;

2.  Client statistical data gathering and management;

3.  Data processing procedures;

4.  Development and maintenance of program service plans;

5.  Provide contracting and evaluation procedures;

6.  Incorporation of advisory committee assessment recommendations; and

7.  Any other area of activity that is not related to direct delivery of services to applicants and clients.

B.  The report shall also include, but not be limited to, previous year performance data on:

1.  The number of clients:

a.       who applied for service,

b.       accepted for service,

c.       for whom plans for service were approved or denied,

d.       receiving services by classification of service objective, and

e.       who were provided a type of service that differed from the objective contained in the client’s service plan;

2.  The cost of services;

3.  The total cost for clients who received services;

4.  The average cost and percentile cost distribution of purchased services for all clients served; and

5.       a.         The average cost for all clients who received:

(1)      at least eight hours of care,

(2)      between eight and sixteen hours of care, and

(3)      between sixteen and twenty-four hours of care.

b.       In determining such averages, the Department shall include, but not be limited to, the following costs:

(1)      laboratory and x-ray services,

(2)      dental services,

(3)      occupational therapy,

(4)      speech therapy,

(5)      physical therapy,

(6)      doctor services,

(7)      nursing services,

(8)      hospitalization,

(9)      optometry services,

(10)       housing services,

(11)       utilities,

(12)       food,

(13)       transportation,

(14)       clothing, and

(15)       administrative costs of providing such services.

C.  Beginning January 1, 1999, and on or before January 1 each year thereafter, the Department shall prepare a report outlining the Department’s two-year plan for providing individualized services to clients with developmental disabilities.  The report shall include any new federal mandates and an estimate of any costs associated with such mandates, and recommendations for any needed statutory or constitutional changes.  The Commission for Human Services shall review, amend if necessary and approve the report.  The Department shall, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, electronically transmit the approved report to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

SECTION 25.     AMENDATORY     10A O.S. 2021, Section 1-2-111, is amended to read as follows:

Section 1-2-111.  A.  The Department of Human Services may, subject to available funding and in consultation with an evaluation team created pursuant to this section, create a pilot program to improve socioeconomic outcomes for children in state custody.

B.  If implemented by the Department, the pilot program shall:

1.  Identify the populations of children in state custody and the characteristics of those children including, but not limited to, populations in which parental drug and/or or alcohol abuse, mental illness, mental and/or, or physical disability and domestic abuse are an issue;

2.  Develop and design programs to provide services to children in state custody;

3.  Develop methods for coordinating state and local services to assist children and their families;

4.  Allow and provide for participation of both urban and rural concerns in developing and designing such programs;

5.  Monitor, evaluate and review the programs implemented to serve populations of children in state custody; and

6.  Include such other areas, programs, services, and information deemed necessary by the Department to provide a comprehensive assessment of the needs and programs necessary to provide assistance to children in state custody.

C.  An evaluation team shall determine the effectiveness of the pilot program and make, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, electronically submit a report to the Legislature and to the Department annually thereafter.  Such report shall cover:

1.  Effective programs that will serve children in state custody;

2.  The potential for statewide expansion of programs;

3.  Funding sources from public and private partnerships;

4.  Training of professionals to serve children in state custody;

5.  Monitoring, evaluating, and reviewing continued effectiveness of such programs;

6.  Special needs of children in state custody from parental addiction to drugs and alcohol and parental mental illness and mental and/or or physical disability and from domestic abuse; and

7.  Recommendations regarding the issuance of grants and contracts for serving such populations.

D.  The evaluation team shall consist of not more than two (2) representatives from the following entities who have expertise in child abuse prevention, juvenile delinquency, or a related field and who have an understanding of program evaluation techniques:

1.  The Department of Human Services;

2.  The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services;

3.  The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth;

4.  A statewide organization advocating for children’s issues;

5.  A statewide organization representing children in court;

6.  The University of Oklahoma;

7.  Oklahoma State University; and

8.  The Office of Juvenile Affairs.

E.  Upon receipt of recommendations from the evaluation team established pursuant to this section, which indicate that the expansion of the pilot project on a statewide basis would be economically feasible and practical, the Department for Human Services may promulgate rules for developing a statewide program based on the findings of the pilot program.

F.  The Department may:

1.  Contract for services necessary to carry out the duties of the Department pursuant to the provisions of this section; and

2.  Accept the services of volunteer workers or consultants, provided no compensation be provided for such services.

G.  The Department of Human Services may promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section.

SECTION 26.     AMENDATORY     10A O.S. 2021, Section 1-6-105, is amended to read as follows:

Section 1-6-105.  A.  When used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

1.  “Abuse” means harm or threatened harm or failure to protect from harm or threatened harm to the health, safety, or welfare of a child by a person responsible for the child, including but not limited to nonaccidental physical or mental injury, sexual abuse, or sexual exploitation.  Provided, however, that nothing contained in this act shall prohibit any parent from using ordinary force as a means of discipline including, but not limited to, spanking, switching, or paddling;

2.  “Identifying information” means information that identifies an individual, including the individual’s:

a.         name, address, date of birth, occupation, place of employment and telephone number,

b.         employer identification number, mother’s maiden name, Social Security number, or any identification number issued by a governmental entity, or

c.         unique biometric data, including the fingerprints, voice print, or retina or iris image of the individual;

3.  “Near death” means a child is in serious or critical condition as verified by a physician, a registered nurse or other licensed health care provider.  Verification of medical condition of a child may be given in person or by telephone, mail, electronic mail or facsimile;

4.  “Neglect” means:

a.         the failure or omission to provide any of the following:

(1)        adequate nurturance and affection, food, clothing, shelter, sanitation, hygiene, or appropriate education,

(2)        medical, dental, or behavioral health care,

(3)        supervision or appropriate caretakers, or

(4)        special care made necessary by the physical or mental condition of the child,

b.         the failure or omission to protect a child from exposure to any of the following:

(1)        the use, possession, sale, or manufacture of illegal drugs,

(2)        illegal activities, or

(3)        sexual acts or materials that are not age- appropriate, or

c.         abandonment.

Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to mean a child is abused or neglected for the sole reason the parent, legal guardian or person having custody or control of a child, in good faith, selects and depends upon spiritual means alone through prayer, in accordance with the tenets and practice of a recognized church or religious denomination, for the treatment or cure of disease or remedial care of such child.  Nothing contained in this paragraph shall prevent a court from immediately assuming custody of a child, pursuant to the Oklahoma Children’s Code, and ordering whatever action may be necessary, including medical treatment, to protect the child’s health or welfare; and

5.  “Person responsible for a child” means “person responsible for a child’s health, safety or welfare” as provided in Section 1-1-105 of this title but shall also include any person who has voluntarily accepted the duty of supervising a child or who has been directed or authorized to supervise a child by the person responsible for the child’s health, safety or welfare.

B.  Department of Human Services information shall be maintained by the Department as required by federal law as a condition of the allocation of federal monies to the state.  All exceptions for the public release of Department information shall be construed as openly as possible consistent with federal law.

C.  If the Department has reasonable cause to suspect that a child death or near death is the result of abuse or neglect, the Department shall, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, electronically notify the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives or their designees of the initial investigative findings of the child protective services review.  Notice shall be communicated securely no later than twenty-four (24) hours after determination of the reasonable suspicion.

D.  Once the Department has reasonable cause to suspect that a child death or near death is the result of abuse or neglect, the Department shall, upon request, release to the public the following information:

1.  The age and sex of the child;

2.  The date of death or near-death incident;

3.  Whether the child was in the custody of the Department at the time of the child’s death or near death;

4.  Whether the child resided with the child’s parent, guardian, or person responsible for the care of the child at the time of the child’s death or near death; and

5.  Whether the child was under the supervision of the child’s parent, guardian, or person responsible for the child at the time of the death or near death of the child.

E.  If, after a child abuse or neglect investigation is completed, the Department determines a child’s death or near death was the result of abuse or neglect, the Department shall, upon request, release to the public the following information:

1.  The information described in subsection D of this section;

2.  The name of the abused or neglected child; provided, that the name shall not be disclosed in a case of a near death unless the name has previously been disclosed;

3.  The name of the offender if due process has been satisfied or if the offender has been arrested and charged with a crime associated with the death or near death of the child;

4.  In cases in which the death or near death of the child occurred while the child was living with the child’s parent, guardian, or person responsible for the care of the child:

a.         the circumstances of the death or near death of the child,

b.         a summary of the child’s involvement with the Department while the child was living with the parent, guardian, or person responsible for the care of the child,

c.         the disposition of any report created as a result of the child’s involvement with the Department while the child was living with the parent, guardian, or person responsible for the care of the child,

d.         a description of the services, if any, that were provided by the Department as a result of the child’s involvement with the Department while the child was living with the parent, guardian, or person responsible for the care of the child,

e.         the results of any risk or safety assessment completed by the Department relating to the child,

f.          the date each report was assessed and completed,

g.         whether the Department confirmed abuse or neglect,

h.         whether any reports were referred to the district attorney and the date of the referrals,

i.          the dates of any judicial proceedings prior to the death or near death of the child,

j.          a summary of the recommendations submitted by each participant at the judicial proceedings including recommendations made at the hearing as they relate to custody or placement of the child,

k.         the rulings of the court,

l.          specific recommendations made and services rendered by the Department described in any progress reports of a pending case submitted to the court,

m.        a summary of the status of the child’s case at the time of the death or near death, including, without limitation, whether the child’s case was closed by the Department before the death or near death,

n.         similar information for any other investigations concerning that child, or other children while living in the same household,

o.         a summary of statutory and policy violations, including notice of any personnel actions taken by the Department, and

p.         recommendations for policy changes or practice improvements based upon the interactions between the Department, the child who died or nearly died and the person responsible for the care of the child; and

5.  In cases in which the death or near death of the child occurred while the child was in the custody of the Department and the person responsible for the supervision of the child was the suspected perpetrator, the following information:

a.         the circumstances of the death or near death of the child,

b.         information regarding the certification of the person with whom the child was residing at the time of death or near death,

c.         a summary of any previous reports of abuse or neglect investigated by the Department relating to the person responsible for the supervision of the child, including the disposition of any investigation resulting from a report,

d.         any policy violations, including notice of any action taken by the Department regarding a violation,

e.         records of any training completed by the person responsible for the supervision of the child,

f.          similar information for any other investigations concerning that child, or other children while living in the same household,

g.         a summary of licensing actions taken by the Department, and

h.         recommendations for policy changes or practice improvements based upon the interactions between the Department and the child who died or nearly died.

F.  If the Department is unable to release the information required by subsection E of this section before forty-five (45) days after receiving a report of the death or near death of a child, the Department shall notify the person requesting the information of the delay and provide the reason for the delay and the expected date the Department will release the report.

G.  At any time subsequent to seven (7) days, but no more than forty-five (45) days, of the date the person responsible for the child has been criminally charged, the district attorney, the district court clerk, and the judge having jurisdiction over the case, upon request, shall release certain information to the public as follows:

1.  The dates of any relevant judicial proceedings prior to the death or near death of the child;

2.  Recommendations submitted by each participant in writing at the relevant judicial proceedings including recommendations made at the hearing as they relate to custody or placement of a child; and

3.  The relevant rulings of the court.

H.  1.  At any time subsequent to seven (7) days after the date the person responsible for the child has been criminally charged, the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth shall, upon request, release certain information to the public within sixty (60) days of the request as follows:

a.         a confirmation shall be provided by the Commission as to whether a report of suspected child abuse or neglect has been made concerning the alleged victim or other children while living in the same household and whether an investigation has begun,

b.         confirmation shall be provided by the Commission as to whether previous reports of suspected child abuse or neglect have been made concerning the alleged victim of the death or near death or against the person responsible for the child and the dates thereof, a summary of those previous reports, the dates and outcome of any investigations or actions taken by the Department and the Commission in response to any previous report of child abuse or neglect, and the specific recommendation made to the district attorney and any subsequent action taken by the district attorney,

c.         the dates of any relevant judicial proceedings prior to the death or near death of the child,

d.         recommendations submitted by the Department and the Commission shall be provided in writing including relevant recommendations made at the hearing as they relate to custody or placement of a child,

e.         the relevant rulings of the court, and

f.          any relevant information listed in subsections E and G of this section.

2.  Specific recommendations made by the Commission described in any progress reports of a pending case submitted to the court may be disclosed by the Commission.

I.  Unless specifically authorized by this section, any public disclosure of information pursuant to this section shall not:

1.  Identify or provide any identifying information of any complainant or reporter of child abuse or neglect;

2.  Identify or provide any identifying information of the victim, the child victim’s siblings or other children living in the same household, the parent or other person responsible for the child, or any other member of the household, or the person criminally charged or Department employees, agents or contractors.  Nonspecific descriptors, such as father, mother, stepparent, or sibling may be used; or

3.  Violate other state or federal law as required pursuant to subsection A of Section 1-6-102 of this title.

J.  Any and all statements, affirmations, gestures, or conduct expressing apology, sympathy, commiseration, condolence, compassion, sorrow or a general sense of benevolence which are made by the Department of Human Services or an employee of the Department to the public or to the family or foster parents of a child which relate solely to discomfort, pain, suffering, injury, tragedy, near death or death of a child shall be inadmissible as evidence of an admission of liability or wrongdoing or as evidence of an admission against interest.

SECTION 27.     AMENDATORY     10A O.S. 2021, Section 1-8-111, is amended to read as follows:

Section 1-8-111.  A.  The Department of Human Services shall provide each youth in its custody fourteen (14) years and older an annual credit report.  The Department shall inform the court with jurisdiction over the youth of any inaccuracies in a credit report displaying evidence of identity theft or any other activity fraudulently made on behalf of the youth in custody.  The Department may implement the requirements of this section in stages beginning with youth in the independent living program whose credit rating may inhibit employment and housing opportunities when the child is no longer in custody.

B.  Within one (1) year of November 1, 2014, the Department of Human Services shall submit annual reports on the implementation of the provisions of this section to the Chair and Vice Chair of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee and the Chair and Vice Chair of the House Human Services Committee.  Such reports shall include, but not be limited to, the number of youths in the Department’s custody receiving credit score reports, the frequency of such reports and administrative issues faced by the Department in the implementation of this section.  Such reports shall continue to be issued by the Department until November 1, 2018.

SECTION 28.     AMENDATORY     10A O.S. 2021, Section 1-9-105, is amended to read as follows:

Section 1-9-105.  A.  The Department of Human Services shall carefully define the children and youth programs of the Department as to their purpose, the population served, and performance expectations.  Planning for new programs and services and major modifications to existing ones shall include evaluation of their effect on other programs and services and communication and coordination with other public and private children and youth service providers in order to assure successful and cost-effective implementation of the program.  An evaluation component that includes monitoring and evaluation of client outcomes shall be incorporated into all of the Department’s programs and services to children and youth, whether provided directly by the agency or through a contract.

1.  All programs and services shall be designed to ensure the accessibility of the program to the persons served.  Provision for transportation, child care and similar services necessary in order to assist persons to access the services shall be made.  If the service is provided in an office setting, the service shall be available during the evening.

2.  Programs and services shall be targeted to the areas of the state having the greatest need for them.  The programs and services shall be designed to meet the needs of the area in which they are located.  Programs and services intended for statewide implementation shall be implemented first in those areas that have the greatest need for them.

3.  As a part of the Department’s program planning and monitoring processes, the Department shall examine its programs and services to children and youth to ensure that the practices within them do not operate to detriment of minority children and youth.

4.  All child care services and facilities operated by the Department shall be accredited by the National Council on Accreditation, when applicable.

B.  The Department shall develop a five-year plan for children and youth services provided by the agency.  The plan shall be reviewed annually and modified as necessary.  Agency budget recommendations of the Department for services to children and youth shall be based upon documented needs, and the development of budget recommendations and priorities shall be closely integrated with agency and interagency program planning and management.

C.  The Department shall annually review its programs and services and, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, electronically submit a report to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma, analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of the programs and services being carried out by the Department.  Such report shall include, but not be limited to:

1.  An analysis and evaluation of programs and services continued, established, and discontinued during the period covered by the report;

2.  A description of programs and services which should be implemented;

3.  Statutory changes necessary;

4.  Relevant information concerning the number of children in the Department’s custody during the period covered by the report; and

5.  Such other information as will enable a user of the report to ascertain the effectiveness of the Department’s programs and services.

D.  The Department shall, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, on or before January 31 of each year, electronically submit a report to the Governor, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Oklahoma Supreme Court which shall include:

1.  Information concerning the number of children in the Department’s custody that are placed in nonfamily settings, including but not limited to the types of settings utilized and the duration of the children’s stays in such settings;

2.  A census of approved foster homes and the number of children placed in those homes and a comparative review of foster home room-and-board rates; and

3.  Information concerning child welfare staff workloads and comparative salaries for such staff.

SECTION 29.     AMENDATORY     10A O.S. 2021, Section 1-9-120, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 28, O.S.L. 2023 (10A O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 1-9-120), is amended to read as follows:

Section 1-9-120.  A.  The Office of Client Advocacy and child-placing agencies shall each establish grievance procedures for foster parents with whom the Department of Human Services or child-placing agencies contract.  The Office of Client Advocacy shall work with the Office of Juvenile System Oversight to track foster parent complaints through the grievance procedures and ensure a resolution of the complaint.

B.  The procedures established shall contain the following minimum requirements:

1.  Resolution of disputes with foster parents shall be accomplished quickly, informally, and at the lowest possible level, but shall provide for access to impartial arbitration by management level personnel within the central office;

2.  Prompt resolution of grievances no more than sixty (60) days after receipt of the grievance or complaint; and

3.  Notification to all foster parents upon placement of a child about the grievance procedures and how to file a complaint.

C.  The Office of Client Advocacy and each child-placing agency shall designate one employee at the central office to receive and process foster care grievances received by the Office of Juvenile System Oversight.

D.  The Office of Client Advocacy and each child-placing agency shall maintain records of each grievance filed as well as summary information about the number, nature and outcome of all grievances filed.  The Office of Client Advocacy and the Office of Juvenile System Oversight shall compile an annual report for to be electronically submitted to the Legislature, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, that details the number of complaints received, the number of complaints resolved, the nature of the complaints and any other information requested by the Legislature.  The Office of Client Advocacy and child-placing agencies shall keep records of grievances separate and apart from other foster parent files.  A foster parent or a former foster parent shall have a right of access to the record of grievances such person filed after the procedure has been completed.

E.  1.  Each foster parent shall have the right, without fear of reprisal or discrimination, to present grievances with respect to the providing of foster care services.

2.  The Department of Human Services shall promptly initiate a plan of corrective discipline including, but not limited to, dismissal of any Department employee or cancellation or nonrenewal of the contract of a child-placing agency determined by the state agency, through an investigation to have retaliated or discriminated against a foster parent who has:

a.       filed a grievance pursuant to the provisions of this section,

b.       provided information to any official or Department employee, or

c.       testified, assisted, or otherwise participated in an investigation, proceeding or hearing against the Department or the child-placing agency.

3.  The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to include any complaint by the foster parent resulting from an administrative, civil, or criminal action taken by the employee or child-placing agency for violations of law or rules, or contract provisions by the foster parent.

SECTION 30.     AMENDATORY     10A O.S. 2021, Section 2-7-311, is amended to read as follows:

Section 2-7-311.  A.  The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall from time to time, but not less often than annually, review its programs and services and, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, electronically submit a report to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma, the Board of Juvenile Affairs, and the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of its programs and services.  The report shall include, but not be limited to:

1.  An analysis and evaluation of programs and services continued, established, and discontinued during the period covered by the report;

2.  A description of programs and services which should be implemented;

3.  Relevant information concerning the number of children comprising the population of any facility operated by the Office of Juvenile Affairs during the period covered by the report;

4.  An analysis and evaluation, by age, of the number of children assessed for literacy skills, the number who failed to demonstrate age-appropriate reading skills, and the number who were required to participate in a literacy skills improvement program; and

5.  Such other information as will enable a user of the report to ascertain the effectiveness of the programs, services, and facilities.

B.  The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall annually analyze and evaluate the implementation of the Youthful Offender Act, the effectiveness of the Youthful Offender Act and any problems which have occurred which have limited the effectiveness of the Youthful Offender Act.  The annual analysis and evaluation shall be incorporated in the report required by subsection A of this section.

SECTION 31.     AMENDATORY     10A O.S. 2021, Section 2-7-606, is amended to read as follows:

Section 2-7-606.  A.  The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall have the supervision, management, operation, and control of the institution for children located at Tecumseh, formerly known and designated as Girls’ Town and now known as Central Oklahoma Juvenile Center, and all property, equipment and supplies related thereto.

B.  The Central Oklahoma Juvenile Center shall maintain facilities and bed-space capacity for programs that are consistent with providing statewide juvenile justice and delinquency prevention services.

C.  It shall be the duty of the State Fire Marshal and the State Commissioner of Health, to cause regular, periodic, not less than quarterly, unannounced inspections of said such institution, utilizing adequately trained and qualified inspection personnel, to determine and evaluate conditions and programs being maintained and carried on at said such institution in their respective areas of agency jurisdiction.  Such inspections shall include, but not be limited to, the following:  compliance with minimum fire, life, and health safety standards; compliance with minimum standards governing general sanitation of the institution, with particular emphasis upon food storage, preparation, serving and transportation, respectively.  Reports of such inspections will be made in writing, itemizing and identifying any deficiencies and recommending corrective measures, and shall be electronically filed with the Board of Juvenile Affairs, the Executive Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs, the Attorney General, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Office of Juvenile System Oversight, and the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act.  The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall file copies of the reports of the inspections and recommendations of the accrediting agencies listed in subsection D of this section with the Office of Juvenile System Oversight.

D.  The Office of Juvenile Affairs is authorized and directed to establish, subject to the limits of funds available therefor, a diversity of placement alternatives for children committed to the custody of the Office including, but not limited to, foster family homes, foster family group homes, and group homes.  All child care services and facilities operated by the Office shall be accredited by the American Correctional Association, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals or the Child Welfare League of America, as appropriate for the service or facility.  The Office may directly contract for accreditation fees, training or training conferences with the organization accrediting the service or facility as required by this subsection.

SECTION 32.     AMENDATORY     10A O.S. 2021, Section 2-7-705, is amended to read as follows:

Section 2-7-705.  A.  The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall have the responsibility for implementation and evaluation of the Delinquency and Youth Gang Intervention and Prevention Act and any modifications thereto.

B.  Any contract executed by the Office of Juvenile Affairs with an eligible entity on and after the effective date of this act for delinquency prevention and early intervention programs, subject to the Delinquency and Youth Gang Intervention and Prevention Act, shall require the eligible entity to prepare and submit to the Office, in a manner prescribed by the Office, an outcome-based performance report including, but not limited to, the following:

1.  A description of the target population, service eligibility criteria, and risk factors;

2.  A description of program services, the number of clients referred each year, the number of clients served each year, and the number of clients discharged each year;

3.  The average cost per client participating in program services each year; and

4.  Performance measures referencing service completion and recidivism which employ uniform definitions developed by the Office.

C.  The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, electronically submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Governor by January 15 of each year, an annual report, including a summary detailing the following information derived from the outcome-based performance reports submitted by the eligible entities pursuant to the provisions of subsection A of this section and other information available to the Office:

1.  Total amount of funds per state fiscal year expended for the delinquency prevention programs subject to the Delinquency and Youth Gang Intervention and Prevention Act;

2.  Average expenditures per juvenile during the most recent state fiscal year;

3.  Analyses of the nature and effectiveness of gang-related delinquency prevention and early intervention programs provided by eligible entities pursuant to contracts;

4.  Effectiveness of each of the programs provided by the eligible entities;

5.  Recommendations regarding distribution of the funds based upon the effectiveness of the programs provided by the eligible entities; and

6.  Any other information or recommendations deemed necessary by the Board of Juvenile Affairs.

SECTION 33.     AMENDATORY     10A O.S. 2021, Section 2-7-905, is amended to read as follows:

Section 2-7-905.  A.  For the purpose of information sharing and management of the Juvenile Offender Tracking Program, there is hereby created the Juvenile Justice Information System.  The information system shall be an automated, data-based, system for tracking juvenile offenders from arrest through final closure of the case and shall include information provided by all of the components of the juvenile justice system in accordance with the provisions of the Juvenile Offender Tracking Program.  The information system shall be fully integrated with other information systems related to services to children and youth and shall:

1.  Be based upon the integration, utilization, and modification, as necessary, of existing information systems;

2.  Provide for the accuracy of the information and for the security of and limited access to the information;

3.  Include case specific information, including client outcomes, and have the ability to monitor juveniles in the juvenile justice system; and

4.  Be capable of providing management reports and information to the various components of the juvenile justice system, and of providing aggregate information necessary for planning, monitoring, evaluating, and managing programs and services provided to youthful offenders as well as for system-wide analysis of the Juvenile Offender Tracking Program.

B.  The Office of Juvenile Affairs, the juvenile bureaus, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the Office of the Court Administrator, and other agencies and programs comprising the juvenile justice system, including but not limited to law enforcement and district attorneys, in accordance with guidelines established by the Juvenile Offender Tracking Program, shall jointly:

1.  Identify information to be shared by agencies on a regular basis;

2.  Develop procedures for processing case-profiles as cases move through agencies that come in contact with juvenile offenders;

3.  Establish training programs in the use of the system;

4.  Conduct a pilot project to test the system; and

5.  At least annually, evaluate the plan for full statewide implementation of the Juvenile Justice Information System and, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, electronically submit any necessary modifications of the existing plan to the Juvenile Offender Tracking Program and to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and each agency affected by said such plan.

SECTION 34.     AMENDATORY     10A O.S. 2021, Section 2-10-103, is amended to read as follows:

Section 2-10-103.  The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth shall prepare annually a report describing the Oklahoma Mentoring Children of Incarcerated Parents Program and measuring its effectiveness.  The report shall be electronically submitted to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Governor of this state no later than March 1 of each applicable year utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act.  The report may be used for the purpose of determining whether to continue or sunset the Oklahoma Mentoring Children of Incarcerated Parents Program.

SECTION 35.     AMENDATORY     11 O.S. 2021, Section 49-100.8, is amended to read as follows:

Section 49-100.8.  The State Board shall certify and, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, electronically submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, on or before July 15 of each year, an actuarially determined estimate of the rate of contribution which will be required, together with all accumulated contributions and other assets of the System to pay by level-dollar payments all liabilities which shall exist or accrue pursuant to the provisions of the System, including amortization of the unfunded accrued liability over a period of not to exceed thirty (30) years beginning July 1, 2014.

SECTION 36.     AMENDATORY     11 O.S. 2021, Section 49-100.9, is amended to read as follows:

Section 49-100.9.  A.  The Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement Board shall discharge their duties with respect to the System solely in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries and:

1.  For the exclusive purpose of:

a.       providing benefits to participants and their beneficiaries, and

b.       defraying reasonable expenses of administering the System;

2.  With the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims;

3.  By diversifying the investments of the System so as to minimize the risk of large losses, unless under the circumstances it is clearly prudent not to do so; and

4.  In accordance with the laws, documents and instruments governing the System.

B.  The State Board may procure insurance indemnifying the members of the State Board from personal loss or accountability from liability resulting from a member’s action or inaction as a member of the State Board.

C.  The State Board may establish an investment committee.  The investment committee shall be composed of not more than five (5) members of the State Board appointed by the chairman of the State Board.  The committee shall make recommendations to the full State Board on all matters related to the choice of custodians and managers of the assets of the System, on the establishment of investment and fund management guidelines, and in planning future investment policy.  The committee shall have no authority to act on behalf of the State Board in any circumstances whatsoever.  No recommendation of the committee shall have effect as an action of the State Board nor take effect without the approval of the State Board as provided by law.

D.  The Board shall retain qualified investment managers to provide for the investment of the monies of the System.  The investment managers shall be chosen by a solicitation of proposals on a competitive bid basis pursuant to standards set by the State Board.  Subject to the overall investment guidelines set by the State Board, the investment managers shall have full discretion in the management of those monies of the System allocated to the investment managers.  The State Board shall manage those monies not specifically allocated to the investment managers.  The monies of the System allocated to the investment managers shall be actively managed by the investment managers, which may include selling investments and realizing losses if such action is considered advantageous to longer term return maximization.  Because of the total return objective, no distinction shall be made for management and performance evaluation purposes between realized and unrealized capital gains and losses.

E.  Funds and revenues for investment by the investment managers or the State Board shall be placed with a custodian selected by the State Board.  The custodian shall be a bank or trust company offering pension fund master trustee and master custodial services and any related custodial agreement or trust agreement is incorporated herein by reference.  The custodian shall be chosen by a solicitation of proposals on a competitive bid basis pursuant to standards set by the State Board.  In compliance with the investment policy guidelines of the State Board, the custodian bank or trust company shall be contractually responsible for ensuring that all monies of the System are invested in income-producing investment vehicles at all times.  If a custodian bank or trust company has not received direction from the investment managers of the System as to the investment of the monies of the System in specific investment vehicles, the custodian bank or trust company shall be contractually responsible to the State Board for investing the monies in appropriately collateralized short-term interest-bearing investment vehicles.  Any assets of the System may be invested in a collective investment fund or group trust that satisfies the requirements of Revenue Ruling 81-100, as further amended by Revenue Ruling 2004-67, Revenue Ruling 2008-40, and Revenue Ruling 2011-1, and as subsequently amended by future guidance.  Each such collective investment fund or group trust is adopted, with respect to any monies invested therein, as part of the System, its trust, and custodial account and each such declaration of trust or trust agreement and related adoption, participation, investment management, subtrust, or other agreements, as amended from time to time, with respect to any monies invested therein, are incorporated by reference into the System, its trust agreement(s) or custodial agreement(s), upon approval by the State Board.

F.  By November 1, 1988, and prior to August 1 of each year thereafter, the State Board shall develop a written investment plan for the System.

G.  The State Board shall compile a quarterly financial report of all the funds of the System on a fiscal year basis.  The report shall be compiled pursuant to uniform reporting standards prescribed by the Oklahoma State Pension Commission for all state retirement systems.  The report shall include several relevant measures of investment value, including acquisition cost and current fair market value with appropriate summaries of total holdings and returns.  The report shall contain combined and individual rate of returns of the investment managers by category of investment, over periods of time.  The State Board shall include in the quarterly reports all commissions, fees or payments for investment services performed on behalf of the State Board.  The report shall be electronically distributed to the Governor, the Oklahoma State Pension Commission, the Legislative Service Bureau, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act.

H.  After July 1 and before December 1 of each year, the State Board shall publish widely an annual report presented in simple and easily understood language pursuant to uniform reporting standards prescribed by the Oklahoma State Pension Commission for all state retirement systems.  The report shall be electronically submitted to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Oklahoma State Pension Commission, and the members of the System utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act.  The annual report shall cover the operation of the System during the past fiscal year, including income, disbursements, and the financial condition of the System at the end of the fiscal year.  The annual report shall also contain the information issued in the quarterly reports required pursuant to subsection G of this section as well as a summary of the results of the most recent actuarial valuation to include total assets, total liabilities, unfunded liability or over funded status, contributions and any other information deemed relevant by the State Board.  The annual report shall be written in such a manner as to permit a readily understandable means for analyzing the financial condition and performance of the System for the fiscal year.

I.  Effective July 1, 2000, the State Board is hereby authorized to do all acts and things necessary and proper to carry out the purpose of the System and to make the least costly amendments and changes, if any, as may be necessary to qualify the System under the applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

SECTION 37.     AMENDATORY     11 O.S. 2021, Section 50-105.3, is amended to read as follows:

Section 50-105.3.  The State Board shall certify and, utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act, electronically submit such certification to the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, on or before November 1 of each year, an actuarially determined estimate of the rate of contribution which will be required, together with all accumulated contributions and other assets of the System to pay by level-dollar payments all liabilities which shall exist or accrue pursuant to the provisions of the System, including amortization of the unfunded accrued liability over a period of not to exceed thirty (30) years beginning July 1, 1988.

SECTION 38.     AMENDATORY     11 O.S. 2021, Section 50-105.4, is amended to read as follows:

Section 50-105.4.  A.  The Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement Board shall discharge their duties with respect to the System solely in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries and:

1.  For the exclusive purpose of:

a.       providing benefits to participants and their beneficiaries, and

b.       defraying reasonable expenses of administering the System;

2.  With the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims;

3.  By diversifying the investments of the System so as to minimize the risk of large losses, unless under the circumstances it is clearly prudent not to do so; and

4.  In accordance with the laws, documents and instruments governing the System.

B.  The State Board may procure insurance indemnifying the members of the State Board from personal loss or accountability from liability resulting from a member’s action or inaction as a member of the State Board.

C.  The State Board may establish an investment committee.  The investment committee shall be composed of not more than five (5) members of the State Board appointed by the chairman of the State Board.  The committee shall make recommendations to the full State Board on all matters related to the choice of custodians and managers of the assets of the System, on the establishment of investment and fund management guidelines, and in planning future investment policy.  The committee shall have no authority to act on behalf of the State Board in any circumstances whatsoever.  No recommendation of the committee shall have effect as an action of the State Board nor take effect without the approval of the State Board as provided by law.

D.  The State Board shall retain qualified investment managers to provide for the investment of the monies of the System.  The investment managers shall be chosen by a solicitation of proposals on a competitive bid basis pursuant to standards set by the State Board unless the State Board deems it necessary and prudent to do otherwise to fulfill its fiduciary responsibility.  Subject to the overall investment guidelines set by the State Board, the investment managers shall have full discretion in the management of those monies of the System allocated to the investment managers.  The State Board shall manage those monies not specifically allocated to the investment managers.  The monies of the System allocated to the investment managers shall be actively managed by the investment managers, which may include selling investments and realizing losses if such action is considered advantageous to longer term return maximization.  Because of the total return objective, no distinction shall be made for management and performance evaluation purposes between realized and unrealized capital gains and losses.

E.  Funds and revenues for investment by the investment managers or the State Board shall be placed with a custodian selected by the State Board.  The custodian shall be a bank or trust company offering pension fund master trustee and master custodial services and any related custodial agreement or trust agreement is incorporated herein by reference.  The custodian shall be chosen by a solicitation of proposals on a competitive basis pursuant to standards set by the State Board.  In compliance with the investment policy guidelines of the State Board, the custodian bank or trust company shall be contractually responsible for ensuring that all monies of the System are invested in income-producing investment vehicles at all times.  If a custodian bank or trust company has not received direction from the investment managers of the System as to the investment of the monies of the System in specific investment vehicles, the custodian bank or trust company shall be contractually responsible to the State Board for investing the monies in appropriately collateralized short-term interest-bearing investment vehicles.  Any assets of the System may be invested in a collective investment fund or in a group trust that satisfies the requirements of Rev. Rul. 81-100, as further amended by Rev. Rul. 2004-67, Rev. Rul. 2008-40, and Rev. Rul. 2011-1, and as subsequently amended by future guidance.  Each such collective investment fund or group trust is adopted, with respect to any monies invested therein, as part of the System, its trust, and custodial account and each such declaration of trust or trust agreement and related adoption, participation, investment management, subtrust, or other agreements, as amended from time to time, with respect to any monies invested therein, are incorporated by reference into the System, its trust agreement(s) or custodial agreement(s), upon approval by the State Board.

F.  By November 1, 1988, and prior to August 1 of each year thereafter, the State Board shall develop a written investment plan for the System.

G.  After July 1 and before November 1 of each year, the State Board shall publish widely an annual report presented in simple and easily understood language pursuant to uniform reporting standards prescribed by the Oklahoma State Pension Commission for all state retirement systems.  The report shall be electronically submitted to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Oklahoma State Pension Commission, and the members of the System utilizing the centralized filing system provided for in Section 378 of this act.  The annual report shall cover the operation of the System during the past fiscal year, including income, disbursements, and the financial condition of the System at the end of the fiscal year.  The annual report shall also contain a summary of the results of the most recent actuarial valuation to include total assets, total liabilities, unfunded liability or over funded status, contributions and any other information deemed relevant by the State Board.  The annual report shall be written in such a manner as to permit a readily understandable means for analyzing the financial condition and performances of the System for the fiscal year.

H.  The State Board shall adopt a cost of living adjustment actuarial assumption in its annual actuarial valuation report.

(Continued in § 445 [SB 1877] - Centralized report system, Part 2 of 11 (Sections 39 through 67))