Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-1116.6v1

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A. There is hereby created a State Postadjudication Review

Advisory Board which shall meet at least twice each calendar year.

The Advisory Board shall have the duty of overseeing the

implementation of the state postadjudication review program in

coordination with the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth.

B. The Advisory Board shall consist of twenty-one (21) members

appointed by the Governor as follows:

1. Eight of the members shall be members of the various review

boards throughout the state;

2. Five of the members shall be judges of the district court;

3. Five of the members shall represent the general public and

may be foster parents;

4. One of the members appointed after the effective date of

this act shall be a foster parent representing foster parents who

have a current contract with the Department of Human Services to

provide foster care services;

5. One of the members appointed after the effective date of

this act shall be a foster parent representing child-placing

agencies which have current contracts with the Department to provide

foster care services; and

6. One of the members appointed after the effective date of

this act shall be a foster parent nominated by any local or

statewide foster parent association.

The members shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The

administrative heads of the divisions which have foster care

responsibilities within the Department of Human Services and the

Office of Juvenile Affairs or their designees shall serve as ex

officio members of the Board.

C. The Director of the Oklahoma Commission on Children and

Youth shall be the clerk of the Advisory Board.

The Advisory Board shall have the duty to:

1. Assist in the training of the members of the review boards;

2. Serve, in coordination with the Oklahoma Commission on

Children and Youth, as a clearinghouse for reports and information

concerning the foster care review program and the review boards as

they relate to foster care;

3. Make recommendations to the courts, the Oklahoma Commission

on Children and Youth, the Governor, the Legislature, the Department

of Human Services, the Office of Juvenile Affairs, and other state

agencies providing services to children regarding proposed statutory

revisions, and amendments to court rules and procedures, and review

and make recommendations on permanency planning, foster care and

child welfare service delivery policies, guidelines, and procedures;

4. Work with both public and private agencies concerned with

foster care and adoption exchanges to inform the public of the need

for temporary and permanent homes and other services needed by

deprived children; and

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5. Specifically:

a. identify, analyze, and recommend solutions to any

issue concerning child welfare and foster care

services within the child welfare delivery system,

b. participate in the statewide planning and promotion of

foster parent involvement in local planning for child

welfare services, and

c. develop recommendations concerning foster care

training to improve the quality of foster care

services.

D. The State Postadjudication Review Advisory Board may

designate multidisciplinary committees on the local level to act as

advocates for foster parents in order to assist in the resolution of

specific complaints concerning foster care and to help facilitate

the relationship between the Department of Human Services, the

Office of Juvenile Affairs, child-placing agencies, and the foster

parents.

E. The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth, with the

assistance of the State Postadjudication Review Advisory Board,

shall be responsible for developing and administering training

procedures and rules for the administration of the state

postadjudication review board system.

F. The State Postadjudication Review Advisory Board shall
fairs, child-placing agencies, and the foster

parents.

E. The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth, with the

assistance of the State Postadjudication Review Advisory Board,

shall be responsible for developing and administering training

procedures and rules for the administration of the state

postadjudication review board system.

F. The State Postadjudication Review Advisory Board shall

submit a report of the activities of the review boards, including

the findings and recommendations of such review boards, to the

Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth on or before May 1 of each

year. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the

following:

1. The location of each review board;

2. The names of the members of each board;

3. The number of cases reviewed by each board; and

4. The recommendation categories made by each board.

G. The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth shall

incorporate, as appropriate, the findings and recommendations of the

review boards in the annual report required by Section 601.9 of this

title.