Okla. Stat. tit. 43A, § 43A-10-112

Terms - Duties.

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A. The Department of Human Services, together with the

Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, shall

develop and implement a Vulnerable Adult Intervention Task Force.

The purpose of the task force shall be to study and examine how to

best provide interdisciplinary community assistance, intervention,

and referral services for persons with mental or physical illnesses

or disabilities, dementia or other related disease or condition.

B. The task force shall consist of at least eleven (11) members

as follows:

1. One member who shall be a member of the Oklahoma House of

Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the Oklahoma

House of Representatives, and one member who shall be a member of

the Oklahoma Senate, to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of

the Oklahoma Senate;

2. Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health and

Substance Abuse Services, or designee;

3. Commissioner of the State Department of Health, or designee;

4. Director of the State Department of Rehabilitation Services,

or designee;

5. One member who shall be a representative from law

enforcement, to be appointed by the Senate President Pro Tempore;

6. One member who shall be a current or former municipal

employee who worked as a code enforcement officer, to be appointed

by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

7. One member who shall be a public defender, or designee, to

be appointed by the Governor;

8. One member who shall be a citizen of this state and a

current or former member of an advocacy organization that represents

vulnerable adults or persons with mental illness, to be appointed by

the House Minority Leader;

9. One member who shall be a physician licensed to practice in

this state, to be appointed by the Senate Minority Leader; and

10. The Director of the Department of Human Services, or

designee.

Members of the task force shall serve for a thirty–month term.

C. Appointments to the task force shall be made by July 1,

2010. The first meeting shall be convened on or before August 1,

2010. A majority of the members present at a meeting shall

constitute a quorum to do business. Members of the task force shall

receive no compensation for their service, but shall receive travel

reimbursement by the appointing authority pursuant to the State

Travel Reimbursement Act.

D. The task force is authorized to meet as necessary in order

to perform the duties imposed on it.

E. The task force shall recommend a curriculum, which at a

minimum should include training for individuals on the symptoms,

causes and evidence-based services and interventions for illnesses

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and conditions contained herein. The training should also address

possible crisis situations arising from these illnesses and

conditions and steps to support an individual in a crisis situation.

F. On or before December 31, 2010, and annually thereafter, the

task force shall submit a report to the Legislature stating the

recommendations and findings of the task force including but not

limited to suggested legislative action, funding sources, state

agency action, and numbers of potential participants in recommended

programs, either as a team member who promotes services or a

recipient of services, and any recommendations for improvement of

the program.

G. The task force shall be subject to the provisions of the

Open Records Act and the Open Meeting Act. Staff assistance for the

task force shall be provided by the staff of the Oklahoma House of

Representatives and the Oklahoma State Senate.