Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-229.5

Use Prevention and Cessation – Invitations to bid for program

contract proposals – Evaluations – Youth Tobacco Survey.

A. On or before January 1, 2002, the Department, giving

consideration to the recommendations of the Advancement of Wellness

Advisory Council created in Section 44 of this act, shall review and

recommend a State Plan for Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation that

is in compliance with nationally recognized guidelines or scientific

evidence of effectiveness. On or before January 1 of each year, the

State Department of Health may propose amendments to the plan. The

Department shall submit its proposed State Plan or any proposed

amendments thereto to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of

Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the

Attorney General. The Governor, members of the Legislature, and the

Attorney General may submit comments to the Department on its

proposed amendments to the State Plan on or before March 1 of each

year. On or before May 1 of each year, the Department shall make

such amended State Plan public.

B. The State Plan shall set out the criteria by which

Invitations To Bid and applications for contract proposals are

considered. Such plan shall also describe the types of tobacco use

prevention or cessation programs that shall be eligible for

consideration for contracts from the Fund utilizing only those

programs that are in compliance with nationally recognized

guidelines, or scientific evidence of effectiveness. Such eligible

programs shall include, but not be limited to:

1. Media campaigns directed to youth to prevent underage

tobacco use;

2. School-based education programs to prevent youth tobacco

use;

3. Community-based youth programs involving tobacco use

prevention through general youth development;

4. Enforcement and administration of the Prevention of Youth

Access to Tobacco Act, and related retailer education and compliance

efforts;

5. Cessation programs for youth; and

6. Prevention or cessation programs for adults.

C. The State Plan shall provide that no less than seventy

percent (70%) of the dollar value of the contracts awarded in each

year shall be dedicated to programs described in paragraphs 1

through 5 of subsection B of this section.

D. The State Plan shall provide for the evaluation of all

funded programs to determine their overall effectiveness in

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preventing or reducing tobacco use according to the program's stated

goals.

An annual evaluation shall be provided by an independent

contractor to determine the effectiveness of the programs by

measuring the following:

1. Tobacco consumption;

2. Smoking rates among the population targeted by the programs;

and

3. The specific effectiveness of any other program funded.

Such evaluation shall also be compared with initial baseline

data collected prior to the creation of this act, and data from

previous years if it is a multiyear program.

E. The State Plan further shall provide for administration of

the Oklahoma Youth Tobacco Survey to measure tobacco use and

behaviors towards tobacco use by individuals in grades six through

twelve. Such survey shall:

1. Involve a statistically valid sample of the individuals in

each of grades six through twelve;

2. Be made available to the public, along with the resulting

data, excluding respondent identities and respondent-identifiable

data, within sixty (60) days of completion of the survey; and

3. Be compared with data from previous years, including initial

baseline data collected prior to the creation of this act.