Title 56, Title 56 — Poor Persons

The Department of Public Welfare is hereby authorized to procure group hospitalization and medical care insurance in any of the forms customarily issued by any company or companies, association or associations authorized to do business in the State of Oklahoma for all persons eli…

Premiums on such insurance shall be paid from monies or funds appropriated for the payment of assistance to the needy aged persons qualifying for assistance under subsection A of Section 164 of this title. Monthly claims for such premiums, certified by the Department of Human Ser…

of Public Welfare. In the event the Department of Public Welfare, after a thorough study of the needs, determines that the services provided for in Section 1 of this act can be more satisfactorily and economically performed by providing for its own system of hospitalization and m…

A. Except as otherwise provided, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall be authorized and directed to establish a vendor drug program to provide any drugs that have been approved and designated as safe and effective by the federal Food and Drug Administration, and that are pres…

The Department of Human Services is authorized and directed to expand the vendor drug program in the categories of the Aged, Blind and Disabled, and to include those medically needy individuals suffering from catastrophic illnesses who meet requirements for medical assistance, to…

contact lenses - Payment or reimbursement for certain eye examinations prohibited. The Department of Human Services is authorized to replace or make reimbursement for the eyeglasses or contact lenses of any employee at the Northern Oklahoma Resource Center of Enid, Southern Oklah…

Age and Survivors Insurance - Other personnel. The State Budget Director in the Executive Department shall have jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to the accounting, reporting and collection of amounts due from state agencies, pursuant to the terms of this act and Title 2 o…

The State Budget Director shall prescribe the system and procedure for matching the contributions of officials and employees of the State of Oklahoma with state funds constituting the employer's share of the contributions, pursuant to Public Law 734 (HR 6000) - 81st Congress, as …

Deduction of employees' share. The employer's share of the contribution required to be paid by the state to the federal government under the provisions of Public Law 734 and applicable provisions of the Federal Internal Revenue Code, as authorized by Title 51 of the Oklahoma Stat…

State departments, institutions and agencies shall file with the State Budget Director such reports as are required by the Federal Security Administrator (Public Law 734 (HR 6000) - 81st Congress, as authorized by Title 56, Chapter 7, Oklahoma Session Laws 1949) at such time or t…

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the "State Budget Director OASI Fund" into which fund the State Budget Director shall deposit all monies received from state agencies constituting amounts due from funds not on deposit in the State Treasu…

costs. Auditors from the Oklahoma Health Care Authority under the direction of the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority shall be authorized and empowered to conduct an audit of the financial records itemized in a hospital's reimbursable per diem cost records in order to deter…

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Commission for Human Services, to be designated the "Human Services Medical and Assistance Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of receipts from…

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Commission for Human Services, to be designated the "Human Services Disbursing Fund", provided that the fund may be designated by fiscal year designations as the Commission may determine. The fund shall be a c…

claim for reconciliation purposes for contracts or purchases. A. The Department of Human Services shall maintain detailed records regarding any agreements or authorizations to settle a claim made for reconciliation purposes for any contract or purchase of materials, items, suppli…

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund for the Department of Human Services to be designated the "Department of Human Services Federal Disallowance Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations. It shall consist of monies receive…

developmentally disabled - Preference to corporations within state. A. The Developmental Disabilities Services Division within the Department of Human Services is hereby directed to offer a preference to qualified corporations within the state to provide residential or vocational…

A. In addition to any other form of assistance provided for under subsection E of Section 1415 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the Department of Human Services is authorized to pay a voucher to a relative or certified volunteer for the sole purpose of acquiring legal repres…

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Department of Human Services to be designated the "OK Benefits Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies designated to the fu…

Responsibilities of Department of Human Services - Interagency collaboration - Block grant funding - Rulemaking - Federal waiver applications - Report to Legislature and Governor. A. Sections 230.50 through 230.73 and 241.1 through 241.3 of this title shall be known and may be ci…

The Statewide Temporary Assistance Responsibility System (STARS) shall, at a minimum, contain the following components: 1. The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program; 2. Child Care; 3. Food Stamps; 4. One-stop Career/Employment Centers; 5. Medicaid; 6. Assistance …

for Needy Families (TANF) program - Information management - Implementation guidelines - List of recipients - Grant diversion program and emergency assistance services authorized. A. Except for specific exceptions, conditions or restrictions authorized by the Statewide Temporary …

applicant's resources. The Department of Human Services shall exclude an automobile with an equity allowance of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) from the determination of resources available to meet the needs of an applicant for or recipient of benefits under the T…

A. As used in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, an "individual development account" means an account established by a recipient under the TANF program pursuant to the provisions of the Family Savings Initiative Act or an account established prior to Nove…

arrangements. A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, if a person applying for benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program is a minor, has never married and is pregnant or has a dependent child in such minor's care, the minor shall not…

In order to establish an incentive program for the immunization of minor children pursuant to the State Department of Health immunization schedule, the Department of Human Services shall eliminate benefits for recipients under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) pr…

The Department of Human Services shall study the feasibility of implementing a residency requirement, including a differential in benefits for receipt of public assistance for persons who have resided in this state for less than one (1) year on a continuous basis. Added by Laws 1…

A. The Department of Human Services, working with the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, shall conduct a study to determine the extent to which substance abuse interferes with the ability of recipients in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) p…

precondition to TANF benefits. A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any applicant who makes application with the Department of Human Services for benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, in order to be eligible for such assistance, sh…

assistance and support services. A. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority, in accordance with the terms and conditions of a waiver granted by the federal Department of Health and Human Services, shall conduct a demonstration project to revise applicable standards and rules which wil…

training and other services. A. The Department of Human Services shall, as appropriate, provide literacy remediation, English as a second language, work activities, training, and other services to recipients pursuant to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program t…

child support enforcement programs - Fraud control program. A. 1. If a recipient, without good cause, does not cooperate with the Department of Human Services in approved work activities as required by the Department pursuant to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) …

A. The Department of Human Services shall provide case management services to recipients under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Case management services shall include, but not be limited to: 1. Intensive and in-depth employability assessment of a recipi…

responsibility agreements. A. 1. The Department of Human Services shall conduct an employability assessment of the education, training, skills, prior work experience and supportive service needs of individuals applying for and receiving assistance pursuant to the Temporary Assist…

A. Compulsory school attendance for a child from the age at which the child is eligible to attend kindergarten to eighteen (18) years of age, unless the child is being home educated as per the Oklahoma Constitution and statutes, shall be a condition for participation in the Tempo…

from Department of Human Services. The Department of Human Services shall ensure, to the fullest extent possible, that any recipient of benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the food stamp programs, who may qualify for receipt of the Earned Income …

A. The Department of Human Services shall establish and maintain a statewide incoming areawide telephone service hot line for the purpose of reporting suspected cases of welfare eligibility fraud, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) fraud and food stamp fraud. B. The C…

A. The Department of Human Services shall, as funds become available, work with local communities to establish a statewide system of child care resource and referral centers. B. The child care resource and referral centers shall be responsible for: 1. Providing consumer education…

A. The Legislature hereby encourages the establishment of One- stop Career/Employment Centers that link federal, state and local resources and programs and that create collaborative and interorganizational partnerships between state governmental agencies and private and nonprofit…

The Department of Human Services and the Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall jointly establish eligibility criteria which ensure that recipients of assistance pursuant to the federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program (TANF), who become employed or who are at risk of…

A. As used in this section: 1. "Legal immigrant" means an individual not born in the United States and not a citizen of the United States whose entrance into the United States has been approved by the Immigration and Naturalization Service; and 2. "Qualified alien" shall have the…

Assistance to Needy Families Program (TANF Options Task Force). A. There is hereby created until June 1, 2000, the "Task Force on State Plan Options for the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program". The Task Force may be referred to as the "TANF Options Task Force". B. The…

A. The Task Force on State Plan Options for the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program shall consist of thirteen (13) members and shall be composed as follows: 1. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint three members of the House of Representatives, one …

from faith-based providers. A. The Department of Human Services shall establish a service delivery system under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program that provides for redemption of vouchers for TANF services at participating private faith-based providers and…

announcement campaign. There shall be created a statewide public service announcement campaign, under the Oklahoma Marriage Initiative, promoting marriage as a tool against poverty and targeting all members of the public. No person appointed or elected to any public office in thi…

charges. Any person who shall make application for aid for dependent children with the Department of Public Welfare, or any of its county offices or other subagencies, must, in order to be eligible for further assistance payments, where the person or persons legally responsible f…

district attorney. It shall be the duty of the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission, its director, its agents and employees, in all cases where application is made for aid for neglected and dependent children to ascertain as to whether or not the need for such aid arises from the w…

attorney for prosecution. A. If any parent of a child is determined by the Department of Human Services to be willfully violating the provisions of Section 852 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the Department may refer the case to the proper district attorney for prosecution.…

maintenance orders. A. If a party in a divorce action or other civil case has disobeyed or failed to comply with an order of the court to make payments for the support or maintenance of a child for whom the Department of Human Services thereafter makes payments in its program for…

Any court ordering a party in a civil case to make payments for the support or maintenance of a child may direct, and upon application of the Director of the Department of Human Services, the court shall direct, that such payments be made to the Department of Human Services which…