Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 340 - Department of Human Services
Chapter 75 - Child Welfare Services
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions of Child Welfare Services
Part 1 - SCOPE AND APPLICABILITY
Section 340:75-1-9 - Oklahoma Department of Human Services authority to administer a child welfare program

Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 340:75-1-9

Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024

The authority of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) to administer a Child Welfare program is based on the Oklahoma Social Security Act, Section 176 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes that authorizes DHS to provide . . . for the protection and care of homeless, dependent and neglected children, and children in danger of becoming delinquent. The authority and scope for the care and custody of children, includes:

(1) the Oklahoma Children's Code, Article 1 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes; and

(2) federal laws and regulations under Titles IV-B, IV-E, V, VI, XIX, and XX of the Social Security Act, as amended including, but not limited to, the:

(A) Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994;

(B) Interethnic Provisions of 1996;

(C) Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997;

(D) Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008; and

(E) Family First Prevention Services Act, Public Law 115-123.

Amended at 11 Ok Reg 361, eff 10-15-93 (emergency); Amended at 11 Ok Reg 2267, eff 5-26-94; Amended at 13 Ok Reg 967, eff 1-24-96 (emergency); Amended at 13 Ok Reg 2199, eff 6-14-96; Amended at 15 Ok Reg 189, eff 11-1-97 (emergency); Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1661, eff 5-11-98; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 102, eff 10-13-98 (preemptive); Amended at 16 Ok Reg 2740, eff 4-14-99 (emergency); Amended at 17 Ok Reg 92, eff 10-1-99 (emergency); Amended at 17 Ok Reg 829, eff 1-6-00 (emergency); Amended at 17 Ok Reg 1311, eff 5-11-00; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 393, eff 12-8-00 (emergency); Amended at 18 Ok Reg 3067, eff 7-12-01; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 2208, eff 6-27-02; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 90, eff 10-16-02 (emergency); Amended at 20 Ok Reg 921, eff 5-12-03; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 1092, eff 3-26-10 (emergency); Amended at 27 Ok Reg 1865, eff 7-1-10; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 894, eff 7-1-11

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