Oklahoma § 10-1430.4 - Group Homes for Persons with Developmental or Physical

§ 10-1430.4. Group Homes for Persons with Developmental or Physical

Disabilities Advisory Board.

A. There is hereby re-created to continue until July 1, 2020,

in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset Law, the

Group Homes for Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities

Advisory Board.

1. The Advisory Board shall be composed of nine (9) members as

follows:

a.

eight members, appointed by the Director of Human

Services, one of whom shall be a representative of the

Oklahoma Community Based Providers Association, one a

representative of United Cerebral Palsy of Oklahoma,

one a representative of the State Council on

Developmental Disabilities who is not a state

employee, two who shall be group home directors having

a minimum of two (2) years of experience as a group

home director, and three who shall be consumers or

consumer advocates, one of whom is the parent of a

person having a developmental disability. These

appointed members shall each serve a three-year term

and may be reappointed, and

b.

one member shall be the State Fire Marshal, or a

designee who shall serve at the pleasure of the State

Fire Marshal.

2. The Advisory Board shall annually elect a chair, a vicechair and a secretary and shall meet at least quarterly and at such

other times as may be necessary. All meetings of the Advisory Board

shall be subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.

Members of the Advisory Board shall not receive compensation for

their services but shall be reimbursed pursuant to the provisions of

the State Travel Reimbursement Act.

3. The Department of Human Services shall appoint an employee

to serve as a resource person and provide assistance to the Advisory

Board.

B. The Advisory Board shall have the power and duty to:

1. Serve as an advisory body to the Department for the

development and improvement of services to and care and treatment of

residents of group homes subject to the provisions of the Group

Homes for Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities Act;

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2. Review, make recommendations regarding, and approve in its

advisory capacity the system of standards developed by the

Department;

3. Evaluate and review the standards, practices, and procedures

of the Department regarding the administration and enforcement of

the provisions of the Group Homes for Persons with Developmental or

Physical Disabilities Act and the quality of services and care and

treatment provided to residents of group homes, and may make

recommendations to the Department as necessary and appropriate; and

4. Serve as an advisory body to the Department regarding the

implementation of any nationally recognized accreditation standards,

as they apply to community-based facilities and services adopted by

the Commission for Human Services as standards for the provision of

services to persons with developmental or physical disabilities who

receive services through the Department of Human Services.

C. The Department shall, with regard to the meetings and duties

of the Advisory Board which pertain to the Department, provide

clerical staff support to assist the Advisory Board and space for

meetings.

Added by Laws 1987, c. 225, § 4, eff. July 1, 1987. Amended by Laws

1992, c. 161, § 1, emerg. eff. May 5, 1992; Laws 1994, c. 236, § 5,

eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 1996, c. 155, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws

1996, c. 354, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1996. Renumbered from § 1-818.4 of

Title 63 by Laws 1996, c. 354, § 56, eff. Nov. 1, 1996. Amended by

Laws 2000, c. 33, § 1; Laws 2003, c. 9, § 1; Laws 2009, c. 22, § 1;

Laws 2010, c. 26, § 1; Laws 2014, c. 65, § 1.