Oklahoma § 56-230.63 - Failure to cooperate in approved work activities or
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 56-230.63 — Failure to cooperate in approved work activities or, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 56-230.63. Failure to cooperate in approved work activities or
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) program, the Department shall close the case.
2. If a recipient, without good cause, does not cooperate with
the Department in administering the child support enforcement
program relating to the establishment, modification, or enforcement
of a support order, the Department shall reduce benefits to the
recipient under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
program in an amount to be determined by the Department.
B. 1. The Department of Human Services shall establish and
operate a fraud control program. The Department shall proceed
against any individual member of a family, regardless of payment
status under the TANF program, whom it believes to have committed an
intentional program violation pursuant to federal law, through an
administrative hearing or by referring the matter to the appropriate
authorities for civil or criminal action in a state or federal
court.
2. In proceeding against such an individual, the Department
shall coordinate its actions with any corresponding actions being
taken under Medicaid fraud programs where the factual issues arise
from the same or related circumstances.
Added by Laws 1995, c. 346, § 25, eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by
Laws 1997, c. 414, § 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Renumbered from §
230.16 of this title by Laws 1997, c. 414, § 32, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 56-230.63 ("Failure to cooperate in approved work activities or") is part of the Oklahoma Statutes, the codified statutory law of Oklahoma. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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