OK SB515

Office of Juvenile Affairs shall not require that a staff member of the same gender be present on premises of a community intervention center when a new juvenile arrives.

Community intervention centers serve as short-term reception facilities to receive and hold juveniles taken into custody by law enforcement for up to 24 hours.

Centers must perform required functions including entering demographic information into management system, immediately notifying parents of custody, and obtaining written promise from parents to bring child to court.

Centers may conduct initial assessments and behavioral assessments with appropriate consent procedures, with assessment information restricted from prosecutors and court prior to adjudication but usable for post-adjudication dispositional orders.

Office of Juvenile Affairs shall promulgate rules to implement provisions regarding community intervention center operations and certification standards; act becomes effective November 1, 2015.