Senate Bill 534 Summary

• Creates a revolving Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Team Account (CAMTA) Fund administered by the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth to fund freestanding multidisciplinary child abuse teams, one per county.

• Redirects proceeds from heirloom birth certificate sales (capped at $35.00 per certificate) to support training and technical assistance for judges, prosecutors, and multidisciplinary child abuse teams.

• Establishes that CAMTA Fund monies cannot become state funds or part of any agency's general budget and prohibits transfer to other state agencies except as authorized.

• Allocates funding using a weighted formula based on team/center type: freestanding teams (weight 1), hospital teams (weight 1), nonurban centers (weight 4), mid-level nonurban centers (weight 6), and urban centers (weight 24).

• Requires contracts with eligible providers to be completed by January 1 annually and directs the Commission to issue a performance measures report to the Legislature by December 31, 2015; effective November 1, 2015.