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OK HB1863
Bill
Status
5/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Eric Roberts
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AI Summary
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Changes multidisciplinary child abuse teams to review cases rather than intervene in reports involving child sexual abuse, child physical abuse, and neglect.
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Requires law enforcement and child welfare staff to conduct joint investigations whenever feasible and develop written protocols for investigating child abuse cases and interviewing child victims.
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Directs multidisciplinary child abuse teams to use secure databases for case information and report program data as requested to the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth.
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Requires the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth to create and maintain a secure database for freestanding multidisciplinary child abuse teams, with purposes including case management, uniform data collection, programmatic evaluation, and identifying trends for service system improvements.
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Becomes effective November 1, 2025.
Legislative Description
Children; Children's Code; multidisciplinary child abuse team; review; functions; secure database; protocol; Commission on Children and Youth; requirements; rules; codification; effective date.
Last Action
Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/25/2025
5/27/2025