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OK HB1863

Bill

Status

Passed

5/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Eric Roberts

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Changes multidisciplinary child abuse teams to review cases rather than intervene in reports involving child sexual abuse, child physical abuse, and neglect.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Health and Human Services4/1/2025
Appropriations and Budget Human Services Subcommittee2/4/2025
Appropriations and Budget2/4/2025

Full Bill Text

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