Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-1116.6v2: Postadjudication Review Advisory Board

A. There is hereby created a State Postadjudication Review

Advisory Board which shall meet at least twice each calendar year.

The Advisory Board shall have the duty of overseeing implementation

of the postadjudication review program in coordination with the

Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth.

B. The Advisory Board shall consist of twenty-one (21) members

appointed by the Governor as follows:

1. Eight of the members shall be members of the various review

boards throughout the state;

2. Five of the members shall be judges of the district court;

3. Five of the members shall represent the general public and

may be foster parents;

4. One of the members shall be a foster parent representing

foster parents who have a current contract with the Department of

Human Services to provide foster care services;

5. One of the members shall be a foster parent representing

child-placing agencies which have current contracts with the

Department to provide foster care services; and

6. One of the members shall be a foster parent nominated by any

local or statewide foster parent association.

The members shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The

administrative heads of the divisions which have foster care

responsibilities within the Department of Human Services and the

Office of Juvenile Affairs or their designees shall serve as ex

officio members of the Board.

C. The Director of the Oklahoma Commission on Children and

Youth shall make staff support available to the Advisory Board.

The Advisory Board shall have the duty to:

1. Assist in the training of the members of the review boards;

2. Serve, in coordination with the Commission, as a

clearinghouse for information concerning the review boards as they

relate to the foster care system;

3. Make recommendations to the courts, the Commission, the

Governor, the Legislature, the Department of Human Services, the

Office of Juvenile Affairs, and other state agencies providing

services to children regarding proposed statutory revisions and

amendments to court rules and procedures, and review and make

recommendations on permanency planning, foster care and child

welfare service delivery policies, guidelines, and procedures;

4. Work with both public and private foster care and adoption

agencies to inform the public of the need for temporary and

permanent homes and other services for deprived children; and

5. Review and make recommendations specifically related to

foster care and permanency planning and on any other aspect of the

child welfare system it deems necessary.

D. The Commission, with the assistance of the Advisory Board,

shall be responsible for developing and providing the necessary

training for members of the postadjudication review boards.

E. The Advisory Board shall submit a report of the activities,

findings and recommendations of the review boards to the Commission

on or before May 1 of each year.

F. The Commission shall incorporate, as appropriate, the

activities and recommendations of the review boards in the annual

report required by Section 601.5 of this title.