Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-1-7-104: Information to accompany child placed outside child's

home – Passport Program.

A. The court shall ensure that the following information

accompanies any deprived child placed outside the child's home as

soon as the information becomes available:

1. Demographic information;

2. Strengths, needs and general behavior of the child;

3. Circumstances which necessitated placement;

4. Type of custody and previous placement;

5. Pertinent family information including, but not limited to,

the names of family members who are and who are not, by court order,

allowed to visit the child and the child's relationship to the

family which may affect placement;

6. Known and important life experiences and relationships which

may significantly affect the child's feelings, behavior, attitudes

or adjustment;

7. Whether the child has third-party insurance coverage which

may be available to the child;

8. Education history to include present grade placement, last

school attended, and special strengths and weaknesses. The

Department of Human Services shall also assist the foster parents in

getting the child admitted into school and obtaining the child's

school records; and

9. Known or available medical history including, but not

limited to:

a. allergies,

b. immunizations,

c. childhood diseases,

d. physical handicaps,

e. psycho-social information, and

f. the name of the child's last doctor, if known.

B. When the Department places a child in out-of-home care, the

Department shall provide the placement providers with sufficient

medical information to enable the placement providers to care for

the child safely and appropriately. Such medical information shall

include, but not be limited to:

1. Any medical or psychological conditions;

2. Diseases, illnesses, accidents, allergies, and congenital

defects;

3. The child's Medicaid card or information on any other third-

party insurer, if any; and

4. Immunization history.

C. 1. The Department of Human Services shall establish a

Passport Program for children in the custody of the Department.

2. The Program shall provide for a Passport, which shall be a

compilation of the significant information provided for in

subsections A and B of this section for each child, in particular,

education and physical and behavioral health records.

3. In furtherance of the purposes of this section, the Oklahoma

Health Care Authority, the Department of Education, and the

Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall

cooperate with the Department to establish the Passport Program.

4. The Passport shall accompany each child to wherever the

child resides so long as the child is in the custody of the

Department and the Department shall:

a. work with public and private partners to gain access

to the information listed in subsections A and B of

this section,

b. provide for a secure database in which to store the

information, and

c. consult with the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to

convert Medicaid claims data to a usable format and to

add it from other data sources in order to provide

foster families more information about the history and

needs of the child.

5. For the purposes of Section 1 of this act, the secure

database created to store Passport information shall be made

available to the Office of Juvenile Affairs. Such access shall be

limited to student performance reports for students in the custody

of the Office of Juvenile Affairs.