Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-1-9-112a: Office of Client Advocacy — Transfer to State

Department of Health.

A. Upon the effective date of this act, the Office of Client

Advocacy within the Department of Human Services shall transfer to

the State Department of Health. The Office of Client Advocacy and

the Advocate General shall continue to exercise their statutory

powers and duties.

B. All equipment, supplies, records, matters pending, assets,

future liabilities, fund balances, encumbrances, obligations,

indebtedness, and legal and contractual rights and responsibilities

of the Office of Client Advocacy shall be transferred to the State

Department of Health.

C. Any monies accruing to or in the name of the Office of

Client Advocacy on and after the effective date of this act, or any

monies that accrue in any funds or accounts or are maintained for

the benefit of the Office of Client Advocacy on and after the

effective date of this act, shall be transferred to the State

Department of Health.

D. The Department of Human Services and the State Department of

Health may enter into an agreement for the transfer of personnel.

No employee shall be transferred to the State Department of Health

except on the freely given written consent of the employee. Any

employee who is transferred shall not be required to accept a lesser

grade or salary than presently received. All employees shall retain

leave, sick, and annual time earned, and any retirement and

longevity benefits which have accrued during their tenure with the

Department of Human Services. The transfer of personnel between the

state agencies shall be coordinated with the Office of Management

and Enterprise Services.

E. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services shall coordinate the transfer of funds, allotments,

purchase orders, and outstanding financial obligations or

encumbrances as provided for in this section.

F. Upon the effective date of this act, all administrative

rules promulgated by the Director of Human Services for the Office

of Client Advocacy shall be transferred to and become a part of the

administrative rules of the State Department of Health. The Office

of Administrative Rules in the Office of the Secretary of State

shall provide adequate notice in “The Oklahoma Register” of the

transfer of such rules and shall place the transferred rules under

the Oklahoma Administrative Code title of the State Department of

Health. Such rules shall continue in force and effect as rules of

the State Department of Health from and after the effective date of

this act, and any amendment, repeal, or addition to the transferred

rules shall be under the jurisdiction of the State Commissioner of

Health.