Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 56-198.11: Oklahoma Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance and

Support Services (Oklahoma CD-PASS) Act – Purposes – Legislative

findings.

A. Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall be known and may be cited

as the “Oklahoma Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance and Support

Services (Oklahoma CD-PASS) Act”.

B. The purposes of the Oklahoma Consumer-Directed Personal

Assistance and Support Services Act are to:

1. Provide assistance, on a voluntary basis, to families with a

Medicaid-eligible member who requires long-term support services, or

to provide assistance to Medicaid-eligible individuals who require

long-term support services, so that such persons may remain in their

family residence or in their own home; and

2. Afford, on a voluntary basis, frail elderly individuals and

adults with disabilities who are Medicaid-eligible and who need

basic assistance with mobility, self-care and health maintenance,

the ability to have maximum control over the selection of persons

working on their behalf and over the manner in which personal

assistance services are to be provided to them.

C. The Oklahoma Legislature finds that:

1. Providing services to individuals needing in-home and

community-based care, as well as providing assistance to their

family members, should be supported;

2. Giving recipients of in-home and community-based services

and their family members a choice in the selection of services

needed and providers to be utilized enhances a sense of dignity and

autonomy for those individuals receiving care; and

3. Providing consumers and their families with choice and

control over their lives is a goal that should be supported.

D. The Oklahoma Legislature further recognizes the importance

of providing options and alternatives to persons receiving in-home

and community-based services, and as such, supports demonstration

programs that result in positive outcomes.