Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-1923.1: Residents and Family State Council - Toll free

hotline.

The State Department of Health shall:

1. Establish a Residents and Family State Council which shall

be composed of fifteen (15) members who are, or who have been within

the last twelve (12) months, residents, family members, resident

volunteer representatives or guardians of residents of nursing

facilities licensed pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act, but shall

not include persons representing residents in facilities for the

developmentally disabled. The Council shall annually elect a chair

and vice-chair, and shall meet at least quarterly. Meetings shall

be conducted in the various areas of the state with at least one

meeting in each of the four quadrants of the state to allow for

participation by family members and residents where possible. The

members of the Council shall be reimbursed pursuant to the State

Travel Reimbursement Act. The Council may present recommendations

to the Long-Term Care Facility Advisory Board created in Section 1-

1923 of this title and shall have the power and duty to advise the

State Department of Health concerning the development and

improvement of services to and care and treatment of residents of

facilities subject to the provisions of the Nursing Home Care Act

and make recommendations to the Department as necessary and

appropriate. The members shall serve at the pleasure of the State

Commissioner of Health; and

2. Establish a toll free, twenty-four-hour hotline for filing

of complaints against facilities licensed pursuant to the provisions

of the Nursing Home Care Act.