Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-280.2: Primary care provider evaluation training - Applied

behavior analysis treatment pilot project.

A. Funds shall be used by the University Hospitals Authority

for primary care provider evaluation training for providers in the

Sooner SUCCESS program to acquire skills necessary to evaluate

children with autism spectrum disorders.

B. 1. The Developmental Disabilities Services Division of the

Department of Human Services shall establish an applied behavior

analysis treatment pilot project. The Division shall secure federal

matching dollars to implement and maintain the project.

2. The project shall:

a. provide three Board-Certified Behavior Analysts to

measure functional outcomes of children with autism,

who are approved by the Division to participate in the

project, and study the effects of applied behavior

analysis in a consultative model that includes a

parental training component, and

b. require the participating analysts to provide the

necessary supervision to assist supervisees in this

state to learn and provide applied behavior analysis

and achieve certification by the nationally accredited

Behavior Analyst Certification Board.

3. The project shall commence no later than January 1, 2011,

and end no later than three (3) years from the date of commencement.

4. The Division shall submit a report to the Legislature and

the Governor no later than January 1, 2014, concerning:

a. the effectiveness of the project,

b. the results found when using applied behavior analysis

in a consultative model that includes a parental

training component to measure functional outcomes of

children with autism,

c. the most effective approach and systems to provide

applied behavior analysis, and

d. any other findings and recommendations resulting from

the project.

5. The Department shall promulgate rules to implement the

provisions of this subsection.