Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-4191: Child care - Contracts - Required provider qualifications

- Parental responsibility.

A. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services shall establish and administer child care centers with

funds available for that purpose.

B. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

Services may approve a consortium, partnership, cooperative or

agreement to provide child care centers with other public or private

employers.

C. The child care centers shall be operated through a contract

with child care providers. Specifications for a contract shall be

developed with the assistance of, and subject to the approval of,

the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.

Any such contract shall be made through the Central Purchasing

Division of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. The

low bid will not be the single qualifier. Any child care provider

shall be required to carry sufficient liability insurance coverage

which will pay damages incurred as a result of the negligent acts or

omissions of an employee of the child care provider within the scope

of the employment of such person. Any child care provider shall

meet or exceed applicable state child care facilities licensure

standards.

D. Nothing in this section shall prevent the Director from

utilizing paragraph 13 of Section 85.5 of this title and paragraph 3

of subsection A of Section 85.7 of this title to continue the

operation of a child care center with emergency contracts when the

service provider's contract is canceled or terminated before another

qualified service provider is procured. The employees of the Office

of Management and Enterprise Services shall not be employed to

operate the centers.

E. Any parent utilizing the services of a child care center

shall be responsible for the charges assessed by the child care

provider for child care services.