ok-1230: Department of Human Services — Licensing Services

Summary

Proposed amendments to Chapter 110, Subchapter 1, Part 1 amend Oklahoma Human Services (OKDHS) Child Care Services (CCS) policy for child care Licensing staff by amending request for Licensing processes, non-compliance with Licensing requirement processes, emergency orders, consent agreements, denial and revocation processes, case closures, unlicensed complaint investigations, and public inspection of Licensing records. Proposed amendments to Chapter 110, Subchapter 1, Part 3 amend OKDHS CCS policy for residential and child-placing agency Licensing staff by amending license issuances processes, non-compliance with Licensing requirement processes, revoking redundant rules to combine within existing rule citations, and unlicensed complaint investigations. Proposed amendments to Chapter 110, Subchapter 3, Part 15 amend Licensing requirements for child care centers, day camps, drop-in, out-of-school time, part-day and programs caring for ill children. Proposed amendments to Chapter 110, Subchapter 3, Part 16 revoke Licensing requirements for community hope centers. Proposed amendments to Chapter 110, Subchapter 5, Part 5 and 9 amend Licensing requirements for child-placing agencies. CCS conducted child-placing agency roundtable sessions to amend Licensing requirements for child-placing agencies and independent living programs. A summary of proposed Licensing requirements was reviewed by residential and child-placing agency standing subcommittees and the Child Care Advisory Committee. Child Welfare Services was consulted for necessary Licensing requirement amendments for improved health and safety and services for child-placing agencies and independent living programs.

The agency’s own summary, as published.