A. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall establish a program of foster care for children in the custody of the Office of Juvenile Affairs, and in implementing the program of foster care, shall:
1. Recruit foster families for children in the custody of the Office of Juvenile Affairs;
2. Contract with foster parents and child-placing agencies to provide foster care services to children within the custody of the Office of Juvenile Affairs;
3. Exercise supervision over all foster placements with whom the Office of Juvenile Affairs has a contract for foster care services;
4. Establish rules and standards for providing foster care services in addition to those required by the Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act;
5. Require initial and ongoing foster parent training and education programs; and
6. Establish a grievance procedure in accordance with rules promulgated by the Board of Juvenile Affairs, including a statement of foster parent rights, for foster parents with whom the Office of Juvenile Affairs contracts.
B. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall not be liable for any costs or expenses expended voluntarily by a foster parent for a foster child which are in excess of the funds authorized for providing foster care services to the foster child.
Added by Laws 2013, c. 129, § 1, eff. July 1, 2013.