Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
TITLE 340. Department of Human Services |
Chapter 75. Child Welfare Services |
Subchapter 19. Working with Indian Children |
SECTION 340:75-19-26.1. Therapeutic foster care (TFC) for the child in tribal custody
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- When the child in tribal custody requires TFC, per Part 1 of Oklahoma Administrative Code (OAC) 340:75-8, the:(1) tribal Indian child welfare (ICW) worker:(A) contacts the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) to obtain the initial determination of whether the child meets medical necessity criteria for TFC;(B) seeks alternate placement for a child determined by OHCA to not meet TFC criteria; and(C) contacts the Child Welfare Services (CWS) DHS tribal program staff regarding TFC placement for a child determined by OHCA to meet TFC criteria and provides required child information to CWS tribal program staff when seeking a TFC placement;(2) CWS tribal program staff:(A) places the required information obtained from the ICW worker in the child's KIDS File Cabinet;(B) creates a new placement recommendation for TFC placement in KIDS and obtains supervisory level approval to generate the automated case assignment to the TFC placement coordinator; and(C) provides the TFC placement coordinator with the OHCA approval and the required child information for seeking TFC placement;(3) TFC placement coordinator:(A) refers the required child information to all TFC contractors to seek placement;(B) authorizes the placement in KIDS when TFC placement is completed; and(C) closes the case assignment in KIDS;(4) TFC contractor contacts the ICW worker with available TFC placements and sends the TFC placement coordinator a notice of child location when placement is made;(5) ICW worker accepts the appropriate placement and notifies DHS tribal program staff of the accepted placement; and(6) DHS tribal program staff enters the TFC placement in the child's KIDS case.