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.
[Source: Added at 23 Ok Reg 1024, eff 5-11-06; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1323, eff 6-1-07; Amended at 33 Ok Reg 1635, eff 9-15-16]