A. Upon the effective date of this act, the Office of Client Advocacy within the Department of Human Services shall transfer to the State Department of Health. The Office of Client Advocacy and the Advocate General shall continue to exercise their statutory powers and duties.B. All equipment, supplies, records, matters pending, assets, future liabilities, fund balances, encumbrances, obligations, indebtedness, and legal and contractual rights and responsibilities of the Office of Client Advocacy shall be transferred to the State Department of Health.C. Any monies accruing to or in the name of the Office of Client Advocacy on and after the effective date of this act, or any monies that accrue in any funds or accounts or are maintained for the benefit of the Office of Client Advocacy on and after the effective date of this act, shall be transferred to the State Department of Health.D. The Department of Human Services and the State Department of Health may enter into an agreement for the transfer of personnel. No employee shall be transferred to the State Department of Health except on the freely given written consent of the employee. Any employee who is transferred shall not be required to accept a lesser grade or salary than presently received. All employees shall retain leave, sick, and annual time earned, and any retirement and longevity benefits which have accrued during their tenure with the Department of Human Services. The transfer of personnel between the state agencies shall be coordinated with the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.E. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall coordinate the transfer of funds, allotments, purchase orders, and outstanding financial obligations or encumbrances as provided for in this section.F. Upon the effective date of this act, all administrative rules promulgated by the Director of Human Services for the Office of Client Advocacy shall be transferred to and become a part of the administrative rules of the State Department of Health. The Office of Administrative Rules in the Office of the Secretary of State shall provide adequate notice in "The Oklahoma Register" of the transfer of such rules and shall place the transferred rules under the Oklahoma Administrative Code title of the State Department of Health. Such rules shall continue in force and effect as rules of the State Department of Health from and after the effective date of this act, and any amendment, repeal, or addition to the transferred rules shall be under the jurisdiction of the State Commissioner of Health.Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 1-9-112a
Added by Laws 2024 , c. 339, s. 1, eff. 11/1/2024.