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Okla. Stat.
§ 40.8
Oklahoma
Statutes
Title
10. Children
Chapter
1B. Indian Child Welfare Act
§ 40.8. Payment
of foster care expenses under certain circumstances
A. In the event the Department of Human Services has legal custody of
an Indian child, and that child is placed with a tribally licensed or
approved foster home, the state shall pay the costs of foster care in
the same manner and to the same extent the state pays the costs of foster
care to state-licensed or state-approved foster homes, provided that the
tribe shall have entered into an agreement with the state pursuant to
Section 8 herein, [FN1]
which shall require tribal cooperation with state plans required by federal
funding laws.
B.
The state shall pay the costs of foster care of a child placed with a
tribally licensed or approved foster home where the placement is made
by a tribe having jurisdiction of the proceeding, provided that the tribe
shall have entered
into an agreement with the state pursuant to Section 8 herein, which shall
require tribal cooperation with state plans required by federal funding
laws.
CREDIT(S)
Laws 1982, c. 107, §
9, emerg. eff. April 6, 1982.
[FN1]
Title 10, § 40.7.
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