1. A. The Department of Human Services shall establish and administer an ongoing program of subsidized adoption. Subsidies and services for children who are in the permanent custody of the Department of Human Services under this program shall be provided out of funds appropriated to the Department of Human Services for the maintenance of children in foster care or made available to it from other sources.
2. B. Children who are in the court-ordered custody of a licensed private nonprofit child-placing agency or federally recognized Indian tribe, as defined by the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, shall receive subsidies and services from funds appropriated by the Legislature.
3. C. The Department of Human Services will set as a goal for each fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year which begins on October 1, 1983, that there will be a maximum of forty-five percent (45%) of all children in foster care who will remain in foster care for a period in excess of twenty-four (24) months.
4. D. The Department of Human Services shall participate in adoption subsidies, foster care review boards, reunification services and protective services to achieve this goal.

Added by Laws 1982, SB 259, c. 200, § 3, eff. October 1, 1982; Amended by Laws 1996, HB 2975, c. 297, § 13, emerg. eff. June 10, 1996; Renumbered from 10 O.S. § 60.27 by Laws 1997, HB 1241, c. 366, § 58, eff. November 1, 1997.