Oklahoma Code § 56-411

Title 56. Poor Persons: Deceased child or retarded person - Funeral arrangements
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and expenses.

A.  Except as otherwise provided by subsection B of this
section, the Department of Human Services is authorized to make the
necessary funeral arrangements and pay any reasonable burial
expenses incurred upon the death of a child or an individual with
intellectual disability who is either in the custody of the
Department or is a resident of an institution under the jurisdiction
of the Department.  When possible, the Department shall make such
arrangements with any funeral home located in the same vicinity as
the institution or in the same vicinity of the place of residence or
home town of the child or the individual with intellectual
disability.
B.  The Department of Human Services is not authorized to make
such funeral arrangements or make such burial payments if the
deceased child or deceased individual with intellectual disability
has any relatives or next of kin who is financially able to make the
funeral arrangements and make the burial payments.

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