Committee advances bill nearly doubling rate for transporting youth in Oklahoma custody • Oklahoma Voice

Committee advances bill nearly doubling rate for transporting youth in Oklahoma custody • Oklahoma Voice

The state's Office of Juvenile Affairs in Ada is pictured on Dec. 4. (Photo by Janelle Stecklein/Oklahoma Voice)OKLAHOMA CITY — A Senate committee on Wednesday advanced a measure that would nearly double the reimbursement rate for transporting juvenile defendants. House Bill 1680 increases the reimbursement fee from $17 an hour to $32 an hour. The fee is paid by the Office of Juvenile Affairs to entities who transport their youth to the 11 facil…