Bill Text For HB4176 - Introduced

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 2|             2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)                |
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 3|HOUSE BILL 4176                      By: Staires                       |
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 6|                            AS INTRODUCED                              |
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 7|       An Act relating to civil procedure; amending 76 O.S.            |
  |       2021, Section 18, which relates to statute of                   |
 8|       limitations for medical malpractice; extending                  |
  |       statute of limitations for causes of action arising             |
 9|       on or after certain date; and providing an effective            |
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12|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:                  |
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13|    SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     76 O.S. 2021, Section 18, is         |
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14|amended to read as follows:                                            |
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15|    Section 18.  An A.  For causes of action arising before November   |
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16|1, 2026, an action for damages for injury or death against any         |
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17|physician, health care provider, or hospital licensed under the laws   |
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18|of this state, whether based in tort, breach of contract, or           |
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19|otherwise, arising out of patient care, shall be brought within two    |
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20|(2) years of the date the plaintiff knew or should have known,         |
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21|through the exercise of reasonable diligence, of the existence of      |
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22|the death, injury, or condition complained of; provided, however,      |
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23|the minority or incompetency when the cause of action arises will      |
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24|extend said period of limitation.                                      |
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 1|    B.  For causes of action arising on or after November 1, 2026,     |
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 2|an action for damages for injury or death against any physician,       |
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 3|health care provider, or hospital licensed under the laws of this      |
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 4|state, whether based in tort, breach of contract, or otherwise,        |
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 5|arising out of patient care, shall be brought within three (3) years   |
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 6|of the date the plaintiff knew or should have known, through the       |
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 7|exercise of reasonable diligence, of the existence of the death,       |
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 8|injury, or condition complained of; provided, however, the minority    |
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 9|or incompetency when the cause of action arises will extend said       |
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10|period of limitation.                                                  |
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11|    SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.      |
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13|    60-2-15831     AQH    12/09/25                                     |
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