1| HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION |
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2| STATE OF OKLAHOMA |
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3| 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024) |
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4|COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE |
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5|SENATE BILL NO. 1296 By: Rosino of the Senate |
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7| Newton of the House |
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10| COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE |
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11| An Act relating to the Opioid Overdose Fatality |
| Review Board; amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section 2-1002, |
12| which relates to composition and meetings of the |
| Board; modifying membership of the Board; modifying |
13| required frequency of meetings; providing an |
| effective date; and declaring an emergency. |
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16|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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17| SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 2-1002, is |
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18|amended to read as follows: |
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19| Section 2-1002. A. The Opioid Overdose Fatality Review Board |
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20|shall be composed of twenty-two (22) eighteen (18) members, or their |
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21|designees, as follows: |
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22| 1. Twelve Eight of the members shall be: |
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23| a. the Attorney General or designee, |
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24| b. the Chief Medical Examiner or designee, |
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1| c. the State Commissioner of Health or designee, |
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2| d. the Chief of Injury Prevention Services of the State |
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3| Department of Health or designee, |
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4| e. the President of the Oklahoma State Medical |
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5| Association or designee, |
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6| f. the Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of |
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7| Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control or designee, |
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8| g. |
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9| d. the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health |
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10| and Substance Abuse Services or designee, |
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11| h. the President of the Oklahoma Osteopathic Association |
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12| or designee, |
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14| e. the Director of the Department of Human Services or |
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15| designee, |
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17| f. the Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of |
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18| Investigation or designee, |
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20| g. the President of the Association of Oklahoma Narcotic |
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21| Enforcers or designee, and |
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23| h. the Executive Director of the State Board of Pharmacy |
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24| or designee; and |
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1| 2. Ten of the members shall be appointed by the Attorney |
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2|General, shall serve for terms of two (2) years and shall be |
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3|eligible for reappointment. The members shall be persons having |
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4|training and experience in matters related to opioid abuse and |
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5|prevention. The appointed members shall include: |
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6| a. a county sheriff selected from a list of three names |
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7| submitted by the executive board of the Oklahoma |
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8| Sheriffs' Association, |
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9| b. a chief of a municipal police department selected |
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10| from a list of three names submitted by the Oklahoma |
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11| Association of Chiefs of Police, |
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12| c. an attorney licensed in this state who is in private |
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13| practice selected from a list of three names submitted |
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14| by the Board of Governors of the Oklahoma Bar |
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15| Association, |
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16| d. a district attorney selected from a list of three |
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17| names submitted by the District Attorneys Council, |
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18| e. a physician with emergency medical training selected |
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19| from a list of three names submitted by the Oklahoma |
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20| State Medical Association, |
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21| f. a physician with experience in drug addiction |
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22| treatment and recovery selected from a list of three |
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23| names submitted by the Oklahoma Osteopathic |
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24| Association, |
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1| g. a nurse selected from a list of three names submitted |
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2| by the Oklahoma Nurses Association, |
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3| h. two individuals, at least one of whom shall be a |
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4| person who currently receives or formerly has been a |
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5| consumer of addiction recovery services related to |
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6| opioid use, selected from a list of three names |
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7| submitted by the Department of Mental Health and |
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8| Substance Abuse Services, and |
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9| i. a member of the judiciary selected from a list of |
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10| three names submitted by the Oklahoma Supreme Court. |
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11| B. Every two (2) years the Board shall elect from among its |
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12|membership a chair and a vice-chair vice chair. The Board shall |
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13|meet at least quarterly and may meet more as frequently as necessary |
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14|as determined by the chair. Members shall serve without |
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15|compensation but may be reimbursed for necessary travel out of funds |
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16|available to the Office of the Attorney General and the Department |
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17|of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services pursuant to the State |
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18|Travel Reimbursement Act; provided, that the reimbursement shall be |
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19|paid, in the case of state employee members, by the agency employing |
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20|the member. |
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21| C. With funds appropriated or otherwise available for that |
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22|purpose, the Office of the Attorney General, jointly with the |
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23|Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, shall |
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1|provide administrative assistance and services to the Opioid |
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2|Overdose Fatality Review Board. |
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3| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024. |
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4| SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation |
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5|of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby |
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6|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and |
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7|be in full force from and after its passage and approval. |
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9|COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON GENERAL GOVERNMENT, dated |
|04/10/2024 - DO PASS, As Amended. |
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