1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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3 SENATE BILL 686 By: McCortney
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to a prison system training program;
7 providing for a hospice care training program within
8 the state prison system; authorizing the Department
8 of Corrections, the State Department of Health and
9 the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology
9 Education to determine training requirements;
10 providing for review of applicants; providing for
10 program completion certificates; providing authority
11 for promulgation of rules; providing construing
11 provision; providing for codification; and providing
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15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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16 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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17 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-863 of Title 63, unless there
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18 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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19 A. The Department of Corrections may develop a hospice care
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20 training program within the state prison system. The Department of
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21 Corrections, in cooperation with the State Department of Health and
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22 the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, may
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23 jointly partner in the program to determine the appropriate training
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24 for the purposes of obtaining licensure and/or certification
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 1 required for inmates selected to participate in the program. The
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2 State Department of Health shall consider program participants in
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3 the process of promulgating rules establishing the appropriate
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4 licensure or certification requirements.
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5 B. The State Department of Health shall review applicants to
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6 the program prior to enrollment to ensure there are no state or
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7 federal restrictions or prohibitions preventing the applicant from
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8 obtaining licensure upon completion of the program. Inmates with
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9 convictions pursuant to the provisions of Section 1-1950.1 of Title
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10 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes are prohibited from participation unless
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11 written permission to participate is granted by the State Department
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12 of Health.
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13 C. The Department of Corrections, the State Department of
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14 Health and the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology
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15 Education shall jointly approve program curriculum for the training
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16 of eligible inmates currently in the custody of the Department of
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17 Corrections. The curriculum shall include required program credits
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18 for each subject and practical skills instruction. Training shall
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19 be provided by a licensed physician, registered nurse or other
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20 appropriately licensed or trained health care professional, as
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21 determined by the State Department of Health and the Oklahoma
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22 Department of Career and Technology Education.
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23 D. Upon successful completion of the training program provided
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24 for in subsection C of this section, the Department of Corrections
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 1 shall issue a program completion certificate to the inmate. The
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2 Department of Corrections in cooperation with the State Department
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3 of Health and the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology
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4 Education shall develop a process for submission of notice of
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5 training completion and application for licensure or certification
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6 to the State Department of Health as prescribed by the State
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7 Department of Health.
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8 E. The State Department of Health, in consultation with the
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9 Department of Corrections shall have authority to promulgate rules
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10 for the implementation of the curriculum, as provided for in
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11 subsection C of this section, and for continuing education or
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12 training requirements necessary for maintaining state certification
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13 in good standing.
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14 F. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as establishing a
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15 right to employment with any licensed hospice provider.
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16 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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