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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 SENATE BILL 1296 By: Rosino
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the Opioid Overdose Fatality
7 Review Board; amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section 2-1002,
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8 Board; modifying required frequency of meetings;
9 establishing quorum and certain voting threshold;
9 updating statutory reference; updating statutory
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 2-1002, is
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16 amended to read as follows:
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17 Section 2-1002. A. The Opioid Overdose Fatality Review Board
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18 shall be composed of twenty-two (22) members, or their designees, as
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19 follows:
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20 1. Twelve of the members shall be:
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21 a. the Attorney General or designee,
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22 b. the Chief Medical Examiner or designee,
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23 c. the State Commissioner of Health or designee,
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 1 d. the Chief of Injury Prevention Services of the State
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2 Department of Health or designee,
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3 e. the President of the Oklahoma State Medical
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4 Association or designee,
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5 f. the Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics
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6 and Dangerous Drugs Control or designee,
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7 g. the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health
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8 and Substance Abuse Services or designee,
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9 h. the President of the Oklahoma Osteopathic Association
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10 or designee,
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11 i. the Director of the Department of Human Services or
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13 j. the Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of
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14 Investigation or designee,
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15 k. the President of the Association of Oklahoma Narcotic
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16 Enforcers or designee, and
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17 l. the Executive Director of the State Board of Pharmacy
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18 or designee; and
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19 2. Ten of the members shall be appointed by the Attorney
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20 General, shall serve for terms of two (2) years and shall be
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21 eligible for reappointment. The members shall be persons having
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22 training and experience in matters related to opioid abuse and
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23 prevention. The appointed members shall include:
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 1 a. a county sheriff selected from a list of three names
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2 submitted by the executive board of the Oklahoma
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3 Sheriffs’ Association,
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4 b. a chief of a municipal police department selected from
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5 a list of three names submitted by the Oklahoma
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6 Association of Chiefs of Police,
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7 c. an attorney licensed in this state who is in private
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8 practice selected from a list of three names submitted
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9 by the Board of Governors of the Oklahoma Bar
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10 Association,
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11 d. a district attorney selected from a list of three
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12 names submitted by the District Attorneys Council,
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13 e. a physician with emergency medical training selected
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14 from a list of three names submitted by the Oklahoma
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15 State Medical Association,
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16 f. a physician with experience in drug addiction
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17 treatment and recovery selected from a list of three
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18 names submitted by the Oklahoma Osteopathic
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19 Association,
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20 g. a nurse selected from a list of three names submitted
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21 by the Oklahoma Nurses Association,
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22 h. two individuals, at least one of whom shall be a
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23 person who currently receives or formerly has been a
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24 consumer of addiction recovery services related to
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 1 opioid use, selected from a list of three names
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2 submitted by the Department of Mental Health and
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3 Substance Abuse Services, and
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4 i. a member of the judiciary selected from a list of
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5 three names submitted by the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
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6 B. Every two (2) years the Board shall elect from among its
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7 membership a chair and a vice-chair vice chair. The Board shall
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8 meet at least quarterly and may meet more as frequently as necessary
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9 as determined by the chair. Nine members shall constitute a quorum,
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10 and a majority of the required quorum shall be sufficient for the
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11 Board to take action by vote. Members shall serve without
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12 compensation but may be reimbursed for necessary travel out of funds
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13 available to the Office of the Attorney General and the Department
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14 of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services pursuant to the State
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15 Travel Reimbursement Act; provided, that the reimbursement shall be
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16 paid in the case of state employee members by the agency employing
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17 the member.
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18 C. With funds appropriated or otherwise available for that
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19 purpose, the Office of the Attorney General, jointly with the
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20 Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, shall
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21 provide administrative assistance and services to the Opioid
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22 Overdose Fatality Review Board.
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23 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
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 1 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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2 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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3 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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4 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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