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29		-	BILL NO. 1903 By: Roe of the House
	29	+	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
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	31	+	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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33		-	Weaver of the Senate
	33	+	1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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	35	+	HOUSE BILL 1903 By: Roe
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	41	+	AS INTRODUCED
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40	43		An Act relating to prisons and reformatories;
41	44		amending 57 O.S. 2011, Section 332.18, as last
42	45		amended by Section 1, Chapter 42, O.S.L. 2015 (57
43	46		O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 332.18), which relates to
44	47		requests for medical parole review; updating
45	48		language; modifying circumstances that authorize
46	49		medical parole reviews; adding definitions; and
47	50		providing an effective date.
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52	55		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
53	56		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 57 O.S. 2011, Section 332.18, as
54	57		last amended by Section 1, Chapter 42, O.S.L. 2015 (57 O.S. Supp.
55	58		2020, Section 332.18), is amended to read as follows:
56	59		Section 332.18 A. The Director of the Department of
57	60		Corrections shall have the authority to request the Executive
58	61		Director of the Pardon and Parole Board to place an inmate on the
59	62		Pardon and Parole Board docket for a medical reason , out of the
60	63		normal processing procedures. Documentation of the medical
61	64		condition of such inmate shall be certified by the medical director
62	65		of the Department of Corrections. The Pardon and Parole Board shall
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89	93		have the authority to bring any such inmate befo re the Board at any
90	94		time, except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this section.
91	95		B. When a request is made for a medical parole review of an
92	96		inmate who is dying or is, near death, medically frail or medically
93	97		vulnerable as certified by the medical director of the Department of
94	98		Corrections or whose medical condition has rendered the inmate no
95	99		longer an unreasonable threat to public safety, the Executive
96	100		Director shall place such inmate on the first available parole
97	101		review docket for a compassionate p arole consideration. Inmates who
98	102		meet the criteria set out in this section are not subject to the
99	103		two-stage hearing process in subsection C D of Section 332.7 of this
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101	105		C. No person shall be eligible for consideration for medical
102	106		parole without the concurrence of at least three members of the
103	107		Pardon and Parole Board. The vote on whether or not to consider
104	108		such person for parole and the names of the concurring Board members
105	109		shall be set forth in the written minutes of the meeting of the
106	110		Board at which the issue is considered.
107	111		D. In the event that due to changes in the medical condition of
108	112		the parolee granted medical parole or for other reasons, it is
109	113		determined that the continuation of the medical parole presents an
110	114		increased risk to the public, the parolee shall be subject to parole
111	115		revocation. In such case, the Department of Corrections shall
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138	143		follow the revocation procedure for violators of parole set forth in
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140	145		E. The provisions of this section shall not apply to inmates
141	146		serving a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.
142	147		F. As used in this section:
143	148		1. "Activities of daily living" means basic personal care and
144	149		everyday activities that a person cannot perform on his or her own,
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146	151		a. eating,
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149	154		d. dressing,
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151	156		f. transferring from one physical position to another,
152	157		including moving from a reclining position to a
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154	159		2. "Dying" or "near death" means an individual with a medical
155	160		condition and who has an estimated life expectancy of six (6) months
156	161		or less;
157	162		3. "Medical condition" includes, but is not limited to, the
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159	164		a. disabling mental disorders including dementia,
160	165		Alzheimer's disease or similar degenerative brain
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188	194		b. human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immune
189	195		deficiency syndrome (AIDS),
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192	198		e. chronic lung disease or asthma ,
193	199		f. diabetes,
194	200		g. hepatitis C,
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196	202		i. complications during pregnancy that th reaten the
197	203		health of the pregnant person or fetus including , but
198	204		not limited to, preeclampsia, fetal abnormalities or
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200	206		j. inmates receiving life -sustaining care such as feeding
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202	208		k. disabling neurological disorders su ch as multiple
203	209		sclerosis (MS) or amyo trophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),
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205	211		l. any other condition related to a weakened immune
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208	214		4. "Medically frail" means an indi vidual with a medical
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237	244		5. "Medically vulnerable" means an individual with one or more
238	245		medical conditions who is likely to contract an illness or disease
239	246		in prison that can lead to death or cause an individual to become
240	247		medically frail. The term shall only apply during a catastrophic
241	248		health emergency that has been declared by the Governor pursuant to
242	249		the provisions of Sections 6401 through 6403 of Title 63 of the
243	250		Oklahoma Statutes.
244	251		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
245		-	Passed the House of Representatives the 9th day of March, 2021.
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	253	+	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONS,
	254	+	dated 02/25/2021 - DO PASS.