Oklahoma 2022 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB3041 Compare Versions

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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 3041 By: Talley
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to medical treatments; creating the
41	41	Continuity of Care Act of 2022; creating certain
42	42	standards for medical practitioners; granting certain
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44	44	providing for codification; providing an effective
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50	50	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
51	51	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
52	52	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3310 of Title 63, unless there
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54	54	A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Continuity
55	55	of Care Act of 2022".
56	56	B. If a patient loses access to his or her pr actitioner who
57	57	manages his or her controlled medications and necessary
58	58	prescriptions and seeks a continuance of the services or medications
59	59	being previously provided from a new primary care practitioner, an
60	60	emergency room, an urgent care setting, or some other practitioner
61	61	who is licensed and regi stered to prescribe controlled medications
62	62	in this state, the practitioner shall make a good -faith effort to
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89	89	preserve the previous dosage and regimen and to make timely
90	90	referrals necessary to ensure the patient's c ontinued care.
91	91	These referrals may include, but are not limited to:
92	92	1. Mental health medication management;
93	93	2. Pain medication management; and
94	94	3. New primary care practition er.
95	95	C. A practitioner providing prescriptions to ensure the
96	96	continuity of care to a patient shall be protected from adverse
97	97	regulatory action or prosecution of crimes involving prescriptions
98	98	for ninety (90) days from the date of the first visit of the patient
99	99	when the practitioner is continuing previous doses and regimens for
100	100	the patient. Previous dosages and regimens for medications included
101	101	in the central repository database may be proven by accessing the
102	102	central repository when electronic or phy sical records are
103	103	unavailable and documentation is necessary.
104	104	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2022.
105	105	SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
106	106	of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
107	107	declared to exist, by reas on whereof this act shall take effect and
108	108	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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