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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
HOUSE BILL 3041 By: Talley
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to medical treatments; creating the
Continuity of Care Act of 2022; creating certain
standards for medical practitioners; granting certain
immunities to physicians in certain situ ations;
providing for codification; providing an effective
date; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3310 of Title 63, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Continuity
of Care Act of 2022".
B. If a patient loses access to his or her pr actitioner who
manages his or her controlled medications and necessary
prescriptions and seeks a continuance of the services or medications
being previously provided from a new primary care practitioner, an
emergency room, an urgent care setting, or some other practitioner
who is licensed and regi stered to prescribe controlled medications
in this state, the practitioner shall make a good -faith effort to
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preserve the previous dosage and regimen and to make timely
referrals necessary to ensure the patient's c ontinued care.
These referrals may include, but are not limited to:
1. Mental health medication management;
2. Pain medication management; and
3. New primary care practition er.
C. A practitioner providing prescriptions to ensure the
continuity of care to a patient shall be protected from adverse
regulatory action or prosecution of crimes involving prescriptions
for ninety (90) days from the date of the first visit of the patient
when the practitioner is continuing previous doses and regimens for
the patient. Previous dosages and regimens for medications included
in the central repository database may be proven by accessing the
central repository when electronic or phy sical records are
unavailable and documentation is necessary.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2022.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reas on whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
58-2-10194 KN 01/12/22