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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
HOUSE BILL 3309 By: Humphrey
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to prisons and reformato ries;
directing the Department of Corrections to provide
minimum medical staff ing at facilities pursuant to
health services profile s; directing the Department to
make certain considerations when establishing
profiles; and providing an effective date .
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 623.1 of Title 57, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The Department of Corrections shall provide minimum medical
staffing sufficient to ensu re continuous appropriate medical care to
all inmates at all state facilities according to the health services
profile of each individual facility . When establishing the health
services profile for each facili ty, the Department shall consider:
1. Normal operating hours;
2. Special health services provided ;
3. Chronic clinic population ;
4. Contracted specialty care referral ;
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5. Medication encounters ;
6. Service types;
7. Specialty care;
8. Ancillary services; and
9. Any other special considerations that could require
additional medical staffing.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
58-2-9442 GRS 01/03/22