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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1016 By: Dahm
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to the Catastrophic Health Emergency
66	66	Powers Act; amending 63 O.S. 2011, Section 6104,
67	67	which relates to definitions; adding additional
68	68	provision to definition; and providing an effecti ve
69	69	date.
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75	75	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
76	76	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2011, Section 6104, is
77	77	amended to read as follows:
78	78	Section 6104. As used in the Catastrophic Health Emergency
79	79	Powers Act:
80	80	1. “Bioterrorism” means the intentional use of any
81	81	microorganism, virus, infectious substance, or biological product
82	82	that may be engineered as a result of biotechnology, or any
83	83	naturally occurring or bioengineered component of any such
84	84	microorganism, virus, infectious substance, or biological product,
85	85	to cause death, disease , or other biological malfunction in a human,
86	86	an animal, a plant, or another living organism in order t o influence
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138	138	the conduct of government or to intimidate or coerce a civilian
139	139	population;
140	140	2. “Catastrophic health emergency ” means an occurrence of
141	141	imminent threat of a n illness or health condition that:
142	142	a. is believed to be caus ed by any of the following:
143	143	(1) a nuclear attack,
144	144	(2) bioterrorism,
145	145	(3) a chemical attack, or
146	146	(4) the appearance of a novel or previously
147	147	controlled or eradicated infectious agent or
148	148	biological toxin, and
149	149	b. poses a high probability of any of the following
150	150	harms:
151	151	(1) a large number of deaths in the affect ed
152	152	population,
153	153	(2) a large number of serious or long -term
154	154	disabilities in the affected population, or
155	155	(3) widespread exposure to an infectious or toxic
156	156	agent that poses a significant risk of
157	157	substantial future harm to a large number o f
158	158	people in the affect ed population, or
159	159	(4) overloading of hospitals, emergency rooms and
160	160	medical facilities beyond their cap acity to serve
161	161	the affected population;
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213	213	3. “Chain of custody” means the methodology of tracking
214	214	specimens for the purpose of maintaining control and acc ountability
215	215	from initial collection to final disposition of the specimens and
216	216	providing for accountability at each stage of collecting, handling ,
217	217	testing, storing, and transporting the specimens and reporti ng test
218	218	results;
219	219	4. “Contaminated waste” means:
220	220	a. “biological waste”, which includes blood and blood
221	221	products, excretions, exudates, secretions, suctionin g
222	222	and other body fluids, and waste mat erials saturated
223	223	with blood or body fluids,
224	224	b. “cultures and stocks”, which includes etiologic agents
225	225	and associated biologicals, including specimen
226	226	cultures and dishes and devices used to transfer,
227	227	inoculate, and mix cultures, wastes from production of
228	228	biologicals and serums, and discarded live and
229	229	attenuated vaccines,
230	230	c. “pathological waste”, which includes biopsy materials
231	231	and all human tissues, anatomical parts that emanate
232	232	from surgery, obstetrical procedures, necr opsy or
233	233	autopsy and laboratory procedu res, and animal
234	234	carcasses exposed to pathogens in research and the
235	235	bedding and other waste from such animals, bu t does
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288	288	preservative agents, and
289	289	d. “sharps”, which includes nee dles, intravenous (IV)
290	290	tubing with needles attached, scalpel blades, lancets,
291	291	breakable glass tubes , and syringes that have been
292	292	removed from their or iginal sterile containers ;
293	293	5. “Health care facility ” means any nonfederal institution,
294	294	building, or agency or portion thereof, whether public o r private or
295	295	for profit or nonprofit, that is used, operated , or designed to
296	296	provide health services, medical tr eatment, or nursing,
297	297	rehabilitative, or preventive care to any person or persons. This
298	298	includes, but is not limited to: ambulatory surgical fa cilities,
299	299	hospitals, infirmaries, intermediate care facilities , kidney
300	300	dialysis centers, long -term care facilities, mental health centers,
301	301	outpatient facilities, public health centers, rehabilitation
302	302	facilities, residential treatments facilities, skilled n ursing
303	303	facilities, special care facilities, medical laboratori es, and adult
304	304	day-care centers. This also include s, but is not limited to, the
305	305	following related property when used for or in connection with the
306	306	foregoing: laboratories; research facilities; pharmacies; laundry
307	307	facilities; health personnel training and lodging facilities;
308	308	patient, guest, and health per sonnel food service facilities; and
309	309	offices and office buildings for persons engaged in health care
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362	362	6. “Health care provider” means any person or entity who
363	363	provides health care se rvices including, but not limited to,
364	364	physicians, pharmacists, dentists, physician assistants, nurse
365	365	practitioners, registered and other nurses, paramedics, emergency
366	366	medical or laboratory techn icians, and ambulance and emergency
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368	368	7. “Infectious disease” means a disease caused by a living
369	369	organism or other pathogen , including a fungus, bacillus, parasite,
370	370	protozoan, or virus. An infectious d isease may, or may not, be
371	371	transmissible from person to person, animal to person, or insect to
372	372	person;
373	373	8. “Isolation” means the physical separation a nd confinement of
374	374	an individual or groups of individuals who are infected or
375	375	reasonably believed to be inf ected with a transmissible or possibly
376	376	transmissible disease from nonisolated individuals, to preven t or
377	377	limit the transmission of the disease to noni solated individuals;
378	378	9. “Mental health support personnel ” means, but is not limited
379	379	to, psychiatrists, ps ychologists, social workers , and volunteer
380	380	crisis counseling groups;
381	381	10. “Protected health informat ion” means any information,
382	382	whether oral, written, electronic, visual, or any other form, that
383	383	relates to the past, present , or future physical or mental he alth
384	384	status, condition, treatment, ser vice, products purchased , or
385	385	provision of care of an individua l, and that reveals the identity of
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437	437	the individual whose health care is the subject of the information,
438	438	or where there is a reasonable basis to believe such information
439	439	could be utilized either alone or with other information that is, or
440	440	should reasonably be known to be, available to predictable
441	441	recipients of such information to reveal the identity of that
442	442	individual;
443	443	11. “Public health authority ” means the Oklahoma State
444	444	Commissioner of Health; or local health department that acts
445	445	principally to protect o r preserve the health of the public; or any
446	446	person directly authorized to act on behalf of the Oklahoma State
447	447	Commissioner of Health or local health departm ent;
448	448	12. “Public safety authority ” means the Commissioner of Public
449	449	Safety; or any local government agency that acts principally to
450	450	protect or preserve the public safety; or any person directly
451	451	authorized to act on behalf of the Commissioner of Public Saf ety or
452	452	local agency;
453	453	13. “Quarantine” means the physical separation and confinement
454	454	of an individual or groups of individuals, who are or may have be en
455	455	exposed to a transmissible or possibly transmissible disease and who
456	456	do not show signs or symptoms of a transmissible disease, from
457	457	nonquarantined individuals, to prevent or limit the transmission of
458	458	the disease to nonquarantined individuals;
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510	510	14. “Specimens” means, but is not limited to, blood, sputum,
511	511	urine, stool, other bodily fluids, wastes, tissues , and cultures
512	512	necessary to perform requir ed tests;
513	513	15. “Tests” means, but is not limited to, any diagn ostic or
514	514	investigative analyses necessary to preve nt the spread of disease or
515	515	protect the health, safety , and welfare of the public;
516	516	16. “Transmissible disease” means an infectious disease that
517	517	can be transmitted from person to person; and
518	518	17. “Trial court” means the district court for the area in
519	519	which isolation or quarantine is to occur, a court designated by the
520	520	Public Health Emergency Plan under the Cat astrophic Health Emergency
521	521	Powers Act, or to the district court for the area in which a
522	522	catastrophic health emergency has been declared.
523	523	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective Novem ber 1, 2021.
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