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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
SENATE BILL 1462 By: Garvin of the Senate
and
Lawson of the House
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to public health; creating Ava’s Law;
requiring certain persons to provide certain
information to pregnant individuals; requiring State
Department of Health to compile and publish certain
educational resources; providing for codification;
and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of la w to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-233.1 of Title 63, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. This section shall be known and m ay be cited as Ava’s Law.
B. All persons licensed t o practice medicine and surgery in
this state, or who are Advanced Practice Registered Nurses including
but not limited to Certified N urse-Midwives, and who provide
prenatal, delivery, infant care services , and other child or adult
health services related to maternal and infant care shall provid e to
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individuals who report to such person that they are pregnant the
information provided by the State Department of Health under
subsection C of this section.
C. The State Department of Health shall compile and make
available on its Internet website educational resources on:
1. Infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation and basic first aid
including contact information for training programs; and
2. Cord blood banking and donation.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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