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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 1462 By: Garvin of the Senate
and
Lawson of the House
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 o f law 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 may 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 provide to
individuals who report to such person that they are pregnant the
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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.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, dated 04/06/2022 -
DO PASS.