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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
SENATE BILL 1552 By: Treat
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to public health; amending 63 O.S.
2021, Section 1-740.17, which relates to grants to
private organizations for services ; authorizing State
Department of Health to enter into contracts with
private organizations for provision of certain
services; amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1-740.18,
which relates to grant complian ce and monitoring;
requiring Department to monitor and review
organizations and directing termination of funding
under certain circumstances; updating statutory
language; providing an effectiv e date; and declaring
an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA :
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -740.17, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1-740.17. A. The State Department of Health shall
make:
1. Make grants, from funds appropriated by the Legislature
specifically for this purpose for the Choosing Childbirth Act, to a
grant-supervising entity for the purpose of reimbursing private
organizations in Oklahoma this state for the reasonable expenses of
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programs providing the following services: listed in subsection B of
this section; or
2. With funds appropriated by the Legislature for the Choosing
Childbirth Act, enter into contracts directly with private
organizations in this state for the purpose of providing the
services listed in subsection B of this section.
B. Services provided pursuant to the Choosing Childbirth Act
shall include:
1. Providing information on, referral to and a ssistance in
securing the services of relevant existing programs or agencies that
assist women in Oklahoma this state to carry their children to term,
and/or providing services that assist women to carry their children
to term including, but not limited to, agencies and programs that
will provide medical attention for the pregnant woman for the
duration of her pregnancy, nutritional support serv ices, housing
assistance, adoption services, education and emp loyment assistance
and parenting education and support services ;
2. Providing women in Oklahoma this state, in person and
through community outreach, informa tion and/or services that
encourage and assist them to car ry their children to term; and
3. Providing services including, but no t limited to, healthcare
services to mothers and infants for the purpose of reducing the
rates of maternal mortality and infant mortality in this state by
three percent (3%) within five (5) years of the effective date of
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this act not later than July 1, 202 6; provided, however, no funds
shall be provided to an organization that provides, or whose
affiliates provide, abortion services.
B. C. To be eligible for a service grant or a contract, an
organization shall:
1. Be registered with the Oklahoma Secretary of State as a not-
for-profit corporation located in Oklahoma;
2. Have If the Department utilizes a grant-supervising entity,
have the grant amount approved by a grant-supervising entity;.
3. For services described in paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection A
B of this section, provide each pregnant w oman counseled with
accurate information on the developmental characteristics of unborn
children including offering the pri nted information desc ribed in
Section 1-738.3 of Title 63 of the Oklaho ma Statutes;
4. 3. Assure that the grant's sole purposes are any funds
provided pursuant to the Choosing Childbirth Act are used only to
assist and encourage women to carry their chil dren to term and to
maximize their potentials thereafter as provided in paragraphs 1 and
2 of subsection B of thi s section or to reduce the rates of maternal
mortality and infant mortality in this state as provided in
paragraph 3 of subsection A B of this section; and
5. 4. Assure that none of the funds provided pursuant to the
Choosing Childbirth Act, nor any other funds or services provided by
the organization, are used to encourage or counsel a woman to have
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an abortion not necessary to prevent her death , to provide her such
an abortion or to ref er her for such an abort ion.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -740.18, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1-740.18. The State Department of Health shall make
grants to a grant-supervising entity under the Choosing Childbirth
Act from funds appropriated by the Legislature specifically for this
purpose. The State Department of He alth
A. If the State Department of Health utilizes a grant-
supervising entity to implement the Choosing Childbirth Act, the
Department shall annually monitor and review the grant -supervising
entity to assure that the grant -supervising entity carefully adheres
to the purposes and requirements of the Choosing Ch ildbirth Act, and
it shall cease funding a grant-supervising entity that fails to do
so if the Department proves specific findings of noncompliance,
subject to judicial review.
B. If the Department contracts directly with privat e
organizations in this state to implement the Choosing Childbirth
Act, the Department s hall annually monitor and review the
organizations to assure that the organizations carefully adhere to
the purposes and requirements of the Choosing Childbirth Act, and it
shall cease funding an organization that fails to do so if the
Department proves sp ecific findings of noncompliance, subject to
judicial review.
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SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2022.
SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the pre servation
of the public peace, health or safety, a n emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take eff ect and
be in full force from and after its passage and a pproval.
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