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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
SENATE BILL 1611 By: Jett
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to sheriffs; allowing counties to
designate hospitals to determine certain medical
status of arrestees; providing certain exemptions;
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 law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 530 of Title 19, unless there is
created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
A. A county may designate one or more hospitals within the
county to determine whether or not it is medically advisable for an
arrestee to be housed in the county jail.
B. If such a designated hospital deems it medically inadvisable
for an arrestee to be housed in the county jail, then the county
shall not be required to house such arreste e.
C. Nothing in this section shall preclude a county from
agreeing to house an arrestee in the county jail or in another
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place, even if a hospital deems it medically inadvisable for the
arrestee to be housed in the county jail.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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