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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
SENATE BILL 1625 By: Jett
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to public health; amending 63 O.S.
2021, Sections 1-740.17 and 1-740.18, which relate to
grants to private organizations f or services;
transferring duties under the Choosing Childbirth Act
to Oklahoma Department of Commerce ; updating
statutory reference; providing an effective date; an d
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 Oklahoma
Department of Commerce shall make grants, from funds appropriated by
the Legislature specifically for this purpose, to a grant -
supervising entity for the purpose of reimbursing private
organizations in Oklahoma for the reasonable expenses of programs
providing the following services:
1. Providing information on, referral to and assistan ce in
securing the services of relevant existing programs or agencies that
assist women in Oklahoma to carry their children to term, and/or
providing services that assist women to carry their children to te rm
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including, but not limited to, agencies and pro grams that will
provide medical attention for the pregnant woman for the durat ion of
her pregnancy, nutritional sup port services, housing assistance,
adoption services, education and employment assistance a nd parenting
education and support services;
2. Providing women in Oklahoma, in person and through community
outreach, information and/or services that encourage a nd assist them
to carry their children to term; and
3. Providing services including, but no t limited to, healthcare
services to mothers and i nfants 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
this act July 1, 2021; provided, however, no funds shall be provided
to an organization that provides, or whose affiliates provide,
abortion services.
B. To be eligible for a service grant, an organization shall :
1. Be registered with the Oklahoma Secretary of State as a not -
for-profit corporation located in Oklahoma;
2. Have the grant amount approved by a grant -supervising
entity;
3. For services described in paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection A
of this section, provide each pregnant woman counseled with accurate
information on the develo pmental characteristics of unborn children
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including offering the printed information described in Section 1 -
738.3 of Title 63 of the Oklaho ma Statutes;
4. Assure that the gran t’s sole purposes are to assist and
encourage women to carry their children to term and to maximize
their potentials thereafter o r to reduce the rates of maternal
mortality and infant mortality in this state as provided in
paragraph 3 of subsection A of th is section; and
5. Assure that none of the funds provided pursuant to the
Choosing Childbirth Act, nor any other funds or servic es provided by
the organization, are used to encourage or counsel a woman to have
an abortion not necessary to prevent her deat h, to provide her such
an abortion or to refer her for such an abortion.
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 Oklahoma
Department of Commerce shall make grants to a grant -supervising
entity under the Choosing Ch ildbirth Act from funds a ppropriated by
the Legislature specifically for this purpose. The State Department
of Health Department shall annually monitor and review the grant -
supervising entity to assure that the grant -supervising entity
carefully adheres to the purposes and requir ements of the Choosing
Childbirth 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.
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SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2022.
SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof th is act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and app roval.
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