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4		-	An Act
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	31	+	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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	33	+	1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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6	36		BILL NO. 50 By: Howard of the Senate
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10	40		Worthen of the House
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15	45		An Act relating to confidentiality of court records;
16	46		amending 22 O.S. 2011, Section 472, as amended by
17	47		Section 1, Chapter 180, O.S.L. 2014 (22 O.S. Supp.
18	48		2020, Section 472), which relates to mental health
19	49		courts; establishing confidentiality requirements for
20	50		cases assigned to mental health court programs; and
21	51		providing an effective date .
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27		-	SUBJECT: Confidentiality of court records
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29	57		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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31	58		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 22 O.S. 2011, Section 472, as
32	59		amended by Section 1, Chapter 180, O.S.L. 2014 (22 O.S. Supp. 20 20,
33	60		Section 472), is amended to read as follows:
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35	61		Section 472. A. This section shall be known and may be cited
36	62		as the “Anna McBride Act”.
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38	63		B. Any district or municipal court of this state may establish
39	64		a mental health court program pursuant to the provisions of this
40	65		section, subject to the availability of funds.
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42	93		C. The court may request assistance from the Department of
43	94		Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services which shall be the
44	95		primary agency to assist in developing and implementing a mental
45	96		health court program.
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49	97		D. For purposes of this section, “mental health court” means a
50	98		judicial process that utilizes specially trained court personnel to
51	99		expedite the a case and explore alternatives to incarceration for
52	100		offenders an offender charged with criminal offenses other than a
53	101		crime listed in paragraph 2 of Section 571 of Title 57 of the
54	102		Oklahoma Statutes who have has a mental illness or a developmental
55	103		disability, or a co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse
56	104		disorder. The district attorney ’s office may use discretion in the
57	105		prosecution of those offenders an offender specified in this
58	106		subsection subject to the restrictions provided in subsection E of
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61	108		E. The court shall have the authority to exclude from mental
62	109		health court any offender arrested or charged with any vio lent
63	110		offense or any offender who has a prior felony conviction in this
64	111		state or another state for a violent offense. Eligibility and entry
65	112		by an offender into the mental health court program is dependent
66	113		upon prior approval of the district attorney. Elig ible offenses may
67	114		further be restricted by the rules of the specific mental health
68	115		court program. The court also shall have the authority to exclude
69	116		persons from mental health court who have a propensity for violence.
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71	144		F. The mental health court judge sha ll recognize relapses and
72	145		restarts in the program which shall be considered as part of the
73	146		rehabilitation and recovery process. The court shall accomplish
74	147		monitoring and offender accountability by ordering progressively
75	148		increasing sanctions or providing i ncentives, rather than removing
76	149		the offender from the program when a violation occurs, except when
77	150		the conduct of the offender requires revocation from the program.
78	151		Any revocation from the mental health court program shall require
79	152		notice to the offender a nd other participating parties in the case
80	153		and a revocation hearing. At the revocation hearing, if the
81	154		offender is found to have violated the conditions of the plea
82	155		agreement or performance contract and disciplinary sanctions have
83	156		been insufficient to gai n compliance, the offender shall be revoked
84	157		from the program and sentenced for the offense as provided in the
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87	159		G. Any criminal case which has been filed and processed in the
88	160		traditional manner shall be cross -referenced to a mental health
89	161		court case file by the court clerk if the case is subsequently
90	162		assigned to a mental health court program. The originating criminal
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93	163		case file shall remain open to public inspection. The court shall
94	164		determine what information or pleadings are to be retained in the
95	165		mental health case court file, which shall be closed to public
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102		-	Passed the Senate the 1st day of March, 2021.
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116		-	OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
117		-	Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
118		-	day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
119		-	By: _______________________________ __
120		-	Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
121		-	day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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124		-	Governor of the State of Oklahoma
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127		-	OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
128		-	Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___
129		-	day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
130		-	By: _______________________________ __
	196	+	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY - CRIMINAL, dated
	197	+	03/31/2021 - DO PASS.