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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
SENATE BILL 584 By: Dahm, Bullard and Treat
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to defunding of fetal bo dy parts
trafficking; amending Section 3, Chapter 202, O.S.L.
2018 (56 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 1005.4) , which
relates to provider eligibility ; excluding certain
providers from eligib ility for funding from political
subdivision; providing an effective date ; and
declaring an emergen cy.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF TH E STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 3, Chapter 202, O.S.L.
2018 (56 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 1005.4), is amended to read as
follows:
Section 1005.4. A. No provider shall be eligible for
reimbursement through Medicaid or any other federal or state program
or any other funding from any political subdivision of this s tate
including but not limit ed to cities, towns, municipalities or
counties, directly or by subcontract with any other pa rty, if that
provider, or any affiliate of that pr ovider, has been found by a
court of law, either civilly or criminally, to have violated 42
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U.S.C., Section 289g -2 (2010) or any other federal or state law
prohibiting trafficking in fetal body parts.
B. Any provider found to be ineligible for reimburseme nt or
other funding pursuant to this section shall be able to reapply
after a period of five (5) years and a show ing that they and their
affiliates no longer part icipate in the trafficking of fetal body
parts.
C. Within sixty (60) calendar days of receipt of a complaint o f
a violation under this section, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority
shall publish the findings of its investigation of the complaint and
issue a determination of whether a provider has com mitted a
violation of the provisions of this section. Nothing in this act
the Defunding Fetal-Body-Parts Trafficking Act shall preclude other
law enforcement entities or a party in qui tam litigation from
initiating action regarding this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2021.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act sh all take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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