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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 584 By: Dahm, Bullard, Treat, Jett,
Stephens, Bergstrom and
Taylor of the Senate
and
Olsen and Gann of the House
An Act relating to defunding of fetal body 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 eligibility for funding from political
subdivision; providing an effective date; and
declaring an emergency .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 3, Chapter 202, O.S.L.
2018 (56 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 1005.4), is ame nded 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 state
including but not limited to cities, town s, municipalities or
counties, directly or by subcontract with any other party, if that
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provider, or any affiliate of that provider, has been found by a
court of law, either civilly or criminally, to have violated 42
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 reimbursement or
other funding pursuant to this section shall be able to reapply
after a period of five (5) years and a showing that they and their
affiliates no longer participate in the trafficking of fetal body
parts.
C. Within sixty (60) calendar days of receipt of a complaint of
a violation under this section, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority
shall publish the findings of its investigati on of the complaint and
issue a determination of whether a provider has committed 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 safe ty, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, dated 03/31/2021 -
DO PASS, As Coauthored.