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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
SENATE BILL 664 By: Daniels
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to vulnerable adults; establishing
cause of action for certain abuse, neglect or
exploitation; authorizing action to be brought by
certain persons; authorizing award of actual and
punitive damages in certain action; authorizing award
of court cost and attorney fees; providing for
cumulative remedies; 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 10-111.2 of Title 43A, unless
there is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as foll ows:
A vulnerable adult as defined pursuant to Section 10 -103 of
Title 43A of the Okl ahoma Statutes shall have a cause of action
against any perpetrator of abuse, neglect or exploitation and may
recover actual and punitive damages. The action may be broug ht in
any court of competent jur isdiction by the vulnerable adult or the
adult’s guardian, by a person or organization acting on behalf of
the vulnerable adult with the consent of th e adult or the adult’s
guardian or by the personal representative of the e state of a
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deceased victim without regard to whether the cause of death
resulted from the abuse, neglect or exploitation. The court may
award court costs and attorney fees to the prevailing party in the
action. The remedies provided in th is section shall be in addition
to and cumulative with other legal and administrative remedies
available to a vulnerable adult.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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