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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 686 By: McCortney
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to a prison system trainin g program;
66	66	providing for a hospice care training program within
67	67	the state prison system; aut horizing the Department
68	68	of Corrections, the State Department of Health and
69	69	the Oklahoma Department of Career and Tech nology
70	70	Education to determine training requirements;
71	71	providing for review of applicants; providing for
72	72	program completion c ertificates; providing authority
73	73	for promulgation of rules; providing construing
74	74	provision; providing for codification; and providing
75	75	an effective date.
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81	81	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
82	82	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new sec tion of law to be codified
83	83	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-863 of Title 63, unless there
84	84	is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
85	85	A. The Department of Corrections may develop a hospi ce care
86	86	training program within the state prison system. The Department of
87	87	Corrections, in cooperation with the State Department of Health and
88	88	the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, may
89	89	jointly partner in the program to determine the appropriate training
90	90	for the purposes of obtaining licensure and/or certification
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142	142	required for inmates se lected to participate in the program. The
143	143	State Department of Health shall consider program participants in
144	144	the process of promulgating rules establishing the appropriate
145	145	licensure or certification requirements.
146	146	B. The State Department of Health shall review applicants to
147	147	the program prior to enrollment to ensure there are no state or
148	148	federal restrictions or prohibitions preventing the applicant from
149	149	obtaining licensure upon completion of the program. Inmates with
150	150	convictions pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 -1950.1 of Title
151	151	63 of the Oklahoma Statutes are prohibited from participation unless
152	152	written permission to participate is granted by the State Department
153	153	of Health.
154	154	C. The Department of Corrections, the State Department of
155	155	Health and the Oklahoma Department of C areer and Technology
156	156	Education shall jointly approve prog ram curriculum for the trainin g
157	157	of eligible inmates currently in the custody of the Department of
158	158	Corrections. The curriculum shall include required program credits
159	159	for each subject and practical skills instruction . Training shall
160	160	be provided by a licensed physician, registered nurse or other
161	161	appropriately licensed or trained health care professional, as
162	162	determined by the State Department of Health and the Oklahoma
163	163	Department of Career and Tech nology Education.
164	164	D. Upon successful completion of the tra ining program provided
165	165	for in subsection C of this section, the Department of Corrections
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217	217	shall issue a program completion certificate to the inmate. The
218	218	Department of Corrections in cooperation with the State Department
219	219	of Health and the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology
220	220	Education shall develop a process for submission of notice of
221	221	training completion and applica tion for licensure or certification
222	222	to the State Department of Health as prescribed by the State
223	223	Department of Health.
224	224	E. The State Department of Health, in consultation with the
225	225	Department of Corrections shall have authority to promulgate rules
226	226	for the implementation of the curriculum, as provided for in
227	227	subsection C of this section, and for continuing education or
228	228	training requirements necessary for ma intaining state certification
229	229	in good standing.
230	230	F. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as establishing a
231	231	right to employment with any licensed hospice provider.
232	232	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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