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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
SENATE BILL 686 By: McCortney
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to a prison system trainin g program;
providing for a hospice care training program within
the state prison system; aut horizing the Department
of Corrections, the State Department of Health and
the Oklahoma Department of Career and Tech nology
Education to determine training requirements;
providing for review of applicants; providing for
program completion c ertificates; providing authority
for promulgation of rules; providing construing
provision; 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 sec tion of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-863 of Title 63, unless there
is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
A. The Department of Corrections may develop a hospi ce care
training program within the state prison system. The Department of
Corrections, in cooperation with the State Department of Health and
the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, may
jointly partner in the program to determine the appropriate training
for the purposes of obtaining licensure and/or certification
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required for inmates se lected to participate in the program. The
State Department of Health shall consider program participants in
the process of promulgating rules establishing the appropriate
licensure or certification requirements.
B. The State Department of Health shall review applicants to
the program prior to enrollment to ensure there are no state or
federal restrictions or prohibitions preventing the applicant from
obtaining licensure upon completion of the program. Inmates with
convictions pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 -1950.1 of Title
63 of the Oklahoma Statutes are prohibited from participation unless
written permission to participate is granted by the State Department
of Health.
C. The Department of Corrections, the State Department of
Health and the Oklahoma Department of C areer and Technology
Education shall jointly approve prog ram curriculum for the trainin g
of eligible inmates currently in the custody of the Department of
Corrections. The curriculum shall include required program credits
for each subject and practical skills instruction . Training shall
be provided by a licensed physician, registered nurse or other
appropriately licensed or trained health care professional, as
determined by the State Department of Health and the Oklahoma
Department of Career and Tech nology Education.
D. Upon successful completion of the tra ining program provided
for in subsection C of this section, the Department of Corrections
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shall issue a program completion certificate to the inmate. The
Department of Corrections in cooperation with the State Department
of Health and the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology
Education shall develop a process for submission of notice of
training completion and applica tion for licensure or certification
to the State Department of Health as prescribed by the State
Department of Health.
E. The State Department of Health, in consultation with the
Department of Corrections shall have authority to promulgate rules
for the implementation of the curriculum, as provided for in
subsection C of this section, and for continuing education or
training requirements necessary for ma intaining state certification
in good standing.
F. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as establishing a
right to employment with any licensed hospice provider.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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