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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 95 By: Stanley and Garvin of the
Senate
and
Miller and Stark of the
House
An Act relating to infant mortality; req uiring
certain individuals to conduct certain investigation
and fill out certain form; requiring the State
Department of Health to retain copy of form for
specified purpose and provide copy of form to the
Child Death Review Board; defining term; 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 1 -317d of Title 63, unless ther e
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. When the death of an infant occurs in this state and the
cause of death is considered undetermined , a medical examiner shall
conduct a sudden unexplained infant death investigation (SUIDI) not
more than forty-eight (48) hours after the death has occurred . The
medical examiner or a medical examiner investigator currently
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certified by the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators
shall interview the parent , legal guardian or caregiver of, or
person who last had contact with, the deceased infant and shall fill
out the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ’s SUIDI reporting
form accordingly. The State Department of Health shall retain a
copy of each completed SUIDI reporting form in or der to compile
accurate and reliable data on SUIDI to aid and inform the policies
of the Department, and the Department shall provide a copy of each
completed SUIDI reporting form to the Child Death Review Board .
B. As used in this section, “medical examiner” means the Chief
Medical Examiner, the Deputy Chief Medical Examiner or a medical
examiner appointed by the Chief Medical Examiner pursuant to Section
937 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, dated 03/31/2021 -
DO PASS, As Coauthored.