An Act
ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 95 By: Stanley and Garvin of the
Senate
and
Miller and Stark of the
House
An Act relating to infant mortality; requiring
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.
SUBJECT: Infant mortality
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 there
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
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
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form accordingly. The State Department of Health shall retain a
copy of each completed SUIDI reporting form in order to compile
accurate and reliable da ta on SUIDI to aid and i nform 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 Examin er or a medical
examiner appointed by the Chief Medical Examiner pursuant to S ection
937 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Stat utes.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 20 21.
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Passed the Senate the 9th day of February, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representatives the 20th day of April, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _______________________________ __
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
________________________ _________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___
day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _______________________________ __