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3	34		BILL NO. 2818 By: Kendrix of the House
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7	38		Bergstrom of the Senate
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14	43		An Act relating to sunset; amending 63 O.S. 2021,
15	44		Section 2-1001, which relates to the Opioid Overdose
16	45		Fatality Review Board; re-creating the Board; and
17	46		modifying termination date.
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22		-	SUBJECT: Sunset
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24	51		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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26	52		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 2 -1001, is
27	53		amended to read as follows:
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29	54		Section 2-1001. A. There is hereby created until Ju ly 1, 2023
30	55		2025, in accordance with the Oklahoma Sunset Law, the Opioid
31	56		Overdose Fatality Review Board within the D epartment of Mental
32	57		Health and Substance Abuse Services. The Board shall have the powe r
33	58		and duty to:
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35	59		1. Coordinate and integrate state and local efforts to address
36	60		overdose deaths and create a body of information to prevent overdose
37	61		deaths;
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39	89		2. Conduct case reviews of deaths of persons eigh teen (18)
40	90		years of age or older due to licit or il licit opioid use in this
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43	92		3. Collect, analyze a nd interpret state and local data on
44	93		opioid overdose deaths;
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46	94		4. Develop a state and local database on opioid overd ose
47	95		deaths;
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49	96		5. Improve policies, pro cedures and practices within the
50	97		agencies in order to prevent fatal opioid overdoses and to serve
51	98		victims of unintentional overdose; and
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53	99		6. Enter into agreements with other state, local or private
54	100		entities as necessary to carry out the duties of the Opioi d Overdose
55	101		Fatality Review Board, including but no t limited to, conducting
56	102		joint reviews with the Child Death Review Board on unintentional
57	103		overdose cases involving child death and child near -death incidents.
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59	104		B. In carrying out its duties and responsibili ties, the Board
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62	106		1. Promulgate rules establ ishing criteria for identifying cases
63	107		involving an opioid overdose death subject to specific, in-depth
64	108		review by the Board;
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66	109		2. Conduct a specific case review of those c ases where the
67	110		cause of death is or m ay be related to overdose of opioid drugs;
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69	138		3. Establish and maintain statistical information related to
70	139		opioid overdose deaths including, but not limited to, demographic
71	140		and medical diagnostic information;
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73	141		4. Establish procedures for obtaining initial in formation
74	142		regarding opioid overdose deaths from la w enforcement agencies;
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76	143		5. Review the policies, pract ices and procedures of medical
77	144		systems and law enforcement systems and other overdose protection
78	145		and prevention systems, and make specific recommendatio ns to those
79	146		entities for actions necessary for the improvement of the system;
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81	147		6. Request and obtain a c opy of all records and reports
82	148		pertaining to an adult whose case is under review including, but not
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87	151		b. hospital records,
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89	152		c. school records,
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91	153		d. court records,
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93	154		e. prosecutorial records,
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95	155		f. local, state and federal law enforcement records
96	156		including, but not limited to, the Oklahoma State
97	157		Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) and Oklahoma Bureau of
98	158		Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control (OBN),
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100	159		g. fire department records,
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102	160		h. State Department of Health records, including birth
103	161		certificate records,
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105	189		i. medical and dental records,
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107	190		j. Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
108	191		Services and other mental health records,
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110	192		k. emergency medical service records,
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112	193		l. files of the Department of Human Services, and
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114	194		m. records in the possession of the Child Death Review
115	195		Board when conducting a joint review in accordance
116	196		with paragraph 6 of subse ction A of this section.
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118	197		Confidential information provided to the Board shall be mainta ined
119	198		by the Board in a confidential manner as otherwis e required by state
120	199		and federal law. Any person damaged by disclosure of such
121	200		confidential information by the Boar d or its members which is not
122	201		authorized by law may maintain an action for damages, cos ts and
123	202		attorney fees pursuant to The Governmental Tort Claims Act;
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125	203		7. Maintain all confidential information, documents and records
126	204		in possession of the Board as confide ntial and not subject to
127	205		subpoena or discovery in any civil or criminal proceedings; pr ovided
128	206		however, information, documents and records oth erwise available from
129	207		other sources shall not be exempt from subpoena or discovery through
130	208		those sources solely bec ause such information, documents and records
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133	210		8. Conduct reviews of specific cases of opioid over dose deaths
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136	240		to, clinical summaries from treating physicians, chron ologies of
137	241		contact and second-opinion autopsies;
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139	242		9. Report, if recommended by a majority vote of the Board, to
140	243		the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the
141	244		Speaker of the House of Represen tatives any information and guidance
142	245		regarding the prevention and protection system to advise on changin g
143	246		trends in overdose rates, substances, methods or any other factor
144	247		impacting overdose deaths, including any system ic issue within the
145	248		medical, law enforcement or other relevant systems discovered by th e
146	249		Board while performing its duties; and
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148	250		10. Exercise all incidental powers necessary and proper for the
149	251		implementation and administration of the Opioid Overdose Fatali ty
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152	253		C. The review and d iscussion of individual cases of an opioid
153	254		overdose death shall be conducted in executive session. All other
154	255		business shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the
155	256		Oklahoma Open Meeting Act. All discussi ons of individual cases and
156	257		any writings produced by or created for the Board in the co urse of
157	258		determining a remedial measure to be recommend ed by the Board, as
158	259		the result of a review of an individual case of an opioid overdose
159	260		death, shall be privileged a nd shall not be admissible in evidenc e
160	261		in any proceeding. The Board shall periodically conduct meetings to
161	262		discuss organization and business matters and any actions or
162	263		recommendations aimed at improvement of the medical system or law
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163	291		enforcement system wh ich shall be subject to the Oklahoma Open
164	292		Meeting Act. Part of any meeting of the Boar d may be specifically
165	293		designated as a business meeting of the Board subject to the
166	294		Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.
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169	296		incidence and causes of opioid ov erdose deaths in this state for
170	297		which the Board has completed its review during the past calendar
171	298		year including its recommendations, if any, to the medical and law
172	299		enforcement system. The Board shall also prepare and make available
173	300		to the public, on an a nnual basis, a report containing a summary of
174	301		the activities of the Board relating to the review of opio id
175	302		overdose deaths, the extent to which the state medical and law
176	303		enforcement system is coordinated and an evaluati on of whether the
177	304		state is efficiently discharging its responsibilities to prevent
178	305		opioid overdose deaths. The report shall be completed no later than
179	306		February 1 of the subsequent year.
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181		-	Passed the House of Representatives the 9th day of March, 2023.
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199		-	OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
200		-	Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
201		-	day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
202		-	By: _________________________________
203		-	Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
204		-	day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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208		-	Governor of the State of Oklahoma
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210		-	OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
211		-	Received by the Offi ce of the Secretary of State this __________
212		-	day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
213		-	By: _________________________________
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