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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 2825 By: Kendrix
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to sunset; amending 63 O.S. 2021,
41	41	Section 2-1001, which relates to the Opioid Overdose
42	42	Fatality Review Board ; re-creating the Board; and
43	43	modifying termination date.
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50	50	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
51	51	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 2 -1001, is
52	52	amended to read as follows:
53	53	Section 2-1001. A. There is hereby created until July 1, 2023
54	54	2029, in accordance with the Oklahoma Sunset Law, the Opioid
55	55	Overdose Fatality Review Board within the Department of Mental
56	56	Health and Substance Abuse Services. The Board shall have the power
57	57	and duty to:
58	58	1. Coordinate and in tegrate state and local efforts to a ddress
59	59	overdose deaths and create a body of information to prevent overdose
60	60	deaths;
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87	87	2. Conduct case reviews of deaths of persons eigh teen (18)
88	88	years of age or older due to licit or illi cit opioid use in this
89	89	state;
90	90	3. Collect, analyze and interpret state and local data on
91	91	opioid overdose deaths;
92	92	4. Develop a state and local database on opioid overdose
93	93	deaths;
94	94	5. Improve policies, pro cedures and practices within the
95	95	agencies in order to prevent fatal opioid overdoses a nd to serve
96	96	victims of unintentional overdose; and
97	97	6. Enter into agreements with other state, local or private
98	98	entities as necessary to carry out the duties of the Opioi d Overdose
99	99	Fatality Review Board, including but not limited to, conducting
100	100	joint reviews with the Child Death Review Board on unintentional
101	101	overdose cases involving child death and child near -death incidents.
102	102	B. In carrying out its duties and responsibili ties, the Board
103	103	shall:
104	104	1. Promulgate rules establis hing criteria for identifying case s
105	105	involving an opioid overdose death subject to specific, in-depth
106	106	review by the Board;
107	107	2. Conduct a specific case review of those cases where the
108	108	cause of death is or m ay be related to overdose of opioid drugs;
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135	135	3. Establish and maintain statistical info rmation related to
136	136	opioid overdose deaths including, but not limited to, demographic
137	137	and medical diagnostic information;
138	138	4. Establish procedures for obtaining initial in formation
139	139	regarding opioid overdose deaths from law enforcement agencies;
140	140	5. Review the policies, practices and procedure s of medical
141	141	systems and law enforcement systems and other overdose protection
142	142	and prevention systems, and make specific recommendatio ns to those
143	143	entities for actions necessary for the i mprovement of the system;
144	144	6. Request and obtain a copy of all records and reports
145	145	pertaining to an adult whose case is under review including, but not
146	146	limited to:
147	147	a. the report of the medical examiner,
148	148	b. hospital records,
149	149	c. school records,
150	150	d. court records,
151	151	e. prosecutorial records,
152	152	f. local, state and federal law enforce ment records
153	153	including, but not limited to, the Oklahoma State
154	154	Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) and Oklahoma Bureau of
155	155	Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control (OBN),
156	156	g. fire department recor ds,
157	157	h. State Department of Health records, including birth
158	158	certificate records,
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185	185	i. medical and dental records,
186	186	j. Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
187	187	Services and other mental health records,
188	188	k. emergency medical service records,
189	189	l. files of the Department of Human Services, an d
190	190	m. records in the possession of th e Child Death Review
191	191	Board when conducting a joint review in accordance
192	192	with paragraph 6 of subsection A of this section.
193	193	Confidential information provided to the Board shall be maintain ed
194	194	by the Board in a confidential manner as otherwise required by stat e
195	195	and federal law. Any person damaged by disclosure of such
196	196	confidential information by the Board or its members which is not
197	197	authorized by law may maintain an action for damages, costs and
198	198	attorney fees pursuant to The Governmental Tort Claims Act;
199	199	7. Maintain all confidential information, documents and records
200	200	in possession of the Board as confidential and not subject to
201	201	subpoena or discovery in any civil or criminal proceedings; prov ided
202	202	however, information, documen ts and records otherwise available f rom
203	203	other sources shall not be exempt from subpoena or discovery through
204	204	those sources solely because such information, documents and records
205	205	were presented to or reviewed by the Board;
206	206	8. Conduct reviews of specific ca ses of opioid overdose deaths
207	207	and request the preparation of additional information and reports as
208	208	determined to be necessary by the Board including, but not limited
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236	236	contact and second-opinion autopsies;
237	237	9. Report, if recommen ded by a majority vote of the Board, to
238	238	the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the
239	239	Speaker of the House of Represen tatives any information and guidance
240	240	regarding the prevention and protection system to advise on changing
241	241	trends in overdose rates, substances, methods or any other factor
242	242	impacting overdose deaths, including any systemic issue within the
243	243	medical, law enforcement or other relevant systems discovered by the
244	244	Board while performing its duties; and
245	245	10. Exercise all incidental po wers necessary and proper for the
246	246	implementation and administration of the Opioid Overdose Fatality
247	247	Review Board.
248	248	C. The review and d iscussion of individual cases of an opioid
249	249	overdose death shall be conducted in execut ive session. All other
250	250	business shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the
251	251	Oklahoma Open Meeting Act. All discussions of individual cases and
252	252	any writings produced by or created for the Board in the cour se of
253	253	determining a remedial measu re to be recommended by the Board, a s
254	254	the result of a review of an individual case of an opioid overdose
255	255	death, shall be privileged and shall not be admissible in evidenc e
256	256	in any proceeding. The Board shall periodically c onduct meetings to
257	257	discuss organization and business matters and any a ctions or
258	258	recommendations aimed at improvement of the medical system or law
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285	285	enforcement system which shall be subject to the Oklahoma Open
286	286	Meeting Act. Part of any meeting of the Board may be specifically
287	287	designated as a business meeting of the Board subj ect to the
288	288	Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.
289	289	D. The Board shall submit an annual statistical report on the
290	290	incidence and causes of opioid ov erdose deaths in this state for
291	291	which the Board has completed its review during the pa st calendar
292	292	year including its recom mendations, if any, to the medical and law
293	293	enforcement system. The Board shall also prepare and make available
294	294	to the public, on an a nnual basis, a report containing a summary of
295	295	the activities of the Board relating to the review of opioid
296	296	overdose deaths, the extent to which the state medical and law
297	297	enforcement system is coordinated and an evaluation of whether the
298	298	state is efficiently discharging its responsibilities to prevent
299	299	opioid overdose deaths. The report shal l be completed no later than
300	300	February 1 of the subsequent year.
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