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28		-	ENGROSSED HOUSE
29		-	BILL NO. 1424 By: Vancuren, Waldron, Alonso-
30		-	Sandoval, Ranson, Hefner
31		-	and Provenzano of the House
	29	+	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
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	31	+	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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35		-	Garvin of the Senate
	33	+	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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	35	+	HOUSE BILL 1424 By: Vancuren, Waldron, and
	36	+	Alonso-Sandoval
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	43	+	AS INTRODUCED
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42	45		[ school employees - Education Employee Assistance
43	46		Program - rules and evaluation methods - program
44	47		records – confidentiality - disciplinary authority
45	48		– codification - effective date –
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51	54		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
52	55		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
53	56		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 5-117.7 of Title 70, unless
54	57		there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
55	58		A. An Education Employee Assistance Program shall be created
56	59		within the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
57	60		The program may provi de assistance to public school districts in the
58	61		management of employees whose personal problems may have a negative
59	62		impact on job performance. The program may also provide for
60		-	assessment, referral, consultation, and proble m resolution
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	90	+	assessment, referral, consultation, and proble m resolution
87	91		assistance to school district employees and their family members
88	92		seeking corrective help with medical or mental health problems,
89	93		including alcohol or drug abuse and emotional, marital, familial,
90	94		financial, or other personal problems. Participation in the
91	95		Education Employee Assistance Program shall be voluntary.
92	96		B. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
93	97		may contract with entities to carry out the purposes and functions
94	98		of the Education Employee Assistance Program and shall establish
95	99		standards and criteri a for entities to be eligible to contract with
96	100		the Department.
97	101		C. The Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
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99	103		1. Promulgate rules necessary for the administration o f the
100	104		Education Employee Assistance Pr ogram and the maintenan ce and
101	105		release of participant records; and
102	106		2. Establish evaluation methods to assess the effectiveness of
103	107		the Education Employee Assistance Program.
104	108		D. Nothing in this section shall nullify a school district's
105	109		existing employee ass istance program or prohibit a school district
106	110		from establishing its own employee assistance program; provided,
107	111		however, programs established by school districts shall be subject
108	112		to compliance with rules promulgate d by the Board to ensure
109	113		equitable treatment of employees.
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136	141		E. Records related to employee participation in the Education
137	142		Employee Assistance Program or an employee assistance program
138	143		established by a school district shall be maintained separate ly from
139	144		regular personnel records and shall not b ecome part of an employee's
140	145		personnel file. Records related to an individual's participation in
141	146		an employee assistance program shall be confidential and neither the
142	147		records nor the testimony of an Education Employee Assistance
143	148		Program professional shall be subject to subpoena unless a
144	149		participant poses a threat to deliberately harm others or engage in
145	150		self-harm. This determination shall be made by an Education
146	151		Employee Assistance Program professional. A participant in an
147	152		employee assistance program shall have a right to access his or her
148	153		own employee assistance program records.
149	154		F. Nothing in this section or the rules promulgated pursuant to
150	155		this section shall be construed to conflict with a school district's
151	156		responsibility and authority to maintain discipline or to take
152	157		disciplinary measures against employees if appropriate.
153	158		Participation or nonparticipation in any employee assistance program
154	159		shall not excuse an employee from discipline or otherwise affect the
155	160		terms and conditions of the employee's employment status with a
156	161		school district.
157	162		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023.
158	163		SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
159	164		of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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186	192		declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
187	193		be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
188		-	Passed the House of Representatives the 20th day of March, 2023.
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	195	+	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND BUDGET , dated
	196	+	03/02/2023 - DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored.