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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL 2152 By: Roe, Waldron, and Pittman
of the House
and
Dossett of the Senate
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to maternal mortality; amending 63
O.S. 2021, Section 1 -242.4, which relates to
composition and structure of the Maternal Mortality
Review Committee; reducing and modifying membership;
requiring hospital or birthing center to repor t
certain maternal deaths t o the Office of the Chief
Medical Examiner; amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section 938,
which relates to medicolegal investigations ;
broadening types of deaths required to be
investigated; amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section 939,
which relates to production of records, documents,
evidence, or other material; authorizing Office of
the Chief Medical Examiner to share certain material
with the Maternal Mortality Review Committee for
specified purpose; updating statutory la nguage;
providing for codification; and providing a n
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -242.4, is
amended to read as follows:
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Section 1-242.4. The Maternal Mortality Review Committee shal l
be composed of twenty-five (25) eleven (11) members, or their
designees, as follows:
1. Eighteen Eight of the members shall be:
a. the Chief Medical Examiner,
b. the Chair of the Oklahoma Chapter of the American
College of Obstetricians and Gynecologi sts,
c. the Chief Medical Officer of the State Department of
Health,
d. the Chief Medical Officer of the Oklahoma Health Care
Authority,
e. b. the President of the Oklahoma Chapter of the American
College of Nurse-Midwives,
f. c. the Medical Director for t he Oklahoma Perinatal
Quality Improvement Collaborative,
g. d. the Director of the Maternal and Child Healt h
Services Service of the State Department of Health,
h. the Commissioner of Mental Health and Sub stance Abuse
Services,
i. e. the Chair of the Oklahoma Chapter of the Assoc iation
of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses,
j. the Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of
Investigation,
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k. the Director of Injury Prevention Services of the
State Department of Health,
l. the Director of the Fa mily Support and Prevention
Service of the State Department of Health,
m. f. the Executive Director of the Southe rn Plains Tribal
Health Board,
n. the President of the Oklahoma Chapter of the National
Association of Social Workers,
o. g. the Director of the Office of Oklahoma Perinatal
Quality Improvement Collaborative,
p. the Director of the Oklahoma City/County Health
Department,
q. the Director of the Tulsa Health Department , and
r. h. the administrative program manager of the Maternal
and Child Health Service Per inatal and Reproduct ive
Health Division Medical Director; and
2. Seven Three of the members shall be appointed by the State
Commissioner of Health to serve for two -year terms and shall be
eligible for reappointment. The members shall be persons having
training and experience in matters related to mater nal mortality and
severe maternal morbidity. The members shall be appointe d from the
following positions:
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a. a physician who is a member of the Oklahoma State
Medical Association or the Oklahoma Osteopathic
Association,
b. a physician who is a member of t he Oklahoma
Osteopathic Association,
c. a current law enforcement officer who is employed by a
local or county law enforcement agency,
d. a maternal-fetal medicine physician, and
e. c. an individual who has been affected by pre gnancy-
related or pregnancy -associated deaths, severe
maternal morbidity, and/o r lack of access to mater nal
health care services ,
f. an emergency medical technician, and
g. a home-visiting program director.
Every two (2) years the Committee shall elect fro m among its
membership a chair and a vice-chair vice chair. The Committee shall
meet at least quarterly and may meet more frequently as necessary as
determined by the chair.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1 -702f of Title 63, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering , reads as follows:
A hospital or birthing center shall make a reasonable and good-
faith effort to report to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner,
within seventy-two (72) hours after the death occurs, any maternal
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death that occurs in the hospital or birthing center during
pregnancy or within one (1) year of termination of pregnancy.
SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 20 21, Section 938, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 938. A. All human deaths of the types listed herein
shall be investigated as provided by law:
1. Violent deaths, whether apparently homicidal, suicidal, or
accidental;
2. Deaths under suspicious, unusual or unnatural circumstances;
3. Deaths related to disease which might constitute a threat to
public health;
4. Deaths unattended by a licensed physician for a fatal or
potentially-fatal potentially fatal illness;
5. Deaths that are medically unex pected and that occur in the
course of a therapeutic procedure;
6. Deaths of any persons detained or occurring in custody of
penal incarceration the Department of Corr ections or a county jail ;
and
7. Deaths of persons whose bodies are to be cremated,
transported out of the state, donated to educational entities, to
include limited portions of the body, or otherwise made ultimately
unavailable for pathological study ; and
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8. Maternal deaths that occur during pregnancy or within one
(1) year of termination of pregnancy reported by a hospital or
birthing center under Section 2 of this act .
B. The Chief Medical Examiner shall state on the certificate of
death of all persons whose death was caused by execution pursuant to
a lawful court order that the cause of death was the execution of
such order.
SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 939, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 939. A. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Chief
Medical Examiner shall produce recor ds, documents, evidence or other
material of any nature only upon the order of a court of competent
jurisdiction. An inter ested party or litigant in a civil or
criminal action may make application for an order to produce su ch
materials. The court, after notice to all parties, including the
Chief Medical Examiner, and a hearing on the application, may, upon
the showing of good cause, direct the release of a copy or any part
of such material. In addition, the court may also direct the
payment of reasonable costs by the requesting party for the
production of the material. The production of such material shall
take place at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner unless, upon
a showing of good cause, specifically ordered othe rwise by the
court.
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B. The Chief Medical Examiner may, to the extent allowed under
state law, share records, documents, evidence, or other material of
any nature with the Maternal Mortal ity Review Committee for the
purpose of aiding the Committee in carrying out its duties under the
Maternal Mortality Review Act.
SECTION 5. This act shall become effective November 1, 202 4.
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