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28+STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30+1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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32+CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
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335 BILL NO. 2747 By: Miller, Conley, Roe,
436 Cantrell, Manger, Martinez,
537 Pittman, Hill, Boatman,
638 Provenzano, Wallace,
739 Alonso-Sandoval, West
840 (Tammy), Munson, Hefner,
9-Dollens, and Stark of the
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1445 Haste and Rogers of the
1546 Senate
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50+CONFERENCE COMMITTEE SUB STITUTE
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2152 An Act relating to Alzheimer's disease and related
2253 dementia; creating the Alzheimer's Disease and
2354 Related Dementia Infrastructure Act; providing short
2455 title; defining terms; requiring the State Department
2556 of Health to compile and update certain state plan;
26-listing components of state plan ; requiring certain
27-publication and submission of state plan; requiring
28-the State Department of Health to create and publish
29-an annual report; creating the Dementia Caregiver
30-Support Group and Education Pro gram Development Fun d;
31-specifying type of fund and source of monies;
32-providing for expenditure of fun ds; stating allowable
33-expenses; directing development of program for
34-certain grant awards; providing for annual awards
35-subject to available funding; provid ing for
36-application and eligibility for receipt of awards;
37-imposing certain duties on the Department; providing
38-rules; creating the Alzheimer's Disease and Related
39-Dementia Research Fund; requiring the State
40-Department of Health to maintain a minimum of one
41-dementia-specific trained and certified e mployee in
42-each health district; requiring certain curriculum to
43-include specified training; repealing 63 O.S. 2021,
44-Sections 1-879.2 and 1-879.3, which relate to the
45-Alzheimer's Research Adv isory Council and duties,
46-development, and enhancement of the Core Neuropathy ENR. H. B. NO. 2747 Page 2
47-Laboratory; providing for c odification; and providing
48-an effective date.
57+requiring the State Department of Health to create
58+and publish an annual report; listing components of
59+state plan; requiring certain publication and
60+submission of state plan; creating the Dementia
61+Caregiver Support Gr oup and Education Pro gram
62+Development Fund; specifying type of fund and source
63+of monies; providing for expenditure of fun ds;
64+stating allowable expenses; directi ng development of
65+program for certain grant awards; providing for
66+annual awards subject to avai lable funding; provid ing
67+for application and eligibility for receipt of
68+awards; imposing certain duties on the Department;
69+creating the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia
70+Research Fund; requiring the State Department of
71+Health to maintain a minimum of one dementia-specific
72+trained and certified employee in each health
73+district; providing rules; requiring certain
74+curriculum to includ e specified training; repealing
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101+63 O.S. 2021, Sections 1-879.2 and 1-879.3, which
102+relate to the Alzheimer's Research Adv isory Council
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104+Neuropathy Laboratory; providing for c odification;
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52-SUBJECT: Alzheimer's disease
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54111 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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56112 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
57113 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-879.11 of Title 63, unless
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60115 This act shall be known and may be cit ed as the “Alzheimer’s
61116 Disease and Related Dementia Infrastructure Act”.
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63117 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
64118 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-879.12 of Title 63, unless
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69121 1. “Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia State Plan” or
70122 “state plan” means a plan developed by the state in conjunction with
71123 stakeholders for meeting the needs of individuals with Alzheimer’s
72124 disease and related dementia and their caregivers;
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74125 2. “Caregiver” means any person other than a paid provider who
75126 provides care for a person with dementia; and
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77127 3. “Dementia” means a degenerative disease of the centra l
78128 nervous system characterized especially by prematu re cognitive
79129 deterioration. This includes Alzheimer’s disease and related
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80156 dementia and diagnoses which are similarly marked by irreversible
81157 deterioration of intellectual faculties with concomitant emotion al
82158 disturbance resulting from organic brain disorde r, such as:
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88161 c. frontotemporal dementia ,
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90162 d. Huntington’s disease,
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98166 h. progressive supranuclear palsy,
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100167 i. vascular dementia, or
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102168 j. any other neurocognitive disorder that results in the
103169 irreversible deterioration of intellectual fac ulties.
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105170 SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
106171 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-879.13 of Title 63, unless
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109173 A. The State Department of Health shall compile and publish an
110174 Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia State Plan and shall update
111175 the state plan every four (4) years. The Department shall consult
112176 with relevant stakeholders when compiling and updating the state
113177 plan.
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115178 B. Components of the state plan shall include, but not be
116179 limited to:
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118206 1. Information on statewide coordination and service system
119207 development for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia;
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121208 2. Information on education, support, and other available
122209 services for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia ;
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124210 3. Progress reports, updates, and measures of improvement or
125211 decline in relevant metrics regarding dementia diagnosis, treatment,
126212 services, and outcomes as compared to the previous state plan;
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128213 4. Public policy recommendations concerning Alzheimer ’s disease
129214 and related dementia for state policymakers; and
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131215 5. Information on all grant awardees, projects, and amounts
132216 awarded under Section 5 of this act.
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134217 C. The Department shall publish the state plan on its Internet
135218 website and shall submit the state plan to the Speaker of the
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219+Oklahoma House of Representatives, the President Pro Temp ore of the
137220 Oklahoma State Senate, the Governor, and the appropriate cabinet
138221 secretary.
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140222 D. The State Department of Health shall create and publish an
141223 annual report that consists of the progress of implementing the
142224 state plan, and the use and distribu tion of the Dementia Caregive r
143225 Support Group and Education Pr ogram Development Fund and the
144226 Alzheimer's Disease and Rel ated Dementia Research Fund.
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147228 Internet website.
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149255 SECTION 4. NEW LAW A n ew section of law to be codified
150256 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-879.14 of Title 63, unless
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153258 There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund
154259 for the State Department of Health to be designated the “Dementia
155260 Caregiver Support Group and Education Program Development Fund”.
156261 The fund shall be a continuing fund, n ot subject to fiscal year
157262 limitations, and shall c onsist of all monies deposited to the credit
158263 of the fund by law. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund
159264 are hereby appropriated and may b e budgeted and expended by the
160265 Department for the purpose of awarding grants as described in
161266 Section 5 of this act. Expenditures from the fund shall be made
162267 upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as
163268 prescribed by law with the Director o f the Office of Management and
164269 Enterprise Services for appr oval and payment.
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166270 SECTION 5. NEW LAW A new section of law to be c odified
167271 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-879.15 of Title 63, unless
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170273 A. The State Department of Health shall develop a program to
171274 award grants to nonprofit organizations operating in areas of this
172275 state that meet the United States Census Bureau classification of
173276 “rural” to support community efforts to establish support groups and
174277 evidence-based community education programs for caregivers of
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175304 persons with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia. Subject to
176305 available funding, the grants shall be awarded annuall y.
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178306 B. The Department shall develop an appli cation process and
179307 eligibility requirements for receiving the grants. The Depart ment
180308 shall be responsible for distributing and managing the grant awards.
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182309 C. The State Commissioner of Health may promulgate rules as
183310 necessary to implement this act .
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185311 D. The State Department of Health shall include information on
186312 the awardee(s), project(s), and dollars awarded in the ann ual report
187313 as described in Section 3 of this act.
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189314 E. This fund shall sunset five (5) years from the enactment of
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192316 SECTION 6. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codif ied
193317 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-879.16 of Title 63, unless
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196319 A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury, subject to
197320 the availability of funds, a revolving fund for the State Department
198321 of Health to be designated the "Alzheimer's Disease and Related
199322 Dementia Research Fund ". The Alzheimer's Disease and Related
200323 Dementia Research Fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to
201324 fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies dep osited
202325 to the credit of the fund by law. All monies accruing to the credit
203326 of the fund are hereby appropriated and m ay be budgeted and expended
204327 by the State Department of Health for the purpos es listed in Section
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205354 5 of this act. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon
206355 warrants issued by t he State Treasurer against claims filed as
207356 prescribed by law with the Directo r of the Office of Management and
208357 Enterprise Services for approval and payme nt.
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210358 B. The awards shall be made through an awards committee of
211359 seven (7) members, coordinated by the Dementia Services Manager ,
212360 consisting of three (3) representatives from the sc ientific and
213361 medical communities, three (3) members of the general public, a nd
214362 the Dementia Services Manager .
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216363 C. The awards shall be given annually to selected applicants
217364 residing and performing research in the State of Oklahoma in order
218365 to support research into the causes of Alzheimer's disease and
219366 related dementia, methods of treatment, ways that families can cope
220367 with the stresses of the disease, and the imp act of the disease on
221368 Oklahoma.
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223369 D. Information on the awardee, project, and dollars awarded
224370 shall be included in the annual report as described in Section 3 of
225371 this act.
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227372 SECTION 7. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
228373 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1 -879.17 of Title 63, unless
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231375 A. The State Department of Health shall maintain a minimum of
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233403 health worker, health educator , or other relevant employee in each
234404 health district to serve Oklahoma resident s.
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237406 specific trained and certified community health worker, health
238407 educator, or other relevant employee in each health district by
239408 identifying and train ing one (1) relevant employee in three (3)
240409 health districts the year after the enactment of this act, then one
241410 (1) relevant employee in three (3) health districts each year
242411 following until each health district ha s one (1) dementia-specific
243412 trained and certified relevant employee serving each health district
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248416 dementia-specific training and certification based on that
249417 district’s assessment of the employee's capabilities, worklo ad,
250418 competency, and interest. The health district shall oversee the
251419 employee in the employee’s day-to-day capacity.
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257423 1. Connect caregivers and perso ns living with Alzheimer's
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268457 dementia-specific employee shall complete a dementia care training
269458 program recognized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
270459 (CMS) from a certified training s ource or trainer.
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272460 F. The State Department of Health -trained and -certified
273461 dementia-specific employee shall complete annual continuing
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276463 G. Each health district shall work with the employee acting as
277464 the director or manager of federal funds pertaining to the
278465 development of a dementia -friendly public health system to share
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280467 specific employee’s impact in local communities. Data and quality
281468 metrics shall be established by the Center for Chronic Disease
282469 Prevention and Health Promotion .
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285471 employee’s certification status, continu ing education, data and
286472 quality metrics analysis, and impact reporting shall reside with the
287473 employee acting as the director or manager of federal funds
288474 pertaining to the development of a dementia -friendly public health
289475 system. As part of this oversight, the employee acting as the
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291503 of a dementia-friendly public health system shall receive up to ten
292504 percent (10%) of administrative funds to ensure sustainability of
293505 the integrity of the trained and certified dementi a-specific
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297508 the implementation of the trained and certified dementia-specific
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299510 communities in the annual report as described in Section 3 of this
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302512 SECTION 8. NEW LAW A new s ection of law to be codified
303513 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1280.5 of Title 59, unless there
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306515 Curriculum for certified community healt h workers shall include,
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310518 SECTION 9. REPEALER 63 O.S. 2021, Sections 1-879.2 and
311519 1-879.3, are hereby repealed.
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313520 SECTION 10. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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317-Passed the House of Representatives the 24th day of May, 2023.
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334-OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
335-Received by the Office of the Governor th is ____________________
336-day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
337-By: _________________________________
338-Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
339-day of ___________________, 20__ _____, at _______ o'clock __ _____ M.
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343- Governor of the State of Oklahoma
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345-OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
346-Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
347-day of ___________________, 20_______, at ______ _ o'clock _______ M.
348-By: _________________________________
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