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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
HOUSE BILL 2753 By: Miller of the House
and
Weaver of the Senate
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to mental health; amending 43 A O.S.
2021, Section 10-111.1, which relates to vulnerable
adult abuse, neglect and exploitation; providing that
the Office of the Attorney Genera l maintain a
registry; providing that certain information be made
available to the public; providing information t hat
shall be included in the registry; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 43A O.S. 2021, Section 10 -111.1,
is amended to read as follows:
Section 10-111.1 A. On or before January 1, 2019 2024, the
Office of the Attorney Ge neral shall promulgate rules to establish
and maintain the Vulnerable Adult Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation
Report Registry, accessible to the publ ic on the Internet in an
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electronic format that is easily, and readily searchable. updated
quarterly, to address:
1. A procedure for recording individuals on the regi stry who
have been found guilty by a court of law or entered a plea of nolo
contendere to a charge of abuse, neglect or exploitation of a
vulnerable adult; and
2. Disclosure requirements for information that is accessible
on the registry.
B. The Vulnerable Adult Abuse, Neglect a nd Exploitation
Registry shall include, but not be limited to:
1. The full name of the ind ividual;
2. Information necessary to identify the individual;
3. A description of the findings of abuse, neglect or
exploitation by a court of law; and
4. The date the individual was listed on the regis try
B. The report created in subsection A of this section shall be
maintained by the Office of the Attorney General an d shall include a
list of defendants who have been prosecut ed by the Office of the
Attorney General and have been found guilty by a court of law for
abuse, exploitation or neglect of elder ly or vulnerable adults in
the preceding twelve (12) months. The re port shall be provided to
the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
President Pro Tempore of the Senate on an annual basis beginning
January 31, 2019. The report s hall include, but not be limited to:
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1. The name of the defendant;
2. The crime for which the defendant was convicted;
3. A description of the findings of abuse, neglect or
exploitation by the Office of the Attorney General, including the
circumstances surrounding the abuse;
4. The date of conviction or the date that a plea of guilty or
nolo contendere was accepted by the cour t;
5. The relationship of the defenda nt to the victim; and
6. The county where the offense or offenses occurred .
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON HEALTH SERVICES AND LONG -TERM
CARE, dated 02/28/2023 - DO PASS, As Coauthored.