An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2753 By: Miller, Lawson, Wolfley,
and Stark of the House
and
Weaver of the Senate
An Act relating to mental health; amending 43A O.S.
2021, Section 10-111.1, which relates to vulnerable
adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation; requiring the
Office of the Attorney Genera l to establish and
maintain a certain registry; requiring quarterly
update of registry; specifying information to be
included in registry; and providing an effective
date.
SUBJECT: Mental health
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 General shall promulgate establish and
maintain the Vulnerable Adult Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation Report
Registry, accessible to the publ ic on the Internet in an electronic
format that is easily and readily searchable updated quarterly, to
address:
1. A procedure for recording individuals on the registry who
have been found guilty by a court of law or entered a plea of guilty
or nolo contendere to a charge of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of
a vulnerable adult; and
2. Disclosure requirements for information that is accessible
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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 prosecuted by the Office of the
Attorney General and have been found guilty by a court of law for
abuse, exploitation or neglect of elderly or vulnerable adults i n
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 The Vulnerable Adult Abuse, Neglect
and Exploitation Registry shall include, but not be limited to:
1. The full name of the defendant individual;
2. The crime for which the defendant was convicted Information
necessary to identify the indivi dual;
3. A description of the findings of abuse, neglect or
exploitation by the Office of the Attorney General, i ncluding the
circumstances surrounding the abuse ; The disposition and other
identifying case information regarding convictions or confessions of
abuse, neglect, or exploitation in a court of law; and
4. The date of conviction or the date that a plea of guilty or
nolo contendere was accepted by the court;
5. The relationship of the defendant to the victim; and
6. The county where the offense or offens es occurred the
individual was convicted or pled guilty or nolo contendere.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 9th day of May, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 19th day of April, 2023.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the Sta te of Oklahoma this _____ ____
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State th is __________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________