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29		-	BILL NO. 3889 By: Ford of the House
	29	+	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
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	31	+	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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	33	+	2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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	35	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
	36	+	FOR
	37	+	HOUSE BILL NO. 3889 By: Ford of the House
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	47	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
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42		-	[ domestic violence - District Attorneys Council -
43		-	domestic violence forensic exam pilot program -
44		-	Domestic Violence Examination Fund – terms - Crime
45		-	Victims Compensation Board - procedures for
46		-	disbursing funds - limitations on amounts disbursed
47		-	- requirements for claims - transfer of funds –
48		-	appropriation – codification - effective date ]
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	49	+	An Act relating to domestic violence; directing the
	50	+	District Attorneys Council to develop and implement a
	51	+	domestic violence forensic exam pilot program;
	52	+	stating purpose of pilot program; authorizing certain
	53	+	counties to participate in pilot program;
	54	+	establishing the Domestic Violence Examination Fund;
	55	+	stating purpose of fund; defining terms; directing
	56	+	the Crime Victims Compensation Board to establish
	57	+	procedures for disburs ing funds; providing
	58	+	limitations on amounts disbursed; stating
	59	+	requirements for claims; authorizing the District
	60	+	Attorneys Council to transfer funds; authorizing the
	61	+	Legislature to appropriate money to the Domestic
	62	+	Violence Examination Fund; authorizing the Council to
	63	+	make contracts, execute documents, or perform acts to
	64	+	carry out the pilot program; providing for
	65	+	codification; and providing an effective date.
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55	71		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF O KLAHOMA:
56		-	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
57		-	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 421.21 of Title 21, unless there
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59		-	A. Contingent upon the availability of fu nds, the District
60		-	Attorneys Council shall develop and implement a five-year Domestic
61		-	Violence Forensic Exam Pilot Program. The purpose of the D omestic
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	99	+	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
	100	+	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 421.21 of Title 21, unless there
	101	+	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
	102	+	A. Contingent upon the availability of fu nds, the District
	103	+	Attorneys Council shall develop and implement a five-year Domestic
	104	+	Violence Forensic Exam Pilot Program. The purpose of the D omestic
88	105		Violence Forensic Exam Pilot Program shall be to provide counties
89	106		with qualified licensed health care professionals who shall conduct
90	107		domestic violence forensic exams for victims of domestic violence
91	108		assault. Counties with a population of more than one hundred
92	109		thousand (100,000) according to the latest Federal Decennial Census
93	110		may participate in the pilot program. In conjunction with the
94	111		Domestic Violence Forensic Exam Pilot Prog ram, a Domestic Violence
95	112		Examination Fund shall be established in each participating county
96	113		for the purpose of providing to a victim of domestic violence
97	114		assault, a forensic medical ex amination by a qualified licensed
98	115		health care professional.
99	116		B. As used in this section:
100	117		1. "Domestic violence" means any act of physical harm or the
101	118		threat of imminent physical harm which is committed by an adu lt,
102	119		emancipated minor, or minor child thirte en (13) years of age or
103	120		older against another adult, emancipated minor , or minor child who
104	121		is currently or was previously an int imate partner or family or
105	122		household member;
106		-	2. "Intimate partner" means:
107		-	a. current or former spouses,
108		-	b. persons who are in a dating relationship,
109		-	c. persons who are the biological parents of the same
110		-	child, regardless of marital status or whether they
111		-	have lived together at any time, and
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	150	+	2. "Intimate partner" means:
	151	+	a. current or former spouses,
	152	+	b. persons who are in a dating relationship,
	153	+	c. persons who are the biological parents of the same
	154	+	child, regardless of marital status or whether they
	155	+	have lived together at any time, and
138	156		d. persons who currently or formerly lived toge ther in an
139	157		intimate way, primarily character ized by affectionate
140	158		or sexual involvement. A sexual relationship may be
141	159		an indicator that a person is an intimate partner, but
142	160		is never a necessary condition;
143	161		3. "Living in the same household " means:
144	162		a. persons who regularly reside in the same single -
145	163		dwelling unit,
146	164		b. persons who resided in the same single -dwelling unit
147	165		within the past year, or
148	166		c. persons who have individual lease agreements whereby
149	167		each person has his or her own private bedroom and
150	168		shares common areas; and
151	169		4. "Qualified licensed health care professional" means a
152	170		physician, registered nurse, or other licensed health care
153	171		professional qualified by completion of a forty-hour didactic
154	172		domestic violence examiners course, as well as successful completion
155	173		of clinical competence.
156		-	C. The Crime Victims Compensation Bo ard shall establish the
157		-	procedures for disbursement of the Domestic Violence Examination
158		-	Fund, but in no event s hall the Crime Victims Compensati on Board pay
159		-	an amount to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for a domestic
160		-	violence forensic exam. Such payments shall not exceed the amounts
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	201	+	C. The Crime Victims Compensation Board shall establish the
	202	+	procedures for disbursement of the Domestic Violence Examination
	203	+	Fund, but in no event s hall the Crime Victims Compensati on Board pay
	204	+	an amount to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for a domestic
	205	+	violence forensic exam. Such payments shall not exceed the amounts
	206	+	specified by this subsection regardless of the amount of any
188	207		individual bills comprising the claim. Payments shall be made only
189	208		upon claims signed by th e victim or guardian and qualified licensed
190	209		health care professional.
191	210		D. The District Attorneys Council is hereby authorized to
192	211		transfer funds, as specified in the appropriations bill a nnually,
193	212		from the Crime Victims Compensation Fund to t he Domestic Violence
194	213		Examination Fund for the payment o f domestic violence forensic
195	214		exams, pursuant to this section.
196	215		E. The District Attorneys Council shall have the authority to
197	216		make any contract, exe cute any document, or perform any act in order
198	217		to carry out the Domest ic Violence Forensic Exam Pilot Program.
199	218		F. Nothing in this section shall prevent the Legislature from
200	219		appropriating funds to the Domestic Violence Examination Fund for
201	220		the payment of domestic violence forensic examinations.
202	221		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
203		-	Passed the House of Representatives the 12th day of March, 2024.
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	223	+	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND BUDGET , dated
	224	+	02/29/2024 - DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored.