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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1042 By: Howard
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to guardianship; defining terms;
66	66	authorizing application for court order for
67	67	transportation of a ward to an inpatient treatment
68	68	facility; establishing criteria for certain
69	69	determination; prohibiting presumption of
70	70	incompetence under certain circumstances ; providing
71	71	for codification; and providing an effective date.
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77	77	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OK LAHOMA:
78	78	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
79	79	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3-131 of Title 30, unless there
80	80	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as fol lows:
81	81	A. As used in this act:
82	82	1. “Gravely disabled” means a condition in which a person,
83	83	because of a mental disorder, is unable to provide for his or her
84	84	basic personal needs for food, clothing, or shelter; and
85	85	2. “Inpatient mental health treatment” means a treatment
86	86	service offered or provided for a continuous period of more than
87	87	twenty-four (24) hours in residence after admission to a mental
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139	139	health or substance abuse treatment facility for the purpose of
140	140	observation, evaluation, or treatment.
141	141	B. A guardian who has obtained an order by a court for
142	142	inpatient mental health treatment for the ward may apply for an
143	143	order requiring either municipal or county officials to retrieve and
144	144	deliver the gravely disabled ward to an inpatient treatment facility
145	145	when one of the following criteria is met:
146	146	1. The ward is unable to utilize the means available to provide
147	147	for his or her basic personal needs regarding food, clothing, or
148	148	shelter. Considerations that shall be made when making this
149	149	evaluation include but are not limited to:
150	150	a. whether lab examinations reveal signs of malnutrition
151	151	or dehydration,
152	152	b. whether there is observed, do cumented behavior showing
153	153	an inability to consume adequate amounts of food or
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155	155	c. whether there is a history of public nudity or an
156	156	inadvertent exhibiti onism which has been observed and
157	157	documented and is due to a men tal illness,
158	158	d. the existence of physical evidence of exposure to the
159	159	environment due to mental illness symptoms which
160	160	prevent the ward from wearing adequate clothing,
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212	212	e. whether there is observed behavior and symptoms of a
213	213	mental illness which prevents the ward from utilizing
214	214	or obtaining adequate shelter ,
215	215	f. the existence of a repeated and recent history of
216	216	failure to maintain adequate shelter in the community
217	217	due to behaviors and symptoms of a mental illness, or
218	218	g. evidence of a failure to maintain a shelter in a
219	219	manner that is safe to live in, due to symptoms of a
220	220	mental illness;
221	221	2. The ward is unable to voluntarily request and receive
222	222	assistance for his or her basic personal needs; or
223	223	3. The ward is unable to survive safely without involuntary
224	224	detention and does not have the help of family members, friends, or
225	225	others to provide the person’s basic personal needs regarding food,
226	226	clothing, or shelter.
227	227	C. No person shall be presumed to be incompetent because the
228	228	person has been evaluated or treated f or a mental disorder,
229	229	regardless of whether such evaluation or treatment was voluntarily
230	230	or involuntarily received.
231	231	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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