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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1760 By: Garvin
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to long-term care; amending 63 O.S.
66	66	2021, Section 1-1939, which relates to liability to
67	67	residents; modifying conditions for liability of
68	68	nursing facility; updating statutory reference;
69	69	updating statutory language; and providing an
70	70	effective date.
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75	75	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
76	76	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, S ection 1-1939, is
77	77	amended to read as follows:
78	78	Section 1-1939. A. The owner and licensee are may be liable to
79	79	a resident for any intentional or negligent act or omission of their
80	80	agents or employees which injures the resident if the act or
81	81	omission occurs within the scope of the employment or agency . In
82	82	addition, any state employee that aids, ab ets, assists, or conspires
83	83	with an owner or licensee to perform an act that causes injury to a
84	84	resident shall be individually liable.
85	85	B. A resident may maintain a n action under the Nursing Home
86	86	Care Act for any other type of relief , including injunctive and
87	87	declaratory relief, permitted by law.
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139	139	C. Any damages recoverable under this section , including
140	140	minimum damages as provided by this section, may be recovered in any
141	141	action which a court may authorize to be brought as a class action.
142	142	The remedies provided in this section, are in addition to and
143	143	cumulative with any other legal remedies available to a resident.
144	144	Exhaustion of any available administrative remedies s hall not be
145	145	required prior to commencement of suit hereunder.
146	146	D. Any waiver by a resident or the legal representative of the
147	147	resident of the right to commence an action under this sectio n,
148	148	whether oral or in writing, shall be null and void, and without
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150	150	E. Any party to an action brought under this section shall be
151	151	entitled to a trial by jury and any waiver of the right to a trial
152	152	by a jury, whether oral or in writin g, prior to the commencement of
153	153	an action, shall be null and void, an d without legal force or
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155	155	F. A licensee or its agents or employees shal l not transfer,
156	156	discharge, evict, harass, dismiss , or retaliate against a resident,
157	157	a resident’s guardian, or an employee or agent who makes a report,
158	158	brings, or testifies in, a n action under this section, or files a
159	159	complaint because of a report, testimony , or complaint.
160	160	G. Any person, institution , or agency, under the Nursing Home
161	161	Care Act, participating in good faith in the making of a report, or
162	162	in the investigation of such a report shall not be deemed to have
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214	214	violated any privileged communication and shall have immunity from
215	215	any liability, civil or criminal, or any other proceedings, civil or
216	216	criminal, as a consequence of making such report. The good faith of
217	217	any persons required, or permitted to report cases of suspected
218	218	resident abuse or neglect under this act the Nursing Home Care Act
219	219	shall be presumed.
220	220	H. A facility employee or agent who becomes aware of abuse,
221	221	neglect, or exploitation of a resident prohibited by the Nu rsing
222	222	Home Care Act shall immediately rep ort the matter to the facility
223	223	administrator. A facility administrator who becomes aware of abuse,
224	224	neglect, or exploitation of a resident shall immediately act t o
225	225	rectify the problem and shall make a report of the incident and its
226	226	correction to the State Department of Health.
227	227	I. 1. The facility shall be responsible for reporting the
228	228	following serious incidents to the Department within twenty -four
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230	230	a. communicable diseases,
231	231	b. deaths by unusual occurrence, including accidental
232	232	deaths or deaths other than by na tural causes, and
233	233	deaths that may be attributed to a medical device,
234	234	c. missing residents. In addition, the facility shall
235	235	make a report to local law enforcement agencies within
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288	288	d. situations arising where a rape or a criminal act is
289	289	suspected. Such situations shall also be reported to
290	290	local law enforcement immediately. The facility shall
291	291	make every effort to preserve the scene o f the
292	292	suspected rape or crime until local law enforcement
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294	294	e. resident abuse, neglect, and misappropriation of the
295	295	property of a resident.
296	296	2. All other incident reports shall be made in accordance with
297	297	federal law.
298	298	3. All initial written reports of incidents o r situations shall
299	299	be mailed to the Department within fiv e (5) working days after the
300	300	incident or situation. The final report shall be filed with the
301	301	Department when the full investigation is complete.
302	302	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 202 4.
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