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30-ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO . 261 By: Howard of the Senate
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33+1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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38-An Act relating to The Governmental Tort Clai ms Act;
39-amending 51 O.S. 2021, Section 15 2, as last amended
40-by Section 18, Chapter 22 8, O.S.L. 2022 (51 O.S.
41-Supp. 2022, Section 152), which relates to
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62-"SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 51 O.S. 2021, Section 24A.16, is
63-amended to read as follows:
64-Section 24A.16 A. Except as set forth in subsection B of this
65-section, public educational institutions and their e mployees may
66-keep confidential:
67-1. Individual student records;
51+BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
52+SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 51 O.S. 2021, Section 152, as last
53+amended by Section 18, Chapter 228, O.S.L. 2022 (51 O.S. Supp. 2022,
54+Section 152), is amended to read as fo llows:
55+Section 152. As used in The Governmental T ort Claims Act:
56+1. “Action” means a proceeding in a court of competent
57+jurisdiction by which one party brings a suit against another;
58+2. “Agency” means any board, commission, comm ittee, department
59+or other instrumentality or entity designated to act in b ehalf of
60+the state or a political subdivision;
61+3. “Charitable health care pro vider” means a person who is
62+licensed, certified, or othe rwise authorized by the laws of this
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94-2. Teacher lesson plans, tests and other teaching ma terial; and
95-3. Personal communications concerning individual students ; and
96-4. Contracts for use of a student athlete's name, image, or
97-likeness disclosed to a postsecond ary institution.
98-B. If kept, statistical information not identified with a
99-particular student and directory information shall be open for
100-inspection and copying . Except as provided in subsection C of this
101-section, each educational institution may choose to designate
102-specific information which s hall be classified as directory
103-information for students attending the educational institution . In
104-accordance with the Family Educa tional Rights and Privacy Act,
105-Section 1232g of Title 20 of the United States Code and Part 99 of
106-Title 34 of the Code of Fe deral Regulations, "directory information"
107-includes a student's name, address, telephone listing, date and
108-place of birth, major fie ld of study, participation in officially
109-recognized activities and sports, weight a nd height of members of
110-athletic teams, dates of attendance, degrees and awards received,
111-and the most recent previous educational institution attended by the
112-student. Any educational agency or institution making public
113-directory information shall give pu blic notice of the categories of
114-information which it has designated as director y information with
115-respect to each student attending the institution or agency and
116-shall allow a reasonable period of time after the notice has been
117-given for a parent to infor m the institution or agency that any or
90+state to administer health care in the ordinary course of business
91+or the practice of a profession and who provides care to a medically
92+indigent person, as define d in paragraph 9 of this section, with no
93+expectation of or acceptance of compensation of any kind;
94+4. “Claim” means any written demand presented by a claimant or
95+the claimant’s authorized representative in accordance with the
96+Governmental Tort Claims Ac t to recover money from the state or
97+political subdivisio n as compensation for an act or omissi on of a
98+political subdivision or the state or an employee;
99+5. “Claimant” means the person or the person’s authorized
100+representative who files notice of a claim in accordance with The
101+Governmental Tort Claims Act. Only the following persons and no
102+others may be claimants:
103+a. any person holding an interest in real or personal
104+property which suffers a loss, provided that the claim
105+of the person shall be aggregated with claims of all
106+other persons holding an interest in the property and
107+the claims of all othe r persons which are derivative
108+of the loss, and that multiple claimants shall be
109+considered a single claimant,
110+b. the individual actually involved in the accid ent or
111+occurrence who suffers a loss, provided that the
112+individual shall aggregate in the claim t he losses of
113+all other persons which are derivative of the loss, or
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144-all of the information designated should not be released without
145-prior consent of the parent or guardian or the student if the
146-student is eighteen (18) years of age or older.
147-C. All educational agencies or instituti ons which are not the
148-primary custodians of student directory information of st udents
149-attending the educational institution, but which are allowed to
150-access the information for educational purposes, shall be prohibited
151-from releasing or selling any or all student directory information
152-unless disclosure is authorized by the Family Edu cational Rights and
153-Privacy Act, Section 1232g of Title 20 of the United States Code and
154-Part 99 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or Section
155-3-168 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
156-D. A public school district may release individual stu dent
157-records for the current or previous school year to a school district
158-at which the student was previously enrolled for purposes of
159-evaluating educational programs and school effectiveness."
141+c. in the case of death, an administrator, special
142+administrator or a personal representat ive who shall
143+aggregate in the claim all losses of all persons which
144+are derivative of the death;
145+6. “Community health care provider” means:
146+a. a health care provider who volunteers services at a
147+community health center that has been deemed by the
148+U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as a
149+federally qualified health center as defined by 42
150+U.S.C., Section 1396d(l)(2)(B),
151+b. a health provider who provides services to an
152+organization that has been deemed a federally
153+qualified look-alike community health center, and
154+c. a health care provider who provides services to a
155+community health center that h as made application to
156+the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for
157+approval and deeming as a federally qualified look-
158+alike community health cent er in compliance with
159+federal application guidance, and has received
160+comments from the U.S. Department of Health and Human
161+Services as to the status of such application with the
162+established intent of resubmitting a modified
163+application, or, if denied, a ne w application, no
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192-Passed the House of Representatives the 27th day of April, 2023.
192+official notification from the U.S. D epartment of
193+Health and Human Services requiring resubmission of a
194+new application;
195+7. “Employee” means any person who is authorized to act in
196+behalf of a political subdivision or the state whether that person
197+is acting on a permanent or temporary basis, with or without being
198+compensated or on a full-time or part-time basis.
199+a. Employee also includes:
200+(1) all elected or appointed officers, members of
201+governing bodies and other persons designated to
202+act for an agency or political subdivision, but
203+the term does not mean a person or other legal
204+entity while acting in the capacity of an
205+independent contractor or an employee of an
206+independent contractor,
207+(2) from September 1, 1991, through June 30, 1996,
208+licensed physicians, licensed osteopathic
209+physicians and certified nurse-midwives providing
210+prenatal, delivery or infant care services to
211+State Department of Health clients pursuant to a
212+contract entered into with the State Department
213+of Health in accordance with paragraph 3 of
214+subsection B of Section 1 -106 of Title 63 of the
215+Oklahoma Statutes but only insofar as services
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246-An Act relating to The Governmental Tort Clai ms Act;
247-amending 51 O.S. 2021, Section 15 2, as last amended
248-by Section 18, Chapter 22 8, O.S.L. 2022 (51 O.S.
249-Supp. 2022, Section 152), which relates to
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256-BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
257-SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 51 O.S. 2021, Section 152, as last
258-amended by Section 18, Chapter 228, O.S.L. 2022 (51 O.S. Supp. 2022,
259-Section 152), is amended to read as follows:
260-Section 152. As used in The Governmental T ort Claims Act:
261-1. “Action” means a proceeding in a court of competent
262-jurisdiction by which one party brings a suit against another;
263-2. “Agency” means any board, commission, comm ittee, department
264-or other instrumentality or entity designated to act in b ehalf of
265-the state or a political subdivision;
266-3. “Charitable health care pro vider” means a person who is
267-licensed, certified, or othe rwise authorized by the laws of this
268-state to administer health care in the ordinary course of business
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296-indigent person, as define d in paragraph 9 of this section, with no
297-expectation of or acceptance of compensation of any kind;
298-4. “Claim” means any written demand presented by a claimant or
299-the claimant’s authorized representative in accordance with the
300-Governmental Tort Claims Ac t to recover money from the state or
301-political subdivision as compensation for an act or omissi on of a
302-political subdivision or the state or an employee;
303-5. “Claimant” means the person or the person’s authorized
304-representative who files notice of a claim in accordance with The
305-Governmental Tort Claims Act. Only the following persons and no
306-others may be claimants:
307-a. any person holding an interest in real or personal
308-property which suffers a loss, provided that the claim
309-of the person shall be aggregated with claims of all
310-other persons holding an interest in the property and
311-the claims of all othe r persons which are derivative
312-of the loss, and that multiple claimants shall be
313-considered a single claimant,
314-b. the individual actually involved in the accid ent or
315-occurrence who suffers a loss, provided that the
316-individual shall aggregate in the claim t he losses of
317-all other persons which are derivative of the loss, or
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350-community health center that has been deemed by the
351-U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as a
352-federally qualified health center as defined by 42
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354-b. a health provider who provides services to an
355-organization that has been deemed a federally
356-qualified look-alike community health center, and
357-c. a health care provider who provides services to a
358-community health center that h as made application to
359-the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for
360-approval and deeming as a federally qualified look-
361-alike community health cent er in compliance with
362-federal application guidance, and has received
363-comments from the U.S. Department of Health and Human
364-Services as to the status of such application with the
365-established intent of resubmitting a modified
366-application, or, if denied, a ne w application, no
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397-7. “Employee” means any person who is authorized to act in
398-behalf of a political subdivision or the state whether that person
399-is acting on a permanent or temporary basis, with or without being
400-compensated or on a full-time or part-time basis.
401-a. Employee also includes:
402-(1) all elected or appointed officers, members of
403-governing bodies and other persons designated to
404-act for an agency or political subdivision, but
405-the term does not mean a person or other legal
406-entity while acting in the capacity of an
407-independent contractor or an employee of an
408-independent contractor,
409-(2) from September 1, 1991, through June 30, 1996,
410-licensed physicians, licensed osteopathic
411-physicians and certified nurse-midwives providing
412-prenatal, delivery or infant care services to
413-State Department of Health clients pursuant to a
414-contract entered into with the State Department
415-of Health in accordance with paragraph 3 of
416-subsection B of Section 1 -106 of Title 63 of the
417-Oklahoma Statutes but only insofar as services
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445244 the contract and the requirements of Se ction 1-
446245 233 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and
447246 (3) any volunteer, full-time or part-time firefighter
448247 when performing duties for a fire department
449248 provided for in subparagraph j of paragraph 11 of
450249 this section.
451250 b. For the purpose of The Governmenta l Tort Claims Act,
452251 the following are employees of this state, regardless
453252 of the place in this state where du ties as employees
454253 are performed:
455254 (1) physicians acting in an administrative capacity,
456255 (2) resident physicians and resident interns
457256 participating in a graduate medical education
458257 program of the University of Oklahoma Health
459258 Sciences Center, the College of Os teopathic
460259 Medicine of Oklahoma State University, or the
461260 Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
462261 Services,
463262 (3) faculty members and staff o f the University of
464263 Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and the College
465264 of Osteopathic Medicine of Oklahoma State
466265 University, while engaged in teaching duties,
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493293 (4) physicians who practice medicine or act in an
494294 administrative capacity as an employee of an
495295 agency of the State of Oklahoma,
496296 (5) physicians who provide medical care to inmates
497297 pursuant to a contract with the Department of
498298 Corrections,
499299 (6) any person who is licensed to practice medicine
500300 pursuant to Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes,
501301 who is under an administrative professional
502302 services contract with the Oklahoma Health Care
503303 Authority under the auspices of the Ok lahoma
504304 Health Care Authority Chief Medical Officer, and
505305 who is limited to performing administrative
506306 duties such as professional guidance for m edical
507307 reviews, reimbursement rates, service
508308 utilization, health care delivery and benefit
509309 design for the Oklahoma Health Care Authority,
510310 only while acting within the scope of such
511311 contract,
512312 (7) licensed medical professionals under contract
513313 with city, county, or state entiti es who provide
514314 medical care to inmates or detainees in the
515315 custody or control of law enforcemen t agencies,
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542343 (8) licensed mental health professionals as defined
543344 in Sections 1-103 and 5-502 of Title 43A of the
544345 Oklahoma Statutes, who are c onducting initial
545346 examinations of individuals for the purpose of
546347 determining whether an individual meets the
547348 criteria for emergency detention as part of a
548349 contract with the Department of Mental Health and
549350 Substance Abuse Services, and
550351 (9) licensed mental health professionals a s defined
551352 in Sections 1-103 and 5-502 of Title 43A of the
552353 Oklahoma Statutes, who are providing mental
553354 health or substance abuse treatment services
554355 under a professional services contract with the
555356 Department of Mental Health and Substan ce Abuse
556357 Services and are providing such treatment
557358 services at a state-operated facility.
558359 Physician faculty members a nd staff of the University
559360 of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and the College of
560361 Osteopathic Medicine of Oklahoma State University not
561362 acting in an administrativ e capacity or engaged in
562363 teaching duties are not employees or agents of the
563364 state.
564365 c. Except as provided in subparagraph b of this
565366 paragraph, in no event shall the state be held liable
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592394 for the tortious conduct of any physician, resi dent
593395 physician or intern while practicing medicine or
594396 providing medical treatment to patients.
595397 d. For purposes of The G overnmental Tort Claims Act,
596398 members of the state military forces on state active
597399 duty orders or on Title 32 active duty orders are
598400 employees of this state, rega rdless of the place,
599401 within or outside this state, where their duties as
600402 employees are performe d;
601403 8. “Loss” means death or injury to the body or rights of a
602404 person or damage to real or personal property or rights therein;
603405 9. “Medically indigent” means a person requiring medically
604406 necessary hospital or other health care services for the person or
605407 the dependents of the person who has no public or private third-
606408 party coverage, and whose personal resources are insufficient to
607409 provide for needed health care;
608410 10. “Municipality” means any incorporated city or town, and all
609411 institutions, agencies or instr umentalities of a municipality;
610412 11. “Political subdivision” means:
611413 a. a municipality,
612414 b. a school district, including, but not limited to, a
613415 technology center school district established pursuant
614416 to Section 4410, 4411, 4420 or 4420.1 of Title 70 of
615417 the Oklahoma Statutes, or a public library as defined
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642445 pursuant to Section 1-104 of Title 65 of the Okla homa
643446 Statutes,
644447 c. a county,
645448 d. a public trust where the sole beneficiary or
646449 beneficiaries are a city, town, school district or
647450 county. For purposes of The Gov ernmental Tort Claims
648451 Act, a public trust shall include:
649452 (1) a municipal hospital created pursu ant to Sections
650453 30-101 through 30-109 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma
651454 Statutes, a county hospital created pursuant to
652455 Sections 781 through 796 of Title 19 of the
653456 Oklahoma Statutes, or is created pursuant to a
654457 joint agreement between such governing
655458 authorities, that is operated for the public
656459 benefit by a public trust created pursuant to
657460 Sections 176 through 180.4 of Title 60 of the
658461 Oklahoma Statutes and managed by a g overning
659462 board appointed or elected by the municipality,
660463 county, or both, who exercises control of the
661464 hospital, subject to the approval of the
662465 governing body of the municipality, county, or
663466 both,
664467 (2) a public trust creat ed pursuant to Sections 176
665468 through 180.4 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma
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692496 Statutes after January 1, 2009, the primary
693497 purpose of which is to own, manage, or operate a
694498 public acute care hospital in this state that
695499 serves as a teaching hospital for a medical
696500 residency program provided by a colleg e of
697501 osteopathic medicine and provides care to
698502 indigent persons, and
699503 (3) a corporation in which all of the capital stock
700504 is owned, or a limited liability company in which
701505 all of the member interest is owned, by a public
702506 trust,
703507 e. for the purposes of The Go vernmental Tort Claims Act
704508 only, a housing authority crea ted pursuant to the
705509 provisions of the Oklahoma Housing Authority Act,
706510 f. for the purposes of The Governmental Tort Claims Act
707511 only, corporations organized not fo r profit pursuant
708512 to the provisions of the Oklahoma General Corporation
709513 Act for the primary pur pose of developing and
710514 providing rural water supply and sewage disposal
711515 facilities to serve rural residents,
712516 g. for the purposes of The Governmental Tort Claims Act
713517 only, districts formed pursuant to the Rural Water,
714518 Sewer, Gas and Solid Waste Management D istricts Act,
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742547 only, master conservancy districts formed pursuant to
743548 the Conservancy Act of Oklahoma,
744549 i. for the purposes of The Governmental To rt Claims Act
745550 only, a fire protection district created pu rsuant to
746551 the provisions of Section 90 1.1 et seq. of Title 19 of
747552 the Oklahoma Statutes,
748553 j. for the purposes of The Governmental Tort Claims Act
749554 only, a benevolent or charitable corporate volunteer
750555 or full-time fire department for an unincorporated
751556 area created pursuant to the provisions of Sec tion 592
752557 et seq. of Title 18 of the Oklahoma Statutes,
753558 k. for purposes of The Governmental Tort Claims Act only,
754559 an Emergency Services Provider rendering service s
755560 within the boundaries of a Suppl emental Emergency
756561 Services District pursuant to an existing c ontract
757562 between the Emergency Services Provider and the State
758563 Department of Health. Provided, however, that the
759564 acquisition of commercial liability insurance co vering
760565 the activities of such Emer gency Services Provider
761566 performed within the State of Oklahom a shall not
762567 operate as a waiver of any of the limitations,
763568 immunities or defenses provided for political
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790596 subdivisions pursuant to the terms of The Governmental
791597 Tort Claims Act,
792598 l. for purposes of The Governmental Tort Claims Act only,
793599 a conservation distri ct created pursuant to the
794600 provisions of the Conservation District Act,
795601 m. for purposes of The Governmental Tort Claims Act,
796602 districts formed pursuant to the Okl ahoma Irrigation
797603 District Act,
798604 n. for purposes of The Gov ernmental Tort Claims Act only,
799605 any community action agency established pursuant to
800606 Sections 5035 through 5040 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma
801607 Statutes,
802608 o. for purposes of The Governmental Tort Claims Ac t only,
803609 any organization that is d esignated as a youth
804610 services agency, pursuant to Section 2 -7-306 of Title
805611 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes,
806612 p. for purposes of The Governmental Tort Claims Act only,
807613 any judge presiding over a drug court, as defined by
808614 Section 471.1 of Title 22 of the Oklahom a Statutes,
809615 q. for purposes of The Governmental Tort Claims A ct only,
810616 any child-placing agency licensed by this state to
811617 place children in foster family homes,
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838645 r. for purposes of The Governmental Tort Claims Act only,
839646 a circuit engineering district created pursuant to
840647 Section 687.1 of Title 69 of the Oklahoma St atutes,
841648 s. for purposes of the Governmental Tort Claims Act only,
842649 a substate planning district, regional council of
843650 government or other entity created pursuant to Section
844651 1001 et seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and
845652 t. for purposes of The Governmental Tort Claims Act only,
846653 a regional transportation authority created pursuant
847654 to Section 1370.7 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes
848655 including its contract operator and any railroad
849656 operating in interstate commerce that sells a property
850657 interest or provides services to a regional
851658 transportation authority or allows the authority to
852659 use the property or tracks of the railroad for the
853660 provision of public passenger rail service to the
854661 extent claims against the contract operator or
855662 railroad arise out of or are related to or in
856663 connection with such property interest, services or
857664 operation of the public passenger rail service.
858665 Provided, the acquisition of commercial liability
859666 insurance to cover the activities of the regional
860667 transportation authority, contract operator or
861668 railroad shall not operate as a waiver of any
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888696 liabilities, immunities or defenses provided pursuant
889697 to the provisions of the Governmental Tort Claims Act,
890698 and all their institutions, instru mentalities or agencies ;
891699 12. “Scope of employment” means performance by an employee
892700 acting in good faith within the duties of t he employee’s office or
893701 employment or of tasks lawfully assigned by a competent autho rity
894702 including the operation or use of an a gency vehicle or equipm ent
895703 with actual or implied consent of the supervisor of the employee,
896704 but shall not include corruption or fraud;
897705 13. “State” means the State of Oklahoma or any office,
898706 department, agency, a uthority, commission, board, institution,
899707 hospital, college, unive rsity, public trust created pursua nt to
900708 Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes of which the State of Oklahoma is
901709 the beneficiary, or other instrumentality thereof;
902710 14. “State active duty” shall be defined in accordance with
903711 Section 801 of Title 44 of the Oklah oma Statutes;
904712 15. “State military forces” shall be defined in accordance with
905713 Section 801 of Title 44 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
906714 16. “Title 32 active duty” shall be defined in accordance w ith
907715 Section 801 of Title 44 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
908716 17. “Tort” means a legal wrong, independen t of contract,
909717 involving violation of a duty imposed by general law, st atute, the
910718 Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, or otherwise, resulting in a
911719 loss to any person, association or corporation as the proximate
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938747 result of an act or omission of a politica l subdivision or the state
939748 or an employee acting within the scope of em ployment.
940-SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
941-Passed the Senate the 22nd day of February, 2023.
749+SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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949-2023.
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751+COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON JUDIC IARY - CIVIL, dated
752+04/10/2023 - DO PASS, As Amended.