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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
HOUSE BILL 1042 By: Kendrix
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to sunset; amending 63 O.S. 2021,
Section 2-1001, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 91,
O.S.L. 2023 (63 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 2-1001),
which relates to the Opioid Overdose Fatality Review
Board; re-creating the Board; and modifying the
termination date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 2-1001, as
amended by Section 1, Chapter 91, O.S.L. 2023 (63 O. S. Supp. 2024,
Section 2-1001), is amended to read as follows:
Section 2-1001. A. There is hereby created until July 1, 2025
2026, in accordance with the Oklahoma Sunset Law, t he Opioid
Overdose Fatality Review Board within the Department of Mental
Health and Substance Abuse Services. The Board shall have the power
and duty to:
1. Coordinate and integrate state and local efforts to address
overdose deaths and create a body of information to prevent overdose
deaths;
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2. Conduct case reviews of deaths of persons eighteen (18)
years of age or older due to licit or illicit opioid use in this
state;
3. Collect, analyze and interpret state and local data on
opioid overdose deaths;
4. Develop a state and local database on opioid overdose
deaths;
5. Improve policies, procedures and practices within the
agencies in order to prevent fatal opioid overdoses and to serve
victims of unintentional overdose; and
6. Enter into agreements wit h other state, local or private
entities as necessary to carry out the duties of the Opioid Overdose
Fatality Review Board, including but not limited to, conducting
joint reviews with the Child Death Review Board on unintentional
overdose cases involving c hild death and child near -death incidents.
B. In carrying out its duties and responsibilities, the Board
shall:
1. Promulgate rules establishing criteria for identifying cases
involving an opioid overdose death subject to specific, in -depth
review by the Board;
2. Conduct a specific case review of those cases where the
cause of death is or may be related to overdose of opioid drugs;
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3. Establish and maintain statistical information related to
opioid overdose deaths including, but not limited to, demogra phic
and medical diagnostic information;
4. Establish procedures for obtaining initial information
regarding opioid overdose deaths from law enforcement agencies;
5. Review the policies, practices and procedures of medical
systems and law enforcement sys tems and other overdose protection
and prevention systems, and make specific r ecommendations to those
entities for actions necessary for the improvement of the system;
6. Request and obtain a copy of all records and reports
pertaining to an adult whose ca se is under review including, but not
limited to:
a. the report of the medical examiner,
b. hospital records,
c. school records,
d. court records,
e. prosecutorial records,
f. local, state and federal law enforcement records
including, but not limited to, the Oklahoma State
Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) and Oklahoma Bureau of
Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control (OBN),
g. fire department records,
h. State Department of Health records, including birth
certificate records,
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i. medical and dental records,
j. Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services and other mental health records,
k. emergency medical service records,
l. files of the Department of Human Services, and
m. records in the possession of the Child Death Review
Board when conducting a joint review in accordance
with paragraph 6 of subsection A of this section.
Confidential information provided to the Board shall be maintained
by the Board in a confidential manner as otherwise required by state
and federal law. Any person damaged by di sclosure of such
confidential information by the Board or its members which is not
authorized by law may maintain an action for damages, costs and
attorney fees pursuant to The Governmental Tort Claims Act;
7. Maintain all confidential information, docume nts and records
in possession of the Board as confidential and not subject to
subpoena or discovery in any civil or criminal proceedings; provided
however, information, documents and records otherwise available from
other sources shall not be exempt from s ubpoena or discovery through
those sources solely because such information, documents and records
were presented to or reviewed by the Board;
8. Conduct reviews of specific cases of opioid overdose deaths
and request the preparation of additional informat ion and reports as
determined to be necessary by the Board including, but not limited
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to, clinical summaries from treating physicians, chronologies of
contact and second-opinion autopsies;
9. Report, if recommended by a majority vote of the Board, to
the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives any information and guidance
regarding the prevention and protection system to advise on changing
trends in overdose rates, substances, methods or any other f actor
impacting overdose deaths, including any systemic issue within the
medical, law enforcement or other relevant systems discovered by the
Board while performing its duties; and
10. Exercise all incidental powers necessary and proper for the
implementation and administration of the Opioid Overdose Fatality
Review Board.
C. The review and discussion of individual cases of an opioid
overdose death shall be conducted in executive session. All other
business shall be conducted in accordance with the provi sions of the
Oklahoma Open Meeting Act. All discussions of individual cases a nd
any writings produced by or created for the Board in the course of
determining a remedial measure to be recommended by the Board, as
the result of a review of an individual ca se of an opioid overdose
death, shall be privileged and shall not be admissible in evidence
in any proceeding. The Board shall periodically conduct meetings to
discuss organization and business matters and any actions or
recommendations aimed at improveme nt of the medical system or law
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enforcement system which shall be subject to t he Oklahoma Open
Meeting Act. Part of any meeting of the Board may be specifically
designated as a business meeting of the Board subject to the
Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.
D. The Board shall submit an annual statistical report on the
incidence and causes of opioid overdose deaths in this state for
which the Board has completed its review during the past calendar
year including its recommendations, if any, to the medical and law
enforcement system. The Board shall also prepare and make available
to the public, on an annual basis, a report containing a summary of
the activities of the Board relating to the review of opioid
overdose deaths, the extent to which the state medical and law
enforcement system is coordinated and an evaluation of whether the
state is efficiently discharging its responsibilities to prevent
opioid overdose deaths. The report shall be completed no later than
February 1 of the subsequent year.
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