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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
April 15, 2025
ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1738 By: Adams and Moore of the
House
and
Frix of the Senate
An Act relating to public health and safety;
exempting public trust hospitals from the Oklahoma
Open Meeting Act and Okl ahoma Open Records Act under
certain circumstances; authorizing executive
sessions; providing exception related to budget
information; defining term; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3310 of Title 63, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
In the event a public trust hospital en ters into a joint venture
with or acquires an interest in a not -for-profit entity to
effectuate the administration of the mission of the public trust,
that entity shall not be subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeti ng Act
and the Oklahoma Open Records Act. Any information submitted to or
compiled by the public trust with respect to marketing plans,
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financial statements, trade secrets, research concepts, methods or
products or any other proprietary information submitted to or
compiled by the trust, persons, firm s, associations, partnerships,
agencies, corporations, institutions of higher education, nonprofit
research institutions, or other entities shall be confidential,
except to the extent that the person or entity which provided such
information or which is th e subject of such information consents to
disclosure. Executive sessions may be held to discuss such
materials if deemed necessary by the trust. The provisions of this
section shall not apply to budgetary information related to
appropriations or the appr opriations process. For purposes of this
section, "public trust hospital " is defined as any hospital created
pursuant to Section 176.1 of Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes or
Section 790.1 of Title 19 of the O klahoma Statutes.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
April 15, 2025 - DO PASS