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29		-	BILL NO. 1832 By: Hefner, Lawson, and Pae of
30		-	the House
	29	+	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
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	31	+	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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	33	+	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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	35	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
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	37	+	HOUSE BILL NO. 1832 By: Hefner and Lawson of the
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34	42		Alvord of the Senate
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40	49		An Act relating to intermediate care facilities;
41	50		amending 63 O.S. 2021, Sections 1 -1956.1, 1-1956.2,
42	51		1-1956.3, 1-1956.5, and 1-1956.6, which relate to
43	52		electronic monitoring in long -term care facilities;
44	53		defining term; modifying to include intermediate care
45	54		facilities; updating statutory references; a nd
46	55		providing an effective date.
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52	61		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
53	62		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -1956.1, is
54	63		amended to read as follows:
55	64		Section 1-1956.1. As used in Section 1-1953.1 1-1956.1 et seq.
56	65		of this title:
57	66		1. "Assisted living center" shall have the same meaning as
58	67		provided by Section 1 -890.2 of this title;
59		-	2. "Authorized electronic monitoring" means the placement of
60		-	electronic monitoring devices only in the common areas or for
61		-	intermediate care facilities and bo th the common areas or room of a
62		-	resident of a nursing facility, assist ed living center or continuum
63		-	of care facility and the tapes or recordings from such devices
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	95	+	2. "Authorized electronic monitoring" means the placement of
	96	+	electronic monitoring devices only in the common areas or for
	97	+	intermediate care facilities and both the common areas or room of a
	98	+	resident of a nursing facility, assisted living center or continuum
	99	+	of care facility and the tapes or recordings from such devices
90	100		pursuant to the provisions of Section 1-1953.1 1-1956.1 et seq. of
91	101		this title;
92	102		3. "Authorized electronic monitoring devices" means:
93	103		a. video surveillance cameras installed only in the
94	104		common areas or for intermediate care facilities and
95	105		both the common areas or resident's room under the
96	106		provisions of Section 1-1953.1 et seq. of this title
97	107		in a nursing facility, assisted living center, or
98	108		continuum of care facility , or
99	109		b. audio devices installed in the room of a resident
100	110		under the provisions of Section 1-1953.1 1-1956.1 et
101	111		seq. of this title that are designed to acquire
102	112		communications or other sounds occurring in the room;
103	113		4. "Continuum of care facility" shall have the same meaning as
104	114		provided by Section 1 -890.2 of this title;
105	115		5. "Intermediate care facility" means an institution that is
106	116		primarily for the diag nosis, treatment, or rehabilitation of the
107	117		intellectually disabled or persons with related conditions, and
108	118		provides in a protected residential setting, ongoing evaluation,
109		-	planning, twenty-four-hour supervision, coordination, and
110		-	integration of health or rehabilitative services to help each
111		-	individual function at his or her greatest ability , not to include
112		-	services through a home and community -based waiver;
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	146	+	planning, twenty-four-hour supervision, co ordination, and
	147	+	integration of health or rehabilitative services to help each
	148	+	individual function at his or her greatest ability;
139	149		5. 6. "Nursing facility" means the term as defined in Section
140	150		1-1902 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
141	151		6. 7. "Representative of a resident" means a court -appointed
142	152		guardian or, if there is no court -appointed guardian, the parent of
143	153		a minor, a relative or other person, designated in writing by the
144	154		resident; provided, that any owner, operator, administrator or
145	155		employee of a facility subject to the provisions of the Nursing Home
146	156		Care Act, the Continuum of Care and Assisted Living Act, the
147	157		Residential Care Act or the Group Homes for the Developmentally
148	158		Disabled or Physically Handicapped Persons Act shall not be
149	159		appointed guardian or limited guardian of a resident of the nursing
150	160		facility, assisted living center , intermediate care facility, or
151	161		continuum of care facility unless the owner, operator, administrator
152	162		or employee is the spouse of the resident or a relative of the
153	163		resident within the second degree of consanguinity and is otherwise
154	164		eligible for appointment;
155	165		7. 8. "Resident" means a person residing in a nursing facility,
156	166		assisted living center , intermediate care facility, or continuum of
157	167		care facility; and
158	168		8. 9. "Unauthorized electronic monitoring" means electronic ,
159	169		mechanical, or other devices that do not meet the provisions of
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	197	+	Section 1-1953.1 1-1956.1 et seq. of this title and that are
	198	+	specifically used for the nonconsensual interception of wire or
	199	+	electronic communicatio ns.
189	200		SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -1956.2, is
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191	202		Section 1-1956.2. A. A nursing facility, assisted living
192	203		center, or continuum of care facility shall provide written notice
193	204		to each resident, or to the representative of a resident, that
194	205		authorized electronic monitoring of a resident's room conducted
195	206		under the provisions of Section 1-1953.1 1-1956.1 et seq. of this
196	207		title is not compulsory and shall only be conducted with the written
197	208		consent of the resident or the representative of the resident.
198	209		B. A nursing facility, assisted living center , or continuum of
199	210		care facility shall not refuse to admit an individual to residency
200	211		in the facility or center and shall not remove a resident from a
201	212		facility or center because of authorized electro nic monitoring of a
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203	214		C. A nursing facility, assisted living center , intermediate
204	215		care facility, or continuum of care facility shall post at or near
205	216		its main entrances a sign that clearly states tha t electronic
206	217		monitoring and audio devices may be in use in the facility or
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208	219		SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -1956.3, is
209	220		amended to read as follows:
210		-	Section 1-1956.3. A. No person or entity shall intentionally
211		-	hamper, obstruct, tamper with, or destroy an electronic monitoring
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	248	+	Section 1-1956.3. A. No person or entity shall intentionally
	249	+	hamper, obstruct, tamper with, or destroy an electronic monitoring
238	250		device installed in a nursing facility, assisted living center ,
239	251		intermediate care facility, or continuum of care facility.
240	252		B. Any person or entity that intentionally hampers, obstructs,
241	253		tampers with, or destroys a recording or an electronic monitoring
242	254		device installed in a nursing facility, assisted living center ,
243	255		intermediate care facility, or continuum of care facility shall be
244	256		subject to the penalties prescribed in Section 1993 of Title 21 of
245	257		the Oklahoma Statutes.
246	258		C. No person or entity shall intercept a communication or
247	259		disclose or use an intercepted communication of an electronic
248	260		monitoring device placed or installed in a common area of a nursing
249	261		facility, assisted living center , intermediate care facility, or
250	262		continuum of care facility without the express written consent of
251	263		the facility, or, for an electronic monitoring device installed in a
252	264		resident's room, the express written consent of the resident or the
253	265		representative of the res ident.
254	266		SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -1956.5, is
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256	268		Section 1-1956.5. A. A resident or the representative of a
257	269		resident may conduct authorized electronic monitoring of the
258	270		resident's room through the use of authorized electronic monitoring
259	271		devices placed in the room pursuant to the provisions of Section 1-
260		-	1953.1 1-1956.1 et seq. of this title at the expense of such person
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287	300		or representative of the resident and with the written consent of
288	301		any other resident living in the room.
289	302		B. A resident who conducts authorized electronic monitoring or
290	303		the representative of the resident may post and maintain a notice at
291	304		the entrance to the resident's room stating that the room is being
292	305		monitored by an elec tronic monitoring device.
293	306		C. Nothing in Section 1-1953.1 1-1956.1 et seq. of this title
294	307		shall be construed to prevent a resident or the representative of
295	308		the resident from placing an electronic monitoring device in the
296	309		resident's room at the expense of su ch person; however, if such
297	310		resident is sharing a room with any other resident, the resident or
298	311		the representative of the resident shall obtain written consent from
299	312		such other resident or the representative of the resident living in
300	313		the room and such conse nt shall be on a form prescribed by the State
301	314		Department of Health and shall be placed on file with the
302	315		administrator of the facility.
303	316		D. If a resident residing in a shared room, or the
304	317		representative of a resident residing in a shared room, desires to
305	318		utilize an authorized electronic monitoring device and another
306	319		resident living in such shared room refuses to consent to the use of
307	320		an authorized electronic monitoring device, the nursing facility,
308	321		assisted living center , or continuum of care facility shall
309	322		accommodate the resident or the representative of the resident
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338	352		requests such a room change within a reasonable amount of tim e.
339	353		SECTION 5. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -1956.6, is
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341	355		Section 1-1956.6. A. A resident or representative of a
342	356		resident who wishes to conduct authorized electronic monitoring
343	357		shall be required to notify the nursing facility, assisted living
344	358		center, or continuum of care facility on the consent form prescribed
345	359		by the State Department of Health.
346	360		B. The consent form prescribed by the Department shall require
347	361		the resident or the representative of a res ident to obtain the
348	362		consent of any other r esident in the room or the representative of a
349	363		resident, using the consent form prescribed for this purpose by the
350	364		Department, if the resident resides in a room with another resident.
351	365		C. Consent may be given only:
352	366		1. By the resident or any other resident in the room; or
353	367		2. By the representative of the resident or representative of
354	368		any other resident in the room.
355	369		D. Another resident in the room may:
356	370		1. When the proposed electronic monitoring device is a video
357	371		surveillance camera, condition consent on th e camera being pointed
358	372		away from the consenting resident; and
359		-	2. Condition consent on the use of an audio electronic
360		-	monitoring device being limited or prohibited.
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	401	+	monitoring device being limited or prohibited.
387	402		E. Except as provided for in Section 1-1953.7 1-1956.7 of this
388	403		title, authorized electronic monitoring may begin only after the
389	404		required consent forms specified in Section 1-1953.1 1-1956.1 et
390	405		seq. of this title have been completed and returned to the nursing
391	406		facility, assisted living center , or continuum of care facility and
392	407		placed on file with the administrator of such facility or center.
393	408		F. If authorized electronic monitoring is being conducted in
394	409		the room of a resident, another resident may not be moved into the
395	410		room unless the resident or represent ative of the resident has
396	411		consented to the use of existing electronic monitoring, in
397	412		accordance with Section 1-1953.1 1-1956.1 et seq. of this title.
398	413		G. The Department may include other information that it
399	414		considers to be appropriate on any form it is req uired to prescribe
400	415		under the provisions of Section 1-1953.1 1-1956.1 et seq. of this
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402	417		H. The Department shall prescribe the forms required by Section
403	418		1-1953.1 1-1956.1 et seq. of this title no later than November 1,
404	419		2013, and shall make such forms a vailable on its website.
405	420		SECTION 6. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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	422	+	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
	423	+	OVERSIGHT, dated 02/27/2025 – DO PASS, As Amended.