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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
HOUSE BILL 2606 By: Harris
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to domestic violence; directing the
District Attorneys Council to develop and implement a
domestic violence forensic exam pilot program;
stating purpose of pilot program; authorizing certain
counties to participate in pilot program;
establishing the Domestic Violence Examination Fund;
stating purpose of fund; defining terms; directing
the Crime Victims Compensation Board to establish
procedures for disbursing funds; providing
limitations on amounts di sbursed; stating
requirements for claims; authorizing the District
Attorneys Council to transfer funds; authorizing the
Legislature to appropriate money to the Domestic
Violence Examination Fund; authorizing the Council to
make contracts, execute documents, or perform acts to
carry out the pilot program; 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 421.21 of Title 21, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Contingent upon the availability of funds, the D istrict
Attorneys Council shall develop and implement a five -year Domestic
Violence Forensic Exam Pilot Program. The purpose of the Domestic
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Violence Forensic Exam Pilot Program shall be to provide counties
with qualified licensed health care professional s who shall conduct
domestic violence forensic exams for victims of domestic v iolence
assault. Counties with a population of more than one hundred
thousand (100,000) according to the latest Federal Decennial Census
may participate in the pilot program. I n conjunction with the
Domestic Violence Forensic Exam Pilot Program, a Domestic Violence
Examination Fund shall be established in each participating county
for the purpose of providing to a victim of domestic violence
assault, a forensic medical examinati on by a qualified licensed
health care professional.
B. As used in this secti on:
1. "Domestic violence" means any act of physical harm or the
threat of imminent physical harm which is committed by an adult,
emancipated minor, or minor child thirteen (13) years of age or
older against another adult, emancipated minor, or minor child who
is currently or was previously an intimate partner or family or
household member;
2. "Intimate partner" means:
a. current or former spouses,
b. persons who are in a dating relationship,
c. persons who are the biological parents of the same
child, regardless of marital status or whether they
have lived together at any time, and
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d. persons who currently or formerly lived together in an
intimate way, primarily characterized by affectionate
or sexual involvement. A sexual relationship may be
an indicator that a person is an intimate partner, but
is never a necessary condition;
3. "Living in the same household " means:
a. persons who regularly reside in the same single -
dwelling unit,
b. persons who resided in the same single -dwelling unit
within the past year, or
c. persons who have individual lease agreements whereby
each person has his or her own private bedroom and
shares common areas; and
4. "Qualified licensed health care p rofessional" means a
physician, registered nurse, or other licensed health care
professional qualified by completion of a forty -hour didactic
domestic violence examiners course, as well as successful completion
of clinical competence.
C. The Crime Victims Compensation Board shall establish the
procedures for disbursement of the Dom estic Violence Examination
Fund, but in no event shall the Crime Victims Compensation Board pay
an amount to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for a domestic
violence forensic exam. Such payments shall not exceed the amounts
specified by this subsection regardless of the amount of any
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individual bills comprising the claim. Payments shall be made only
upon claims signed by the victim or guardian and qualified licensed
health care professional.
D. The District Attorneys Council is hereby authorized to
transfer funds, as specified in the appropriations bill annually,
from the Crime Victims Compensation Fund to the Domestic Violence
Examination Fund for the payment of domestic vi olence forensic
exams, pursuant to this section.
E. The District Attorneys Council shall have the authority to
make any contract, execute any document, or perform any act in order
to carry out the Domestic Violence Forensic Exam Pilot Program.
F. Nothing in this section shall prevent the Legislature from
appropriating funds to the Domestic Violence Examination Fund for
the payment of domestic violence forensic examinations.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
60-1-11337 GRS 12/16/24