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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 570 By: Nice
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to hospitals; imposing certain duties
on hospital in cases of fetal death or miscarriage;
requiring the State Department of Health to develop
and publish certain form; 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 1 -702g of Title 63, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. When a fetal death occurs in a hospital, or when a woman
presents to a hospital for treatment of a miscarriage, the hospital
shall, prior to discharge :
1. Provide the woman or her designee with a physical or digital
copy of the form described in subsection B of this section ; and
2. Ensure that a hospital staff member verbally communicates
that the woman or family may request the ce rtificates listed on the
form through the process described on the form.
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B. The State Department of Health shall , for the purposes of
this section, develop and publish on its public website a form that:
1. Explains the process for requesting a fetal deat h
certificate under Section 1 -318 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes
and the process for requesting a certificate of birth resulting in
stillbirth under Section 1 -318.2 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma
Statutes; and
2. Provides contact information for the Division of Vital
Records of the Department .
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
60-1-1303 DC 1/13/2025 5:40:24 PM