SB 427

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                                STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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                 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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 SENATE BILL 427  By: Jett
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6AS INTRODUCED
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7An Act relating to health care facilities; requiring
7facilities to publish all policies and procedures;
8directing promulgation of rules; requiring facilities
8to establish certain policies and procedures;
9granting certain rights related to medical records;
9providing for codification; and providing an
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14     SECTION 1.       NEW LAW       A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-712.1 of Title 63, unless
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16 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17     A hospital, medical facility, or long-term care facility
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18 licensed by the State Department of Health shall publish on its
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19 website, and keep updated, all policies and procedures of the
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20 hospital, medical facility, or long-term care facility.      The State
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21 Commissioner of Health shall promulgate rules to implement this
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22 section.
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     SECTION 2.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified
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 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-712.2 of Title 63, unless
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 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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     A.   A hospital, medical facility, or long-term care facility
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 licensed by the State Department of Health shall establish policies
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 and procedures necessary to track and document all additions,
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 deletions, and other edits to a patient’s medical records.
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8     B.   Any person shall have the right to obtain, upon request,
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9 detailed information of all additions, deletions, and other edits to
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10 his or her medical records made by a hospital, medical facility, or
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11 long-term care facility, or those of:
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12     1.   A minor child of whom the person is the parent or legal
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13 guardian; or
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14     2.   Any other patient who lacks capacity to make medical
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15 decisions and for whom the person has legal authority to make such
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16 decisions and would have legal access to the patient’s medical
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17 records.
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18     SECTION 3.   This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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