STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 54th Legislature (2013)

HOUSE BILL 2284	By:	Pittman

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to nursing facilities; requiring licensed nursing facility to operate surveillance cameras in certain areas of the facility; directing facility to retain surveillance footage for certain time period; requiring surveillance footage be made available for inspection; 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 1-1910.1 of Title 63, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  No nursing facility shall be licensed to operate or continue to operate unless, in addition to compliance with other current licensure requirements, the nursing facility is equipped with functioning surveillance cameras recording the view of all entrances and exits, hallways and common areas of the facility.
B.  A nursing facility shall retain surveillance footage of the areas listed in subsection A of this section for a period of not less than fourteen (14) days and the surveillance footage shall be made available, upon written request, for public inspection, inspection by any law enforcement officer or inspection by any representative of the State Department of Health.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2013.

54-1-6540	EK	01/08/13