ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 1373 	By:	Crain of the Senate

			and

		Schwartz of the House

[ public health and safety - creating the Oklahoma Plan for Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Act - create a COPD state plan - codification - 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 1-450 of Title 63, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Plan for Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Act”.
B.  The State Department of Health shall create a comprehensive chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) state plan that outlines sustainable solutions for reducing the burden of COPD in Oklahoma through the coordinated implementation of multiple strategies.  These strategies shall include, without limitation, recommendations for:
1.  The prevention and early detection of COPD to reduce the incidence of disease;
2.  The treatment and management of COPD to ensure that health care providers offer state-of-the-art care, including increased access to nonpharmacologic therapies for COPD;
3.  Increasing public awareness, patient education and proper medical management of COPD among the general public and those living with COPD; and
4.  Improving COPD outcomes in Oklahoma through increases in COPD funding and resources as well as ongoing effective advocacy by government leaders and people with COPD.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2010.
Passed the Senate the   day of  , 2010.

	
Presiding Officer 	of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________, 2010.

	
Presiding Officer	of the House
	of Representatives