STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

SENATE BILL 651	By:	Johnson (Constance)

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to screenings for jail inmates; requiring jail inmates to receive certain screening upon admission; specifying personnel who may conduct certain screenings; specifying scope of certain screening; making certain information available to specified persons; permitting the State Board of Health to promulgate certain rules; 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 480 of Title 63, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  Upon admission into a jail facility, individuals shall receive a health and mental health assessment as part of the admission process to the extent that funding is available.
B.  Health and mental health assessments shall be conducted by trained facility personnel or a licensed medical professional.
C.  Health and mental health assessments shall, at a minimum, include:
1.  Testing for HIV/AIDS; and
2.  A mental health assessment approved by the State Department of Health.
D.  The results of the health and mental health assessment shall be made available to the individual and the facility’s physician.
E.  The State Board of Health may promulgate rules as necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2011.

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