| HB1316 | Paraphrase: | modifies language related to grandparent visitation rights. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Charles Ortega (H) | |||
| Effective Date: | 11/01/2009 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 02/25/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| HB1349 | Paraphrase: | creates an 18-member Grandparent Caregiver Access to Services Task Force until Jan. 1, 2011, to study services provided to grandparents caring for grandchildren, study the ways other states provide information regarding available services to grandparents and make recommendations on how to help grandparents be better informed. It directs the task force to issue a report to the governor and the Legislature by Dec. 1, 2010. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Jeannie McDaniel (H) | |||
| Effective Date: | 07/01/2009 | Emergency: | Yes | |
| Status Date: | 02/25/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| HB1476 | Paraphrase: | creates the Twenty-four-hour Pilot Insurance Program for 36 months beginning after Jan. 1, 2010, to cover general health care for the purposes of general health insurance and workers' compensation. The bill states that the purpose of the program is to authorize an employer who provides health insurance coverage to employees and who chooses to participate in the pilot program to contract with a licensed health care service plan to be the exclusive provider of medical, surgical and hospital treatment for occupational and nonoccupational injuries and illnesses for its employees. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Eddie Fields (H) | |||
| Effective Date: | 01/01/2010 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 02/25/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| HB1655 | Paraphrase: | creates the Children's Cabinet to develop and implement coordinated state policies to improve health and welfare of children and families. The bill establishes a 15 member board and directs duties. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Joe Dorman (H) | |||
| Effective Date: | 07/01/2009 | Emergency: | Yes | |
| Status Date: | 02/25/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| HB1685 | Paraphrase: | makes it an unlawful employment practice to inflict an abuse work environment on an employee, and makes an employer vicariously liable for an unlawful employment practice. The bill defines conditions and terms. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Seneca Scott (H) | |||
| Effective Date: | 11/01/2009 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 02/25/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| HB1744 | Paraphrase: | creates the Children's Cabinet to develop and implement coordinated state policies to improve health and welfare of children and families. The bill establishes a 15-member board and directs duties. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Ron Peters (H) | |||
| Effective Date: | 07/01/2009 | Emergency: | Yes | |
| Status Date: | 02/25/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| HB1962 | Paraphrase: | creates the Twenty-four-hour Pilot Insurance Program for 36 months beginning after Jan. 1, 2010, to cover general health care for the purposes of general health insurance and workers' compensation. The bill states that the purpose of the program is to authorize an employer who provides health insurance coverage to employees and who chooses to participate in the pilot program to contract with a licensed health care service plan to be the exclusive provider of medical, surgical and hospital treatment for occupational and nonoccupational injuries and illnesses for its employees. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Chris Benge (H) | |||
| Effective Date: | 01/01/2010 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 02/25/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| HB2166 | Paraphrase: | rewrites Workers Compensation law, provides for employer tax credits and establishes new damages limitations and compensation tables. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Mark McCullough (H) | |||
| Effective Date: | 12/01/2009 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 02/25/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| HB2774 | Paraphrase: | creates the Clean Air in Restaurants Act. It authorizes the Department of Health to implement a rebate program to reimburse restaurants for 50 percent of the funds expended, minus depreciation costs, in establishing a designated smoking room prior to Nov. 1, 2010. It grants the rebate only for restaurants that convert to a completely smoke-free environment by Jan. 1, 2013. It directs the department to use proceeds generated by the Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Revolving Fund for the rebate program. The measure also creates the Oklahoma Certified Healthy Communities Act, directing the Department of Health to establish and maintain a program for the voluntary certification of communities that promote wellness, encourage the adoption of healthy behaviors and establish safe and supportive environments. It also creates the Oklahoma Healthy Communities Advisory Committee to work with the department to develop criteria for community certification. It directs the department and the committee to develop an online scoring system based on the criteria developed. It directs the program to recognize three levels of certification: basic, merit and excellence certifications. The bill also creates the Oklahoma Certified Healthy Schools Act, directing the Department of Health to establish and maintain a program for the voluntary certification of schools that promote wellness, encourage the adoption of healthy behaviors and establish safe and supportive environments. It creates the Oklahoma Health Schools Advisory Committee to work with the department to develop criteria for basic, merit and excellence certifications. The bill also allows the department to provide monetary awards for schools that earn certification, subject to available funding, to be used for the enhancement of wellness activities and the promotion of healthy environments. It also directs the department to develop an online application form for schools seeking to become certified. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Kris Steele (H), Clark Jolley (S) | |||
| Effective Date: | 11/01/2010 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 05/07/2010 | Current Status: | Governor Action - Signed | |
| SB0485 | Paraphrase: | modifies physician definitions and requirements for worker's compensation. The bill allows an injured employee to select a physician of his or her own choosing if he or she opts out of the workplace medical plan. It allows for changing of physicians under certain circumstances and stipulates payment to employers. The bill also establishes procedure for employees to decide upon enrollment in certified workplace medical plans. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Debbe Leftwich (S) | |||
| Effective Date: | 11/01/2009 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 02/18/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| SB0697 | Paraphrase: | creates the Children's Cabinet to develop, recommend and implement coordinated state policies to improve the health and welfare of children and families. The bill establishes the cabinet's membership and responsibilities, including developing a strategic plan that shall provide a long-term children's policy for the state no later than July 1, 2010. In the House, all language was replaced with language modifying membership of the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth, increases the number of members from 19 to 27 members. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Jay Paul Gumm (S), Joe Dorman (H) | |||
| Effective Date: | 07/01/2009 | Emergency: | Yes | |
| Status Date: | 04/22/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| SB0773 | Paraphrase: | increases from 10 to 15 days the time by which notice must be given to relevant parties of a hearing related to grandparent visitation rights. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Patrick Anderson (S) | |||
| Effective Date: | 11/01/2009 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 02/18/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| SB0808 | Paraphrase: | prohibits drivers under the age of 18 from operating a motor vehicle while using a wireless telecommunications device to write, send or read a text-based message. The bill exempts selecting or entering a phone number or selecting a name in wireless telecommunications device in order to make a phone call. The bill also exempts law enforcement officers, firefighters, and operators of authorized emergency vehicles in the performance of certain duties. The bill exempts physicians or other health care providers communicating with a health care facility. The bill establishes punishments for violations. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Susan Paddack (S) | |||
| Effective Date: | 11/01/2009 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 02/18/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| SB0900 | Paraphrase: | prohibits persons age 18 and younger from operating a motor vehicle on a public road or highway while using a wireless telecommunications device to write, send or read a text-based communication. The bill provides exceptions for law enforcement, firefighters or emergency vehicle operators engaged in their official duties; motor vehicle operators using the device to report illegal activity, summon medical or emergency help, prevent injury to person or property, relay information between a transit or for-hire operator and the operator's dispatcher or navigate using a global positioning system; and physicians or health care providers using the device to communicate with a hospital, clinic or physician. It establishes a $175 fine for a first offense and a $500 fine for each subsequent violation. The bill doubles the fine if the person using the device is involved in a crash. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Debbe Leftwich (S) | |||
| Effective Date: | 11/01/2009 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 02/18/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| SB0902 | Paraphrase: | modifies language related to children under age 12 operating water vessels, prohibiting children under age 12 from operating any personal watercraft and removing language allowing operation if accompanied by a person age 16 or older. The bill also lowers from 0.10 to 0.08 the minimum blood or breath alcohol concentration constituting an offense for operating or being in actual physical control of a water vessel. It states that persons operating water vessels are deemed to have given consent to blood or breath tests to determine alcohol concentration and blood, saliva or urine tests for determining the concentration of any other intoxicating substance, if arrested while operating or in actual physical control of a water vessel while under the influence or if involved in a boating collision that resulted in the immediate death or serious injury. The bill allows only certain licensed physicians and other health care workers who are authorized to draw blood to test the concentration of alcohol or another intoxicating substance. It allows only persons authorized by the Board of Tests for Alcohol and Drug Influence to collect breath, saliva or urine or administer breath tests. The bill prohibits tests on persons under arrest who refuse to submit unless the investigating officer had probable cause. It requires a report of lab findings, a medical examiner's report of investigation or autopsy report or a lab report from a forensic laboratory to be received as evidence of facts and findings, if relevant and admissible in evidence. The CCR adds personal watercraft to the list of vessels powered by a motor or combination of motors in excess of 10 horsepower that no person can cause, allow, authorize or permit a child under 12 years of age to operate. The CCR also lowers from 0.10 to 0.08 the minimum blood or breath alcohol concentration constituting an offense for operating or being in actual physical control of a water vessel. It states that persons operating water vessels are deemed to have given consent to blood or breath tests to determine alcohol concentration and blood, saliva or urine tests for determining the concentration of any other intoxicating substance, if arrested while operating or in actual physical control of a water vessel while under the influence or if involved in a boating collision that resulted in an immediate death or serious injury. The bill allows only certain licensed physicians and other health care workers who are authorized to draw blood to test the concentration of alcohol or another intoxicating substance. It allows only persons authorized by the Board of Tests for Alcohol and Drug Influence to collect breath, saliva or urine or administer tests. The bill prohibits tests on persons under arrest who refuse to submit unless the investigating officer had probable cause. It requires a report of lab findings, a medical examiner's report of investigation or autopsy report or a lab report from a forensic laboratory to be received as evidence of facts and findings, if relevant and admissible in evidence. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Bill Brown (S), Mike Ritze (H) | |||
| Effective Date: | 07/01/2009 | Emergency: | Yes | |
| Status Date: | 05/21/2010 | Current Status: | Second CCR Read - House | |
| SB0988 | Paraphrase: | allows an employer who pays at least 75 percent of an employee's health insurance premium for medical expenses to require an employee to seek resolution of a workers' compensation claim through mediation only if the annual health care deductible required by the employee does not exceed $1,000 and the co-pay does not exceed 20 percent of the charge for medical services. The bill states that if the claim is not resolved, it must go before the district court in the county where the injury occurred. It prevents a court from allowing a jury trial in the resolution of a workers' compensation claim. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Brian Crain (S), Daniel Sullivan (H) | |||
| Effective Date: | 11/01/2009 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 03/11/2009 | Current Status: | Bill Failed - Senate | |
| SB0998 | Paraphrase: | prohibits individuals from operating a motor vehicle on a public road or highway while using a personal communication device to talk, place or receive a call or send or read a text-based message. It provides exceptions for law enforcement, firefighters and emergency vehicle operators; drivers using the wireless device to report illegal activity, summon medical or emergency help, prevent injury to person or property, relay information between a transit or for-hire operator and the dispatcher or navigate using a global positioning system; or physicians or health care providers using devices to communicate with a hospital or clinic. It establishes penalties for offenses. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Judy Eason McIntyre (S) | |||
| Effective Date: | 11/01/2009 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 02/18/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| SB1138 | Paraphrase: | creates vehicle-related child endangerment offenses that include permitting a child to be present in a vehicle when the person has knowledge or a reasonable belief that the operator of the vehicle is impaired by or is under the influence of alcohol or another substance capable of adversely affecting the central nervous system as such terms are defined by statute or is the driver, operator or person in physical control of a vehicle and is impaired by or is under the influence of alcohol or another substance capable of adversely affecting the central nervous system as such terms are defined by statute while transporting or having in the vehicle such child or children. The bill establishes requirements and penalties for violations. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Mary Easley (S), Jeannie McDaniel (H) | |||
| Effective Date: | 07/01/2009 | Emergency: | Yes | |
| Status Date: | 05/08/2009 | Current Status: | Governor Action - Signed | |
| SB1162 | Paraphrase: | prohibits the operation of a motor vehicle on any public road or highway of this state while the operator is using any wireless telecommunications device to engage in a call, unless the wireless telecommunications device is a hands-free wireless telephone. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Mary Easley (S) | |||
| Effective Date: | 11/01/2009 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 02/18/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| SB1201 | Paraphrase: | grants a rebuttable presumption of custody to a grandparent or grandparents when any custodial parent who is not part of an intact nuclear family grants apparent indefinite custody of a minor child to the grandparent or grandparents with the intent of relinquishing responsibility for said minor child. It states that if such a parent seeks to regain custody, the court, in determining the best interest of the child, shall consider the fact that the parent granted to a grandparent or grandparents apparent indefinite custody of the minor child when making any grant of custody or visitation, with special emphasis on the relationship between the grandparent or grandparents and the minor child. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Jay Paul Gumm (S), John Carey (H) | |||
| Effective Date: | 11/01/2009 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 04/08/2010 | Current Status: | Failed Deadline | |
| SB1876 | Paraphrase: | adds language requiring a physical education curriculum to be designed to enable students to develop skills and knowledge necessary to participate in physical activity through life. The bill requires the State Board of Education ensure the Priority Academic Student Skills is consistent with national physical education standards and requires that, on a weekly basis, at least 50 percent of the physical education class be used for actual student physical activity and meets the needs of students of all physical ability levels, among other requirements. | ||
| Principal Authors: | Harry Coates (S), Jeff Hickman (H) | |||
| Effective Date: | 11/01/2010 | Emergency: | No | |
| Status Date: | 06/07/2010 | Current Status: | Governor Action - Signed | |