§ 1-740.17. Department of Health grants to private organizations for services
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 63. Public Health and SafetyEffective: July 1, 2021
Effective: July 1, 2021
63 Okl.St.Ann. § 1-740.17
§ 1-740.17. Department of Health grants to private organizations for services
1. Providing information on, referral to and assistance in securing the services of relevant existing programs or agencies that assist women in Oklahoma to carry their children to term, and/or providing services that assist women to carry their children to term including, but not limited to, agencies and programs that will provide medical attention for the pregnant woman for the duration of her pregnancy, nutritional support services, housing assistance, adoption services, education and employment assistance and parenting education and support services;
3. Providing services including, but not limited to, healthcare services to mothers and infants for the purpose of reducing the rates of maternal mortality and infant mortality in this state by three percent (3%) within five (5) years of the effective date of this act;1 provided, however, no funds shall be provided to an organization that provides, or whose affiliates provide, abortion services.
3. For services described in paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection A of this section, provide each pregnant woman counseled with accurate information on the developmental characteristics of unborn children including offering the printed information described in Section 1-738.3 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
5. Assure that none of the funds provided pursuant to the Choosing Childbirth Act, nor any other funds or services provided by the organization, are used to encourage or counsel a woman to have an abortion not necessary to prevent her death, to provide her such an abortion or to refer her for such an abortion.
Credits
Laws 2017, c. 308, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2017; Laws 2021, c. 313, § 3, eff. July 1, 2021.
Footnotes
O.S.L. 2021, c. 313, eff. July 1, 2021.
63 Okl. St. Ann. § 1-740.17, OK ST T. 63 § 1-740.17
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 257 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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