Bill > SB1560

This bill, known as the Oklahoma Medical Freedom Act, aims to prohibit certain entities from requiring individuals to undergo or refrain from specific medical interventions, which are defined as any medical procedure, treatment, device, drug injection, medication, or action taken to diagnose, prevent, or cure a disease or alter a person's health or biological function. Specifically, it prevents "business entities" (any organization or individual engaged in activity for gain, including self-employed individuals, corporations, and partnerships, but excluding child care facilities) from denying services, products, or venue admission based on an individual's medical intervention status, and generally prohibits them from mandating medical interventions for employment unless required by federal law or for travel to foreign jurisdictions where such interventions are the sole means of entry, with specific notice requirements for employees. "Ticket issuers" (those providing tickets to entertainment events) are also barred from penalizing or denying access to events based on an individual's medical intervention status. Furthermore, "schools" (defined broadly to include all levels of public, private, and parochial educational institutions) cannot mandate medical interventions for attendance or employment, subject to existing parental rights laws. The act also prohibits state and local government entities from requiring medical interventions for government benefits, services, licenses, public building entry, public transportation use, or employment, unless mandated by federal law, with exemptions for entities receiving Medicare or Medicaid funding. Finally, no entity covered by the act can offer different compensation or benefits based on an individual's medical intervention status, and the act allows for enforcement by the Attorney General or district attorneys, who can seek injunctive relief and recover costs and attorney fees for violations. The bill includes an emergency clause, meaning it takes effect immediately upon passage and approval.