OK HB2376

Amends 57 O.S. 2011, Section 332.18 to clarify medical parole procedures for inmates in Oklahoma's correctional system.

Director of Department of Corrections may request Executive Director of Pardon and Parole Board place inmates on docket for medical reasons outside normal procedures, with medical director certification.

Inmates who are dying, near death, or whose medical condition renders them no longer a threat to public safety are eligible for compassionate parole consideration on the first available docket without the two-stage hearing process.

Provisions do not apply to inmates serving life without possibility of parole, but do apply to inmates serving minimum sentences under Title 21 Sections 12.1 and 13.1 when Board determines medical issues make them no longer a threat to public safety.

Effective date: November 1, 2012.