SB 937 Summary

• Creates the Task Force on Prescription Drug Fatality to continue until July 1, 2015, tasked with recommending measures to lower prescription drug-related overdoses and abuse fatalities in Oklahoma

• Task Force comprises 21 members including directors of medical licensing boards, the Chief Medical Examiner, law enforcement representatives, medical professionals, legislators, and gubernatorial appointees

• Authorizes the Director of the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs to coordinate an investigations team using personnel from multiple state agencies to investigate prescription drug-related deaths

• Investigation team exempted from state confidentiality laws and authorized to share information across agencies; prohibited from investigating active criminal cases without District Attorney authorization

• Task Force must submit recommendations to the Governor and Legislature by January 1, 2015, with non-redacted investigative reports exempt from the Oklahoma Open Records Act