OK SB578

Department of Corrections shall promulgate rules to allow eligibility consideration for parole to a private, stand-alone, long-term care facility for offenders deemed terminally ill or progressively debilitated as defined by the medical profession.

Terminally ill is defined as a condition reasonably expected to result in death within twenty-four (24) months.

Long-term care facility is defined as a health care facility providing patient living accommodations, twenty-four-hour staff availability, and at least two specified patient services including medical/nursing care or structured supportive living environment.

Department of Corrections shall create a list of eligible offenders for parole consideration to be provided to the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board.

Eligible offenders shall exclude death row inmates, those sentenced to life without possibility of parole, and those sentenced for violent offenses listed in Section 571 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Act becomes effective November 1, 2015.