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- House Bill 2895 (Representative Townley): Allows childcare centers to use a 60-day probationary appointment for a replacement master teacher and gives a new master teacher up to one year to complete certification requirements. The committee reported the bill out with unanimous support; vote recorded as all present voted in favor (recorded as 12 yeas, 0 nays).

- House Bill 1667 (Vice Chair Cantrell): Establishes a 14-day grace period for childcare licensure processing by DHS and directs DHS to complete its portion of licensing within 14 days; the University of Oklahoma retains a separate allowance (up to 45 days) for its portion. The committee voted to report the bill out as do-pass, 12–0.

- House Bill 2801 (Representative Marty): Allows the Health Care Authority to approve prior authorizations for certain FDA-approved atypical antipsychotics not listed as preferred after a patient has failed one other atypical in the previous year, intended to reduce time on ineffective treatments. The committee reported the bill out as do-pass, 12–0.

- House Bill 2807 (Representative Marty): An Oklahoma Medical Authority (OMA) request bill clarifying that licensed transporters may warehouse products in approved permitted warehouses, cleaning up fingerprint/background-check language, and limiting prepackaged beverages to three ounces for certain items; reported out as do-pass, 12–0.

- A separate agenda item concerning whether facility owners' or operators' licenses are active or inactive was moved and adopted with a recorded vote of 12 yeas, 0 nays (agenda identifier not specified in transcript).

Clerks recorded unanimous or near-unanimous committee support for these items; in each case the committee chair said the bills would be reported out as do-pass and refer to the next legislative steps.

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Heffner said the measure aims to \"improve transparency, prevent abuse, [and] give families some peace of mind,\" while balancing privacy concerns. She said intermediate care facilities (ICFs) differ from small residential daily living support homes and that typical ICFs are larger, \"minimum on ICFs are 8 beds,\" with monitoring restricted to shared spaces.

Representative Roe asked why monitoring would not be allowed in residents' rooms, saying a perpetrator might act in a private space rather than in a common area. Heffner answered that privacy considerations and federal guidance limit cameras in private rooms and bathrooms, but that common-area monitoring can help investigators by recording who entered shared spaces.

Members discussed federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rules that affect camera placement. Heffner said CMS rules constrain what states can require and that the bill is not mandatory but is intended as a step toward greater transparency and investigative tools for alleged abuse.

Representative Stark asked whether families can request cameras in residents' rooms; Heffner said CMS rules generally do not allow private-room cameras in ICFs and that the bill would not change that.

The committee voted to report House Bill 1832 out with a do-pass recommendation, 12 yeas and 0 nays.

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The bill changes the statutory exception language to mirror the court's phrasing, substituting wording intended to \"preserve the life of the mother,\" the sponsor said. Olson said the change responds to repeated references in the court's opinions about the proper formulation of the exception and that medical discretion would remain with licensed clinicians.

Opponents in the committee raised concerns about access to reproductive and other medical care. Leader Munson cited a survey of Oklahoma obstetrician-gynecologists and said, \"79 percent of doctors feel unable to practice according to best practice medicine and evidence based care,\" and that \"58 percent of doctors have considered or are planning to leave Oklahoma,\" arguing restrictive laws were reducing access to care.

Representative Heffner questioned whether the bill's wording could create ambiguity for clinicians and make them hesitate in emergencies, asking whether the text \"reads more, child first instead of mother first.\" Olson replied the bill requires the person performing or attempting an abortion to \"prioritize preserving both the life of the pregnant woman and the life of the baby.\" He also said the bill leaves specific medical judgments to medical professionals rather than listing every possible condition.

Committee members asked whether the bill protects nonviable pregnancies such as ectopic (tubal) pregnancies. Olson said those pregnancies are covered by the exception language in the bill, and therefore the measure would not criminalize medically recognized interventions for nonviable pregnancies.

Representative Dan Ransom asked who would face felony liability; Olson said the criminal penalties would apply to the practitioner performing the procedure if performed without medical justification. Olson described the penalty as \"up to\" the stated maximums and that prosecutions would turn on whether a medical justification existed.

After one minute of formal debate from both sides — opponents emphasizing maternal-care access and proponents stressing the fetus's right to life — the committee voted to report House Bill 1008 out with a do-pass recommendation, 9 yeas and 3 nays.

The bill was reported out as a do-pass recommendation to the next stage of consideration.

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