Oklahoma HB 2810: Public health; Kidney Disease Prevention and Education Task Force Act; effective date.

Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)

HOUSE BILL 2810 By: Sneed

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to public health; creating the Kidney
Disease Prevention and Education Task Force Act;
stating legislative findings; creating the Kidney
Disease Prevention and Education Task Force;
providing for membership; providing for meeting
dates; providing that members serve without
compensation; providing for staffing; requiring
certain study, plan, and reports; providing a sunset
date; providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 7315 of Title 63, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Kidney Disease
Prevention and Education Task Force Act".
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 7316 of Title 63, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The Legislature finds that:

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A. Kidney disease is the ninth-leading cause of death in the
United States. An estimated thirty-seven million (37,000,000)
people in the United States have chronic kidney disease and more
than seventy-two thousand (72,000) people in the State of Oklahoma
are living with the disease. Early chronic kidney disease has no
signs or symptoms and without early detection can progress to kidney
failure.
B. If a person has high blood pressure, heart disease,
diabetes, or a family history of kidney failure, the risk of kidney
disease is greater. In Oklahoma, fourteen percent (14%) of all
adults have diabetes, and nearly forty percent (40%) have high blood
pressure. The prevalence of diabetes, heart disease, and
hypertension is higher for African Americans, who develop kidney
failure at a rate of nearly four to one compared to Caucasians,
while Hispanics have a thirty percent (30%) higher risk of
developing kidney failure. Almost twenty-nine percent (29%) of the
people waiting for a kidney in the United States identify as African
American, but, in 2019, less than twenty-six percent (26%) of those
waiting received a kidney.
C. Although dialysis is a life-extending treatment, the best
and most cost-effective treatment for kidney failure is a kidney
transplant. Currently, the wait in Oklahoma for a deceased donor
kidney is five (5) to seven (7) years, and nationally twelve people
die while waiting every day.

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D. If chronic kidney disease is detected early and managed
appropriately, the individual can receive treatment sooner to help
protect the kidneys, the deterioration in kidney function can be
slowed or even stopped, and the risk of associated cardiovascular
complications and other complications can be reduced.
E. In light of the Covid-19 pandemic and the increased risk of
infection to patients with preexisting conditions and Covid-19
patients acquiring acute kidney disease, it is imperative to provide
support for those with kidney disease.
SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 7317 of Title 63, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. There is hereby created the Kidney Disease Prevention and
Education Task Force.
B. The Task Force shall consist of at least fourteen (14)
members to be appointed or selected as follows:
1. The President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate, or
his or her designee, who shall serve as cochair;
2. The Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, or his
or her designee, who shall serve as cochair;
3. One member of the Oklahoma State Senate, who shall be
appointed by the minority leader of the Senate;
4. One member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, who
shall be appointed by the minority leader of the House;

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5. Two members, appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall
represent the State Department of Health and the other of whom shall
represent a nationwide, nonprofit organization dedicated to kidney
research, education, and support;
6. The Secretary of State, or his or her designee;
7. Seven members appointed by the cochairs, as follows:
a. one member representing the renal care provider
community,
b. one member representing a medical center with a
kidney-related program,
c. one member representing the kidney physician
community,
d. one member representing a nonprofit organ procurement
organization,
e. one member representing the kidney patient community
in Oklahoma,
f. one member representing tribal governments, and
g. one member representing providers of emergency
ambul