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An Act
ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 1503 By: Daniels of the Senate
and
Lepak of the House
An Act relating to the Choosing Childbirth Act;
amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1-740.17, as amended
by Section 2, Chapter 371, O.S.L. 2024 (63 O.S. Supp.
2025, Section 1-740.17), which relates to grants to
private organizations for services; allowing out-of-
state organizations to receive grants; and providing
an effective date.
SUBJECT: Choosing Childbirth Act grant funding
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1-740.17, as
amended by Section 2, Chapter 371, O.S.L. 2024 (63 O.S. Supp. 2025,
Section 1-740.17), is amended to read as follows:
Section 1-740.17. A. The State Department of Health shall make
grants, as directed in subsection B of this section, from funds
appropriated by the Legislature for the Choosing Childbirth Act.
B. The purpose of the grants shall be to reimburse private
organizations in this state for the reasonable expenses of programs
providing the services listed in subsection C of this section. The
Department shall make grants both directly to the private
organizations and to one or more grant-supervising entities, who
shall reimburse the private organizations.
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C. Reimbursable services provided under the Choosing Childbirth
Act shall include:
1. Providing information on, referral to and assistance in
securing the services of relevant existing programs or agencies that
assist women in this state to carry their children to term, and/or
providing services that assist women to carry their children to term
including, but not limited to, agencies and programs that will
provide:
a. medical attention for the pregnant woman for the
duration of her pregnancy including, but not limited
to, obstetric ultrasounds,
b. mental health and substance abuse services,
c. nutritional support services,
d. housing assistance,
e. transportation assistance,
f. adoption services,
g. education and employment assistance, and
h. parenting education and support services;
2. Providing women in this state, through in-person community
outreach and telecare, information and/or services that encourage
and assist them to carry their children to term; and
3. Providing services including, but not limited to, health
care services to mothers and infants up to three (3) years
postpartum for the purpose of reducing the rates of maternal
mortality and infant mortality in this state by three percent (3%)
not later than July 1, 2026; provided, however, no funds shall be
provided to an organization that provides, or whose affiliates
provide, abortion services.
D. To be eligible for a service grant, an organization shall:
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1. Be registered with the Secretary of State as a not-for-
profit corporation located in this state;
2. Have the grant amount approved by:
a. the grant-supervising entity, if the grant was
provided to the private organization by a grant-
supervising entity, or
b. the Department, if the grant was provided directly to
the private organization by the Department;
3. For services described in paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection C
of this section, provide each pregnant woman counseled with accurate
information on the developmental characteristics of unborn children
including offering the printed information described in Section 1-
738.3 of this title;
4. Assure that the grant’s sole purposes are to assist and
encourage women to carry their children to term and to maximize
their potentials thereafter as provided in paragraphs 1 and 2 of
subsection C of this section or to reduce the rates of maternal
mortality and infant mortality in this state as provided in
paragraph 3 of subsection C of this section; and
5. Assure that none of the funds provided pursuant to the
Choosing Childbirth Act, nor any other funds or services provided by
the organization, are used to encourage or counsel a woman to have
an abortion not necessary to prevent her death, to provide her such
an abortion or to refer her for such an abortion.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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Passed the Senate the 11th day of March, 2026.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representatives the 5th day of May, 2026.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________