Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-740.17

for services.

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.

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,

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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:

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.