The Governmental Tort Claims Act; definitions; effective date.

Updated the document title and page headers to indicate this is the final floor version of the bill, replacing the committee substitute label.

The bill title was changed from 'Proposed Committee Substitute' to 'Committee Substitute', and the requirement number was updated from 16835 to 17108.

New provisions were added to define specific individuals as state employees under the Governmental Tort Claims Act, including physicians in administrative roles, resident physicians and interns at specific public medical schools, and firefighters performing duties for fire departments.

Updated the legislative session reference from the 2025 session to the 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026).

Corrected the citation for the prior amendment from O.S.L. 2025 to O.S.L. 2025 (51 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 152).

Standardized the formatting of defined terms by adding curly quotation marks (e.g., changing 'Action' to "Action").

Removed the original bill header and metadata, replacing it with the committee substitute header and amendment details.

Updated references to the amending legislation from Section 111, Chapter 452 (2024) to Section 1, Chapter 314 (2025) throughout the document.

Modified the definition of 'Charitable health care provider' to explicitly include 'Certified Nurse-Midwives' alongside licensed physicians and osteopathic physicians.

Corrected formatting and capitalization in the definition of 'Employee' regarding the State Department of Health contract requirements.