Catastrophic Health Emergency Powers Act
Full title	Catastrophic Health Emergency Powers Act
Enacted by the	49th Oklahoma Legislature
Effective	August 29, 2003
Purpose
Purpose	Grants state and local officials emergency powers to respond to emergencies caused by a diasterous health epidemics and other related emergencies, such as bioterrorism.
Citations
State Law	63 O.S. Section 6101
Codification
Title(s) amended	Title 63 (Oklahoma Public Health Code)
Oklahoma Code sections created	Sections 6101 - 6804
Legislative history
Introduced in the House of Representatives as House Bill 1467 by Representative William Paulk on Committee consideration by: House Public Health Committee Passed the House of Representatives on August 28, 2003 () Passed the Senate on August 29, 2003 () Signed into law by Governor Brad Henry on August 29, 2003
Major amendments

The Catastrophic Health Emergency Powers Act (63 O.S. § 6101-6804), often referred to as the Health Emergency Act, is an Oklahoma state law that details the response to a catastrophic health emergency in Oklahoma. The Health Emergency Act along with the Oklahoma Emergency Management Act of 2003 form the primary state laws regarding emergency management.

The Health Emergency Act grants state and local officials the authority to provide care, treatment, and vaccination to persons who are ill or who have been exposed to transmissible diseases during a catastrophic health emergency as well as the authority to separate affected individuals from the population at large to interrupt disease transmission. The Act provides for ensuring the needs of infected or exposed persons are properly addressed to the fullest extent possible, given the primary goal of controlling serious health threats and allows state and local officials the ability to prevent, detect, manage, and contain health threats without unduly interfering with civil rights and liberties.

The Health Emergency Act was signed into law by Governor Brad Henry on August 29, 2003