In a press release sent out to reporters on Thursday evening, Sen. Paul Scott, R-Duncan, said he filed the bill because he hoped to "stop state funds from providing healthcare to pregnant illegal immigrants."

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Oklahoma City government uses an unlicensed work recovery program as a source of cheap labor. Some former clients say the program was more focused on keeping their wages instead of helping them with sobriety.

The Soon-to-Be-Sooners program provided pregnancy and maternity services to about 9,800 women in fiscal year 2018, according to data provided by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority.

The process of collecting DNA from recent arrestees could begin "in the coming months," according to a spokeswoman for the jail.