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56 OK Stat § 56-199.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-199.1. Powers and duties.

|A. The Commission for Rehabilitation Services shall: |1. Promote the coordination of efforts and services on behalf of the deaf and hard-of-hearing;2. Inventory the various services available for meeting the problems of the deaf and hard-of-hearing and assist persons in locating and securing such services;3. Collect studies, compile bibliographies, gather information and conduct research with respect to the education, training, counseling, placement and social and economic adjustment of the deaf and hard-of-hearing and with respect to the causes, diagnosis, treatment and methods of prevention of impaired hearing;4. Keep informed of and cooperate with federal, state and local programs available for the improvement of the general welfare of deaf and hard-of-hearing persons;5. Appoint advisory or special committees when appropriate for in-depth investigations and study of particular problems and to receive reports of findings and recommendations; and6. Make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature with respect to modifications in existing services or establishment of additional services for deaf or hard-of-hearing persons.B. 1. Personal client information obtained or created in the course of providing services to persons who are deaf or hard-of-hearing pursuant to this section shall be confidential. Such information shall include, but is not limited to, the client's name; work or home address; work or home telephone number; and social security number.2. Persons who are deaf or hard-of-hearing have the same legitimate expectations of privacy in the conduct of their daily lives as do persons who can hear. As a result, information obtained or created in the course of providing interpreter services pursuant to this section shall be confidential to the extent necessary to protect those expectations. Confidential information related to interpreter services shall include, but is not limited to, personal client information; the purpose for which the client requests interpretation; the entity with which the client communicates by way of an interpreter; the date, time, location and duration of the interpreted communication; and the name of the interpreter.Added by Laws 1972, c. 110, § 4, emerg. eff. April 6, 1972. Amended by Laws 1986, c. 7, § 1, eff. July 1, 1986. Renumbered from § 2404 of Title 63 by Laws 1986, c. 7, § 6, eff. July 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 364, § 12, emerg. eff. June 11, 1993; Laws 1998, c. 246, § 21, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
56 OK Stat § 56-199.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-199.2. Cooperation with commissions and state agencies - Interpreter services.

|A. The Commission for Rehabilitation Services is hereby directed, in carrying out its functions, to cooperate with the appropriate commissions and state agencies having authority related to the problems of deaf and hard-of-hearing persons. These agencies are likewise directed to cooperate with the Commission for Rehabilitation Services in carrying out its functions. |B. The State Department of Rehabilitation Services shall establish and operate a program to provide interpreter services to deaf and hard-of-hearing citizens of the state, under rules promulgated by the Commission for Rehabilitation Services.C. The State Department of Rehabilitation Services shall establish policy and procedures for the evaluation and certification of interpreters for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. The Department may require a nominal fee to recoup costs incurred in testing and certifying such interpreters.Added by Laws 1972, c. 110, § 6, emerg. eff. April 6, 1972. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 193, § 1, emerg. eff. May 12, 1980; Laws 1986, c. 7, § 2, eff. July 1, 1986. Renumbered from § 2406 of Title 63 by Laws 1986, c. 7, § 6, eff. July 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 326, § 14, emerg. eff. July 13, 1988; Laws 1993, c. 364, § 13, emerg. eff. June 11, 1993; Laws 1998, c. 246, § 22, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
56 OK Stat § 56-199.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-199.3. Traumatic brain or spinal cord injury - Contracts for inpatient services - Study and recommendations - Service standards.

|A. Subject to subsection C of this section, the Department of Human Services is authorized to enter into contracts for the provision of inpatient specialized rehabilitative and related services which qualify as medical assistance under Title XIX of the Social Security Act for eligible persons having a traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury. |B. The Department of Human Services shall conduct a study in consultation with the Advisory Council on Traumatic Spinal Cord and Traumatic Brain Injury within the State Department of Health and then make recommendations to the Commission for Human Services for the establishment of a rate or other form of adequate payment for contracts with facilities, other than general acute care hospitals, providing inpatient specialized rehabilitative and related services for persons having a traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury.C. If the results of the study required by subsection B of this section demonstrate that making such services available to said persons would result in an overall lower cost for providing services to this population than current service delivery practices, the Department shall enter into contracts with specialized facilities that meet such standards as the Board of Health shall require for certificate of need and licensure under provisions of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, Section 1-850 et seq. and Section 1-1901 et seq., respectively. Standards for licensure promulgated by the Board of Health for specialized facilities serving persons with traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury shall, to the maximum extent feasible, correspond substantially to the standards of the Council on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities for such or similar facilities and services.Added by Laws 1993, c. 18, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
56 OK Stat § 56-200.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-200.1. Payment of expenses for sterilization of male recipients of public assistance.

|Services rendered by a licensed medical or osteopathic physician and surgeon in performing a sterilization operation on an adult male recipient of public assistance under age sixty-five (65) who voluntarily has submitted to such operation shall, within the scope of its medical programs, be paid for by the State Department of Public Welfare. |Added by Laws 1973, c. 4, § 1, emerg. eff. March 5, 1973.
56 OK Stat § 56-200d (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-200d. State Medicaid Plan provider contracts - Terms and conditions - Termination - Annual inspection of facilities.

|A. Every contract pursuant to the State Medicaid Plan entered into between the Department of Human Services and facilities that provide inpatient or residential mental health services to persons eighteen (18) years of age or younger who are or may be eligible for assistance through Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act shall incorporate terms and conditions for the care, treatment and services to be provided. |B. Said terms and conditions shall be substantially the same as those included in placement agreements for acute or freestanding, as appropriate for the facility, psychiatric care for children and youth who are in the legal custody of the Department of Human Services and shall include, but not be limited to:1. Primary care, treatment and counseling services;2. Educational services;3. Face-to-face visitation by the attending physician, treatment plans, discharge planning, reports on the progress of the child and other reports as necessary and appropriate;4. Use of medications;5. Communicable diseases;6. Visitation and correspondence;7. Use of restraints, seclusion, physical force and disciplinary measures; and8. Inspections and reviews of the care, treatment and services provided.C. The Department shall immediately initiate procedures for the termination of said contract when:1. A contracting facility continually violates the terms and conditions required by this section; or2. The conditions within the facility pose serious harm or a threat of serious harm to patients or residents who are eighteen (18) years of age or under and have been admitted for the purpose of mental health or chemical dependency treatment.D. The Department shall coordinate with the State Department of Health and any other applicable licensing or certifying agency to ensure that, whenever possible and practicable, annual inspections of hospitals, related institutions and child care facilities required by state or federal law shall be conducted jointly.Added by Laws 1992, c. 258, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.
56 OK Stat § 56-201 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-201. Group hospitalization insurance.

|The Department of Public Welfare is hereby authorized to procure group hospitalization and medical care insurance in any of the forms customarily issued by any company or companies, association or associations authorized to do business in the State of Oklahoma for all persons eligible to receive old age assistance under the provisions of subsection (a) of Section 4 of the Oklahoma Social Security Act, at a rate not to exceed the amount of the actual costs. |Added by Laws 1949, p. 374, § 1.
56 OK Stat § 56-202 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-202. Payment of premiums.

|Premiums on such insurance shall be paid from monies or funds appropriated for the payment of assistance to the needy aged persons qualifying for assistance under subsection A of Section 164 of this title. Monthly claims for such premiums, certified by the Department of Human Services, shall be filed with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for audit and settlement prior to being paid on warrants by the State Treasurer. |Added by Laws 1949, p. 374, § 2, emerg. eff. May 20, 1949. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 47, § 30, emerg. eff. April 9, 1979; Laws 1988, c. 326, § 15, emerg. eff. July 13, 1988; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 234.
56 OK Stat § 56-203 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-203. Hospitalization and medical care system in the Department of Public Welfare.

|In the event the Department of Public Welfare, after a thorough study of the needs, determines that the services provided for in Section 1 of this act can be more satisfactorily and economically performed by providing for its own system of hospitalization and medical care, the Department of Public Welfare is hereby authorized to establish and maintain such a system within said Department, under which such services as provided in Section 1 can be offered. |Added by Laws 1949, p. 374, § 3.
56 OK Stat § 56-204 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-204. Vendor drug program - Exemption of certain drugs.

|A. Except as otherwise provided, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall be authorized and directed to establish a vendor drug program to provide any drugs that have been approved and designated as safe and effective by the federal Food and Drug Administration, and that are prescribed by a licensed medical, dental, podiatric or osteopathic practitioner for eligible recipients of assistance payments suffering from painful or life-endangering diseases or other persons who are suffering from a catastrophic illness. |B. The Authority shall, in accordance with federal law, not be obligated to cover any outpatient drugs of a manufacturer which has not entered into or which does not have in effect a rebate agreement with the Secretary of Health and Human Services on behalf of the state.C. Such program shall, to the fullest extent possible, be established and maintained in conjunction with existing federal programs of prescribed drugs so as to earn the maximum of federal financial participation. Exempt from the provisions of this section are the following drugs or classes of drugs, or their medical uses:1. Agents when used for anorexia or weight gain;2. Agents when used to promote fertility;3. Agents when used for cosmetic purposes or hair growth;4. Agents when used for the symptomatic relief of coughs and colds;5. Agents when used to promote smoking cessation;6. Prescription vitamins and mineral products, except prenatal vitamins and fluoride preparations;7. Nonprescription drugs;8. Covered outpatient drugs when the manufacturer seeks to require as a condition of sale that associated tests or monitoring services be purchased exclusively from the manufacturer or its designee;9. Drugs described in paragraph 3 of subsection c of Section 107 of the Drug Amendments of 1962, 21 U.S.C., Section 107(c)(3), and identical, similar or related drugs, within the meaning of paragraph 1 of subsection b of Section 310.6 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations;10. Barbiturates; or11. Benzodiazepines;provided, however, the Authority shall be authorized to include specific drugs within these categories for reimbursement based upon specific medical need.D. The Authority shall be authorized to establish a prospective drug utilization review program for the H2 Antagonists; provided that such limitations are in compliance with federal Food and Drug Administration Agency-approved product labeling.Added by Laws 1975, p. 737, S.J.R. No. 9, § 1, emerg. eff. March 10, 1975. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 326, § 16, emerg. eff. July 13, 1988; Laws 1990, c. 256, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1990; Laws 1991, c. 196, § 1, emerg. eff. May 16, 1991; Laws 1993, c. 142, § 1, emerg. eff. May 4, 1993; Laws 1995, c. 161, § 1, emerg. eff. May 2, 1995.
56 OK Stat § 56-204.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-204.1. Expansion of vendor drug program.

|The Department of Human Services is authorized and directed to expand the vendor drug program in the categories of the Aged, Blind and Disabled, and to include those medically needy individuals suffering from catastrophic illnesses who meet requirements for medical assistance, to be administered to the fullest extent possible in conjunction with and subject to existing federal programs so as to earn the maximum of federal financial participation. |Added by Laws 1979, H.J.R. No. 1017, § 1, emerg. eff. May 9, 1979. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 256, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
56 OK Stat § 56-205 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-205. Replacement or reimbursement for certain eyeglasses and contact lenses - Payment or reimbursement for certain eye examinations prohibited.

|The Department of Human Services is authorized to replace or make reimbursement for the eyeglasses or contact lenses of any employee at the Northern Oklahoma Resource Center of Enid, Southern Oklahoma Resource Center of Pauls Valley, Hissom Memorial Center, and any other juvenile institution subject to the jurisdiction of the Department of Human Services, if said eyeglasses or contact lenses are damaged by a resident of said schools, center or institutions while the employee is engaged in the performance of his duties. The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services is authorized to replace or make reimbursement for the eyeglasses or contact lenses of any employee at Central State Hospital, Eastern State Hospital, Western State Psychiatric Center, the Community Mental Health Centers and Substance Abuse Services if said eyeglasses or contact lenses are damaged by a resident of said facilities while the employee is engaged in the performance of his duties. The J.D. McCarty Center is authorized to replace or make reimbursement for the eyeglasses or contact lenses of any employee, if said eyeglasses or contact lenses are damaged by a resident of said facility while the employee is engaged in the performance of his duties. The eyeglasses or contact lenses shall be of comparable kind, quality and cost. The Department of Human Services, the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and the J.D. McCarty Center are not authorized to make payment or reimbursement for eye examinations necessary for the replacement of or reimbursement for said eyeglasses or contact lenses. |Added by Laws 1984, c. 121, § 1, emerg. eff. April 10, 1984. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 51, § 117, emerg. eff. April 9, 1990; Laws 1992, c. 307, § 7, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1993, c. 323, § 6, emerg. eff. June 7, 1993; Laws 1998, c. 268, § 16, eff. July 1, 1998.
56 OK Stat § 56-211 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-211. Jurisdiction of State Budget Director - Director of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance - Other personnel.

|The State Budget Director in the Executive Department shall have jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to the accounting, reporting and collection of amounts due from state agencies, pursuant to the terms of this act and Title 2 of the Federal Social Security Act (Public Law 734 (HR 6000) - 81st Congress), as authorized by Title 56, Chapter 7, Oklahoma Session Laws 1949, and pursuant to the Federal-State agreement entered into under Section 218 of the Federal Social Security Act as amended (providing for coverage through Federal-State agreements), holding the state responsible for all aspects of conformance to the terms of the coverage agreement. |The State Budget Director, at the direction of the Governor, shall employ and fix the duties and compensation of a Director of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and shall employ and fix the duties and compensation of such other personnel as he deems necessary to assist him in performing the duties and functions in connection with the administration of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance system as it pertains to state employees in the coverage group designated by law as the "State of Oklahoma".Added by Laws 1951, p. 153, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 20, 1951.
56 OK Stat § 56-212 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-212. Matching contributions.

|The State Budget Director shall prescribe the system and procedure for matching the contributions of officials and employees of the State of Oklahoma with state funds constituting the employer's share of the contributions, pursuant to Public Law 734 (HR 6000) - 81st Congress, as authorized by Title 56, Chapter 7, Oklahoma Session Laws 1949, for the coverage group designated as the "State of Oklahoma". |Added by Laws 1951, p. 154, § 2, emerg. eff. Feb. 20, 1951.
56 OK Stat § 56-213 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-213. Reservation of employer's share of contributions - Deduction of employees' share.

|The employer's share of the contribution required to be paid by the state to the federal government under the provisions of Public Law 734 and applicable provisions of the Federal Internal Revenue Code, as authorized by Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes beginning at Section 121, shall be reserved out of funds available for salaries appropriated or dedicated to each state department, institution or agency at the time payrolls are prepared for payment and shall be set aside in a reserve account in the State Treasury to be paid to the federal government at such time or times as the Federal Security Administrator may by regulations require. |For the purposes of Sections 211 through 215 of this title "dedicated funds" shall include the State Highway Construction and Maintenance Fund, Employment Security Administration Fund, Department of Human Services Administration Fund, revolving funds of all state departments and institutions, Federal Grant-in-aid Funds, Trust and Agency Funds, and any other operating funds of state agencies through which public money is disbursed for specific purposes which do not require specific legislative appropriations to be made.State agencies making payment of salaries or wages to state employees, independent of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, shall deduct the employees' share of the contribution at the time payments are made and shall at the same time set up a reserve out of the same fund for the employer's share to guarantee the availability of funds when the social security report is required to be made. Any funds received for per diem, travel reimbursement, or expenses incurred while in the performance of official duties and specified statutory amounts received by board or commission members shall not be considered compensation.Added by Laws 1951, p. 154, § 3, emerg. eff. Feb. 20, 1951. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 93, § 1, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 1983, c. 334, § 1, emerg. eff. June 30, 1983; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 235.
56 OK Stat § 56-214 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-214. Reports - Duties of Director.

|State departments, institutions and agencies shall file with the State Budget Director such reports as are required by the Federal Security Administrator (Public Law 734 (HR 6000) - 81st Congress, as authorized by Title 56, Chapter 7, Oklahoma Session Laws 1949) at such time or times as the Federal Security Administrator may by regulations require. The Director of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, under the administrative direction of the State Budget Director, shall verify extensions and totals and require state agencies to pay amounts due from nontreasury funds which when added to OASI payroll reserves from treasury funds will be the amount due the federal government for each reporting period. |The State Budget Director shall consolidate the reports of all state departments, institutions and agencies and shall file a consolidated report representing the State of Oklahoma as a coverage group, with the Department of Public Welfare.Nothing in this act shall be construed to require the reports of political subdivisions of the state (counties, cities and towns) or instrumentalities of either, to be channeled through the State Budget Office. Such reports shall be made to the Department of Public Welfare, which has been designated to administer the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance program on behalf of the state and its political subdivisions, pursuant to the provisions of Article 25, Section 2, Oklahoma Constitution.Added by Laws 1951, p. 154, § 4, emerg. eff. Feb. 20, 1951.
56 OK Stat § 56-215 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-215. State Budget Director OASI fund.

|There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the "State Budget Director OASI Fund" into which fund the State Budget Director shall deposit all monies received from state agencies constituting amounts due from funds not on deposit in the State Treasury. The State Budget Director may make disbursements from said funds to pay amounts due the Department of Public Welfare at such time as the report is required to be made for the coverage group designated as the "State of Oklahoma". Refunds may be made to state agencies by the State Budget Director in the event of overpayment or error made in the calculation of amount due. |Added by Laws 1951, p. 155, § 5, emerg. eff. Feb. 20, 1951.
56 OK Stat § 56-222 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-222. Audit of financial records of hospitals as to per diem costs.

|Auditors from the Oklahoma Health Care Authority under the direction of the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority shall be authorized and empowered to conduct an audit of the financial records itemized in a hospital's reimbursable per diem cost records in order to determine whether or not the certified per diem cost is sustained by the detailed financial records of such hospital as to such per diem costs. |Added by Laws 1961, p. 729, § 1, emerg. eff. May 31, 1961. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 2, § 1, emerg. eff. March 17, 2003.