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56 OK Stat § 56-57 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-57. Short title.

|Sections 2 through 10 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act". |Added by Laws 1984, c. 294, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1984. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 192, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1987.
56 OK Stat § 56-57.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-57.1. Intent of Legislature.

|Adequate health care is a basic human right which should be available to all Oklahomans. Rapidly increasing health care costs threaten to make such care unaffordable to many citizens. Unreimbursed health care services provided to indigent persons cause the cost of services to paying patients to increase in a manner unrelated to the actual cost of services delivered. It is therefore the intent of the Oklahoma Legislature to develop a system of health care delivery that ensures fair and adequate access for all Oklahomans. Further, it is the intent of the Legislature that this system promote the utilization of the most cost-effective health care services including, but not limited to, health care education and prevention and seek to utilize the most cost-effective administrative policies and procedures. |Added by Laws 1987, c. 192, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1987.
56 OK Stat § 56-58 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-58. Definitions.

|As used in the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act: |1. "Department" means the Department of Human Services;2. "Indigent" or "medically indigent" means a person or head of household:a.(1)with an income less than or equal to the poverty level as designated by the latest decennial census and insufficient personal resources to provide for needed medical care for himself or his dependents, and(2)who requires medically necessary hospital or primary health care services for himself or his dependents for which no public or private third-party coverage is available, and(3)who has made no assignment, transfer, or encumbrance of property for the purpose of establishing eligibility for services pursuant to a state or federal medical program or the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act at any time within the last twenty-four (24) months, orb.with an occurrence of a catastrophic injury or illness to himself or a dependent resulting in noncovered incurred medical debt for hospital services or for physician and drug costs related to a hospital stay which exceed fifty percent (50%) of the gross annual income of a person or head of household. Insurance benefits for the medical debt shall be first exhausted;3. "Hospital" means "hospital" as that term is defined in Section 1-701 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes;4. "Clinic" means a health care facility separate from a hospital which provides outpatient medical services to patients and has a patient mix of at least fifty-one percent (51%) indigent persons;5. "Patient mix" means the composition of the patient population based on information regarding the payor source.Added by Laws 1984, c. 294, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1984. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 255, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Laws 1987, c. 192, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1987.
56 OK Stat § 56-59.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-59.1. Income tax check-off for indigent health care - Indigent Health Care Revolving Fund.

|A. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall include on each state individual income tax return form for tax years beginning after December 31, 2001, an opportunity for the taxpayer to donate from a tax refund for the benefit of the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Fund. |B. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Department of Human Services, to be designated the "Indigent Health Care Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies received by the Department of Human Services from:1. Any state monies appropriated for the purpose of implementing the provisions of the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act; and2. Any monies collected pursuant to this section or any other monies available to the Department of Human Services to implement the provisions of the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act.C. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and shall be budgeted and expended directly to eligible clinics by the Department for the purpose of implementing the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.Added by Laws 1985, c. 255, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1985. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 192, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 2001, c. 358, § 25, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 231.
56 OK Stat § 56-63 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-63. Department of Human Services - Responsibilities and duties.

|A. The Department of Human Services shall have the following responsibilities: |1. Establish and review the eligibility standards and criteria for:a.participation by hospitals and clinics pursuant to the Indigent Health Care Act, andb.reimbursement to clinics for services through the Indigent Health Care Fund;2. Establish and review the screening criteria and procedures for persons receiving services through participating hospitals and clinics in order to determine which persons are eligible for reimbursement pursuant to existing state and federal medical programs and which persons are eligible for reimbursement pursuant to the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act;3. Review the documentation provided by participating hospitals and clinics;4. Determine the types of services offered by participating hospitals and clinics that shall be eligible for reimbursement or the allocation of funds pursuant to state or federal medical programs and the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act and that such services have been approved by the proper regulatory agencies; and5. Disburse state monies to hospitals and clinics meeting requirements of the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act as provided by Section 66 of this title.B. The Commission for Human Services shall promulgate rules and regulations, as necessary and appropriate, to implement the provisions of the Indigent Health Care Act.Added by Laws 1984, c. 294, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1984. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 192, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1987.
56 OK Stat § 56-64 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-64. Exemptions from act - Duties of hospitals and clinics - Reports and documentation.

|A. The Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act shall not apply to state or federally operated medical institutions except the State of Oklahoma Medical Center and the George Nigh Rehabilitation Institute of the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs. |Hospitals and clinics participating in the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act shall have the following responsibilities:1. Implement the screening criteria and procedures and comply with such other eligibility criteria for participation in the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act established pursuant to the provisions of Section 63 of this title.2. In addition to or as part of other reports required by law or by the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health, annually submit to the State Department of Health reports and data documenting:a.the total amount of health care costs incurred by the hospital or clinic for medical indigents,b.total patient charges by the hospital or clinic for medical indigents,c.the patient mix including, but not limited to, the number of indigent persons served as measured by hospital patient days or clinic encounters as appropriate, andd.such other information and in such form as may be required by the State Department of Health pursuant to the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act.Such documentation shall indicate that the person served or the party responsible for such person meets the criteria established by the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act. Such documentation shall also be specific as to the county of residence of the person served. These records shall be available to the public upon request.B. Clinics shall submit to the Department of Human Services necessary information to certify eligible clinic status pursuant to Section 58 of this title.C. The State Department of Health shall forward copies of such documentation to the Department of Human Services as necessary for use by the Department in determining the eligibility of a hospital or a clinic for reimbursement pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act. The State Department of Health and the Department of Human Services shall cooperate for the purpose of coordinating the reports and documentation required by the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act, and ensuring the timely transmission of said reports and documentation between, said agencies.D. The State Department of Health may expand or modify the reporting requirements of hospitals and establish reporting requirements for clinics as necessary to complete the study required by Section 66.2 of this title.Added by Laws 1984, c. 294, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 1984. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 192, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 1988, c. 15, § 1, emerg. eff. March 15, 1988; Laws 1988, c. 326, § 7, emerg. eff. July 13, 1988; Laws 1989, c. 227, § 4; Laws 1992, c. 312, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.
56 OK Stat § 56-65 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-65. Screening of persons requesting assistance.

|Any person requesting assistance pursuant to the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act and who meets the criteria specified in paragraph 2 of Section 58 of this title shall be required to go through a screening process established by the Department of Human Services as follows: |1. A determination shall be made as to whether the person is eligible for any existing state or federal health care program; and2. If the person is ineligible for existing state or federal programs, said person's account shall be placed in the indigent health care account of the hospital or clinic's records.Added by Laws 1984, c. 294, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 1984. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 192, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1987.
56 OK Stat § 56-66 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-66. Reimbursements and payments to hospitals and clinics - Disbursement of state monies.

|A. The Department of Human Services, from all monies deposited into the Indigent Health Care Revolving Fund for the purpose of implementing the provisions of the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act, shall reimburse clinics which meet the requirements of Section 64 of this title and elect to participate in the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act. |B. Disbursements of state monies from the Indigent Health Care Revolving Fund to eligible clinics shall be as follows:1. Following certification and approval by the Department of Human Services of the accuracy of reports submitted pursuant to Section 64 of this title the Department shall determine the amount of state monies available to the clinics; and2. The Department shall make payments from state monies available to all participating clinics in the state pursuant to provisions of the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act. Payment rates shall be determined by the Department of Human Services following consultation with provider groups. The Department of Human Services shall determine the amount due each clinic according to available monies. The rate of clinic reimbursement shall not exceed the individual clinic's reimbursement rate established by the Department of Human Services for Medicaid patients.C. The Department, from sources other than the Indigent Health Care Revolving Fund, shall make payments from available state and federal monies to all participating hospitals and clinics in the state pursuant to provisions of the Oklahoma Indigent Health Care Act. Payment rates shall be determined by the Department of Human Services following consultation with provider groups. The Department of Human Services shall determine the amount due each hospital and clinic according to available monies. The per diem payments to participating hospitals shall not exceed the individual hospital's per diem rate established by the Department of Human Services for Medicaid patients. The rate of clinic reimbursement shall not exceed the individual clinic's reimbursement rate established by the Department of Human Services for Medicaid patients.Added by Laws 1984, c. 294, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 1984. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 192, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 1987; Laws 1988, c. 15, § 2, emerg. eff. March 15, 1988.
56 OK Stat § 56-91 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-91. Issue of bonds authorized.

|All counties in the State of Oklahoma are hereby authorized to issue bonds for the purpose of purchasing lands and making improvements thereon for the benefit of the poor in said counties. |Added by Laws 1923, c. 138, p. 233, § 1.
56 OK Stat § 56-92 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-92. Election authorized - Manner of calling election.

|The board of county commissioners in each county in the State of Oklahoma is hereby authorized and empowered to call any election for the purpose of issuing bonds to purchase lands, make improvement thereon, or to make improvements upon lands already owned by such counties, for the use and benefit of the poor people of such counties. Said commissioners shall call said election by issuing a proclamation therefor and giving notice thereof in four consecutive issues of a weekly newspaper published in and of general circulation in such county proposing to issue said bonds. Provided, that no election shall be held until the expiration of thirty (30) days following the date of the first publication of said notice. |Added by Laws 1923, c. 138, p. 233, § 2.
56 OK Stat § 56-93 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-93. Contents of proclamation.

|The proclamation calling for said election shall name the amount of bonds to be issued, the time said bonds shall run, the interest said bonds shall bear, and the time for holding the election. |Added by Laws 1923, c. 138, p. 233, § 3.
56 OK Stat § 56-94 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-94. Conduct of election.

|Said election shall be conducted by the duly qualified election officials of such county and the returns thereof made to the secretary of the county election board, in all things and respects as now provided by law for holding county elections. |Added by Laws 1923, c. 138, p. 234, § 4.
56 OK Stat § 56-95 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-95. Bonds - Sale.

|If at said election the voters, voting thereon, shall vote in favor of the issuance of the bonds, the board of county commissioners shall at once proceed to issue the same and shall deposit the bonds in the treasury of the county, the treasurer being responsible and chargeable therefor on his official bond. The board of county commissioners shall proceed to sell said bonds and deposit the proceeds from the sale thereof in the county treasury, to be paid out by the treasurer upon orders of the board from time to time as the same shall be needed. Provided, said bonds shall not be sold for less than par and accrued interest. |Added by Laws 1923, c. 138, p. 234, § 5.
56 OK Stat § 56-96 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-96. Rate of interest - Payment - Signatures - Recording.

|Bonds issued as herein provided shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate provided by Section 498.1 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes, payable semiannually, and of denominations of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) each. The entire amount shall be payable within twenty-five (25) years. They shall be signed by the chairman of the board of county commissioners, and countersigned by the county clerk. They shall be recorded by the county clerk and by the State Auditor and Inspector, both of whom shall endorse the same on the back thereof. Facsimile signatures may be used as provided by the Registered Public Obligations Act of Oklahoma. |Added by Laws 1923, c. 138, p. 234, § 6. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 30, § 15, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979; Laws 1983, c. 170, § 39, eff. July 1, 1983.
56 OK Stat § 56-97 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-97. Taxes - Levy.

|It shall be the duty of the officers charged by law with levying taxes for county purposes to levy annually an amount sufficient to pay the interest due each year on the bonds issued hereunder, and in addition thereto levy an amount sufficient to pay the principal as the same comes due. |Added by Laws 1923, c. 138, p. 234, § 7.
56 OK Stat § 56-98 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-98. Purchase of lands and buildings.

|Out of the proceeds of the sale of bonds the board of county commissioners shall purchase lands or grounds for indigent care facility purposes, or erect buildings and make improvements thereon as the case may be. The board of county commissioners shall have the right to purchase the lands at private or public sale. |Added by Laws 1923, c. 138, p. 234, § 8. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 87, § 20, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
56 OK Stat § 56-99 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-99. Persons admitted - Authority and supervision.

|The board of county commissioners shall admit all indigent persons, who are legal residents of such county, to the indigent care facility, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by said commissioners. The board of county commissioners shall have complete authority and supervision over the facility and shall provide for managing and controlling the facility. |Added by Laws 1923, c. 138, p. 234, § 9. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 87, § 21, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
56 OK Stat § 56-111 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-111. Erection of buildings - Care of patients.

|The board of county commissioners of the counties throughout the state shall have power to erect buildings upon land occupied by county indigent care facilities for the isolation and treatment of all indigent persons who are afflicted with an illness or disease which makes it necessary that these measures be taken, and that the patients may, if the building is erected, be cared for out of the indigent care budget of the county of which the patients are residents. |Added by Laws 1923, c. 39, p. 52, § 1. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 87, § 22, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
56 OK Stat § 56-112 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-112. Supervision of treatment of patients.

|The board of county commissioners shall provide for and supervise the treatment of said patients residing in the indigent care facility in a manner provided by law and under such restrictions as the board of county commissioners shall consider most advantageous for the interests of their respective counties and the welfare of the people therein. |Added by Laws 1923, c. 39, p. 52, § 2. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 87, § 23, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
56 OK Stat § 56-113 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-113. Public donations.

|Said board of county commissioners shall be permitted to accept public donations in aid of the construction, upkeep and maintenance of said buildings and support of patients therein. |Added by Laws 1923, c. 39, p. 52, § 3.
56 OK Stat § 56-114 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-114. Employment of nurses, etc.

|The board of county commissioners shall be authorized to employ a suitable person or persons to care for such patients and quarters, upon such terms and conditions as provided by law, and under such restrictions as the board of county commissioners shall consider most advantageous for the interests of their respective counties and the welfare of the people therein. |Added by Laws 1923, c. 39, p. 52, § 4. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 87, § 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
56 OK Stat § 56-121 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-121. When commissioners may sell.

|The board of county commissioners of any county of this state is hereby authorized and empowered to sell and convey any real estate deeded to or held by such county for the purpose of indigent care facilities, when in the opinion of the board of commissioners such real estate is not needed, is unsuitable or inconvenient for such purposes. Such sale shall be in the manner hereinafter provided. |Added by Laws 1910-11, c. 75, p. 172, § 1. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 87, § 25, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
56 OK Stat § 56-122 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-122. Resolution of county commissioners - Appraisement.

|Before any such sale or conveyance shall be made, the board of county commissioners, in regular or special session, shall adopt a resolution declaring that said real estate is not needed for indigent care facility purposes, or is unsuitable or inconvenient for such purpose, or that other or more suitable or convenient real property within the county is obtainable at a fair and reasonable value. The resolution shall be published with other proceedings of the board, and a copy of the resolution shall be certified by the county clerk to the judge of the district court of such county. The judge shall determine whether such sale is in the best interest of the county. The judge shall order and direct the board to sell the real estate, as hereinafter provided, and he or she shall appoint three disinterested freeholders of the county to appraise the real estate. The appraisal is to be returned by the appraisers to the board of county commissioners. |Added by Laws 1910-11, c. 75, p. 172, § 2. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 87, § 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
56 OK Stat § 56-123 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-123. Publication of notice.

|Upon the return of the appraisement as provided for in Section 2 of this act, the board of county commissioners shall give notice of such sale by publication in some newspaper of general circulation in the county for a period of thirty (30) days. |Added by Laws 1910-11, c. 75, p. 172, § 3.
56 OK Stat § 56-124 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-124. Procedure - Bids - Report to district judge.

|Bids for said real estate shall be in writing, sealed and delivered to the county clerk of such county and by him preserved unopened, until the next regular meeting of the board of county commissioners, at which time said board shall open such bids and award the said real estate to the highest and best bidder for the same and file a report of such sale with the judge of the district court for approval and confirmation; provided that such real estate shall not be sold for less than ninety percent (90%) of its appraised value, and the board of county commissioners shall have the power to reject any and all bids. |Added by Laws 1910-11, c. 75, p. 173, § 4.
56 OK Stat § 56-125 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-125. Deeds - Order for execution - Signing, acknowledging and attesting - Prima facie evidence.

|If such sale be by the judge of the district court approved and confirmed, he shall direct and order the chairman of the board of county commissioners to execute a deed to the purchaser thereof, which shall be signed and acknowledged by the chairman of said board, and attested by the county clerk, which deed shall recite the several steps and proceeding had in such sale, and such recitals shall be prima facie evidence of the truth of the same. |Added by Laws 1910-11, c. 75, p. 173, § 5.
56 OK Stat § 56-126 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-126. Proceeds - Disposition.

|Proceeds derived by a county from any sale of real estate deeded to it or held by it for use as indigent care facilities shall be credited to the county's building fund. |Added by Laws 1910-11, c. 75, p. 173, § 6. Amended by Laws 1969, c. 25, § 1, eff. Feb. 17, 1969; Laws 1994, c. 87, § 27, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.