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56 OK Stat § 56-248 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-248. Identity authentication for applicants.

|A. Prior to awarding assistance under Medicaid, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall require applicants to complete an identity authentication process to confirm that the applicant owns the identity presented in the application. |B. The identity authentication process shall be conducted through a knowledge-based quiz consisting of financial and personal questions. The quiz shall attempt to accommodate unbanked or under-banked applicants who do not have an established credit history.C. The identity authentication process shall be available to be submitted through multiple channels including online, in-person and via phone.Added by Laws 2018, c. 3, § 3.
56 OK Stat § 56-249 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-249. Sharing of information if fraud suspected.

|The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall provide information obtained under Sections 1 through 3 of the HOPE Act to the Medicaid fraud control unit of the Office of the Attorney General for cases of suspected Medicaid fraud. |Added by Laws 2018, c. 3, § 4.
56 OK Stat § 56-250 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-250. Promulgation of rules and regulations.

|A. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall promulgate all rules and regulations necessary for the purposes of carrying out the HOPE Act. |B. On May 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall publish a written report detailing the impact of Sections 1 through 3 of the HOPE Act, including the number of cases reviewed, the number of cases closed, the number of fraud investigation referrals and the amount of savings and cost avoidance that have resulted from implementation.Added by Laws 2018, c. 3, § 5.
56 OK Stat § 56-251 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-251. Short title.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Family Savings Initiative Act". |Added by Laws 1998, c. 429, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
56 OK Stat § 56-252 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-252. Purpose.

|The purpose of the Family Savings Initiative Act is to provide for the establishment of individual development accounts designed to: |1. Provide individuals and families with limited means an opportunity to accumulate assets;2. Facilitate and mobilize savings;3. Promote home ownership, microenterprise development, education, saving for retirement, and automobile purchase; and4. Stabilize families and build communities.Added by Laws 1998, c. 429, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
56 OK Stat § 56-253 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-253. Legislative findings.

|The Legislature hereby finds that: |1. Americans of most economic classes are having increasing difficulty climbing the economic ladder. Fully half of all Americans have no, negligible or negative investable assets just as the price of entry to the economic mainstream, such as the cost of a house, starting a business, an adequate education, establishing a retirement account, or purchasing an automobile, is increasing;2. Economic well-being does not come solely from income, spending, and consumption, but also requires savings, investment, and accumulation of assets, since assets can improve economic stability, connect people with a viable and hopeful future, stimulate development of human and other capital, enable people to focus and specialize, yield personal and social dividends, and enhance the welfare of offspring;3. There is an urgent need for new means for Americans to navigate the labor market and to provide incentives and means for employment, upgrading, mobility, and retention;4. The household savings rate of the United States lags far behind other industrial nations, presenting a barrier to economic growth. The State of Oklahoma should develop policies, such as individual development accounts, that promote higher rates of personal savings and net private domestic investment;5. In the current fiscal environment, the State of Oklahoma should invest existing resources in high-yielding initiatives. There is reason to believe that the financial returns, including increased income, tax revenue, and decreased welfare cash assistance, of individual development accounts will far exceed the cost of investment;6. Tens of thousands of Oklahomans continue to live in poverty and receive public assistance. Poverty is a loss of human resources, an assault on human dignity, and a drain on social and fiscal resources of this state. Traditional public assistance programs, concentrating on income and consumption, have rarely been successful in promoting and supporting the transition to economic self-sufficiency; and7. Income-based social policy should be complemented with asset-based social policy, because while income-based policies ensure that consumption needs, including food, child care, rent, clothing, and health care, are met, asset-based policies provide the means to achieve economic self-sufficiency and climb the economic ladder.Added by Laws 1998, c. 429, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
56 OK Stat § 56-255 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-255. Contracts with fiduciary organizations - Evaluation criteria - Responsibilities - Grants.

|A. The Department of Human Services shall enter into contracts with one or more fiduciary organizations pursuant to the provisions of this section, in such a manner that every qualified resident of the state has access to at least one fiduciary organization for the purpose of opening an individual development account. An organization based in this state which desires to enter into such a contract shall submit a proposal to the Department for the right to be approved as a fiduciary organization. Such proposals shall be made upon forms prescribed by the Department and shall contain such information as the Department may require. |B. Organizations' proposals shall be evaluated and contracts awarded by the Department on the basis of such items as geographic diversity and an organization's:1. Ability to market the project to potential account holders;2. Ability to leverage additional matching and operating funds;3. Ability to provide safe and secure investments for individual accounts;4. Overall administrative capacity, including but not limited to the certifications or verifications required to assure compliance with eligibility requirements, authorized uses of the accounts, matching contributions by individuals or businesses, and penalties for unauthorized distributions;5. Capacity to provide financial counseling and other related service to potential participants;6. Links to other activities designed to increase the independence of individuals and families through home ownership, small business development, enhanced education and training, saving for retirement, and automobile purchase; and7. Operating costs.Responsibilities of a fiduciary organization shall include, but not be limited to, marketing participation, soliciting matching contributions, counseling project participants, conducting basic economic and financial literacy training and IDA use training for project participants, and conducting required verification and compliance activities. Neither a fiduciary organization nor an employee of or person associated with a fiduciary organization shall receive anything of value, other than compensation for services, for any act performed in connection with the establishment of an IDA or in furtherance of the provisions of this act.C. For each contract entered into pursuant to the provisions of this section, the Department shall make a grant to the qualified fiduciary organization not later than April 1 of each year. The amount of any single grant made shall not exceed one-fourth of the amount of funds in the IDA Revolving Fund created in Section 10 of this act at the time the grant is made. The fiduciary organization shall use not less than eighty-five percent (85%) for matching funds and not more than fifteen percent (15%) for operating costs.Added by Laws 1998, c. 429, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
56 OK Stat § 56-257 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-257. Permitted uses of individual development accounts.

|Individual development accounts may be used for any of the following qualified purposes: |1. Qualified acquisition costs with respect to a qualified principal residence for a qualified home buyer, or the costs of major repairs or improvements to a qualified principal residence, if paid directly to the persons to whom the amounts are due;2. Amounts paid directly to a business capitalization account which is established in a federally insured financial institution and is restricted to use solely for qualified business capitalization expenses consistent with a qualified plan;3. Postsecondary educational expenses paid directly to an eligible educational institution;4. Amounts paid directly to an individual retirement account or education IRA established pursuant to federal law in the name of the IDA account holder or an immediate family member thereof; and5. Qualified acquisition costs with respect to purchase of an automobile, or costs of repair of an automobile, if paid directly to a licensed automobile dealer or repair shop.Added by Laws 1998, c. 429, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
56 OK Stat § 56-258 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-258. Withdrawals under false pretenses or for other than approved purposes - Penalties.

|A. If the fiduciary organization receives evidence that monies withdrawn from IDAs are withdrawn under false pretenses or are used for purposes other than for the approved purposes indicated at the time of the withdrawal, the fiduciary organization shall make arrangements with the financial institution to impose a penalty of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the monies withdrawn or loss of matches and may, at its discretion, close the account. If the fiduciary organization is unable to impose the penalty specified herein, it shall notify the Oklahoma Tax Commission and the amount of such penalty shall be added to the income tax liability of the IDA account holder. All penalties collected by fiduciary organizations or the Tax Commission shall be deposited to the Individual Development Account Revolving Fund created pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 of this act. |B. The amount of any withdrawal for purposes other than those set forth in Section 7 of this act, or any withdrawal for purposes other than for the approved purposes indicated at the time of the withdrawal, shall be taxed as income during the year in which the withdrawal is made. The fiduciary organization shall notify the Tax Commission of any such withdrawals made.C. The fiduciary organization shall establish a grievance committee and a procedure to hear, review, and decide in writing any grievance made by an IDA account holder who disputes a decision of the operating organization that a withdrawal is subject to penalty.D. Each fiduciary organization shall establish such regulations as are necessary, including prohibiting eligibility for further matching funds, to ensure compliance with this section.Added by Laws 1998, c. 429, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
56 OK Stat § 56-259 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-259. State agency responsible for implementation of act.

|The Department of Human Services shall be responsible for implementation of this act and shall promulgate rules as necessary in accordance with the provisions of this act. |Added by Laws 1998, c. 429, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
56 OK Stat § 56-260 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-260. Individual Development Account (IDA) Revolving Fund.

|There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Department of Human Services to be designated the "Individual Development Account (IDA) Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies appropriated or contributed thereto. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Department for grants awarded pursuant to the provisions of subsection C of Section 255 of this title. 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 1998, c. 429, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 1998. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 239.
56 OK Stat § 56-300 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-300. Oklahoma Medical Center - Institutions included.

|The Oklahoma Medical Center shall include the University Hospital, the Oklahoma Children's Hospital, the O'Donaghue Rehabilitation Institution, the Child Study Center and any other institutions operated by a private entity under a joint operating agreement in which any of the state institutions listed in this section are leased to a private entity pursuant to the University Hospitals Authority Act. The University Hospitals Authority may, at its discretion, designate other names under which the Oklahoma Medical Center may operate. |Added by Laws 1988, c. 326, § 42, emerg. eff. July 13, 1988. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 288, § 9, eff. July 1, 1991; Laws 1997, c. 174, § 8, emerg. eff. May 8, 1997; Laws 2021, c. 285, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
56 OK Stat § 56-327.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-327.1. Purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles.

|The Department of Human Services is authorized to acquire passenger motor vehicles by purchase or lease when the acquisition is deemed necessary by the Department to implement any program assigned to the Department. All said purchases or leases for said vehicles shall comply with the provisions of the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act. |Added by Laws 1984, c. 161, § 1, emerg. eff. May 1, 1984.
56 OK Stat § 56-328 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-328. Division of Vocational Rehabilitation - Transfer to Commission for Rehabilitation Services - Retirement system - Merit system.

|The Division of Vocational Rehabilitation of the State Board for Vocational Education, or of the State Board of Education, including all personnel thereof and all property and assets belonging to such Division, is hereby transferred to the Commission for Rehabilitation Services; and all powers, duties and responsibilities of the State Board for Vocational Education relating to vocational rehabilitation shall hereafter be exercised by the Commission for Rehabilitation Services. Employees of the Division who are members of the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma and who continue as employees of the Division after such transfer may retain their membership in such Teachers' Retirement System. The Governor may, by an Executive Order, place the Division and employees thereof under the Merit System of Personnel Administration. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 46, § 1, operative July 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 364, § 14, emerg. eff. June 11, 1993.
56 OK Stat § 56-329 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-329. Section of Services to the Blind - Transfer to Commission for Rehabilitation Services - Merit system - Functions of Section.

|A. The Section of Services to the Blind of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, including all personnel thereof and all property and assets belonging to such Section, is hereby transferred to, and shall be a section of, the Commission for Rehabilitation Services; and all powers, duties and responsibilities of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education relating to services to the blind shall hereafter be exercised by the Commission for Rehabilitation Services. Employees of the Section who are members of the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma and who continue as employees of the Section after such transfer may retain their membership in such Teachers' Retirement System. The Governor may, by an Executive Order, place the Section and employees thereof under the Merit System of Personnel Administration. |B. The Section of Services to the Blind shall provide, to blind and visually impaired persons, rehabilitation services, rehabilitation teaching services, optical aids, and special library services, including Braille and recorded books; administer the vending facility program maintained for blind and visually impaired persons, and the merchandising fund; plan and develop a comprehensive rehabilitation center and services for blind and visually impaired persons; and coordinate its services with other public agencies and private agencies providing services to the blind.Added by Laws 1968, c. 46, § 2, operative July 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 364, § 15, emerg. eff. June 11, 1993; Laws 2001, c. 329, § 3, emerg. eff. June 1, 2001.
56 OK Stat § 56-330 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-330. Use of monies - Federal funds - Commission as sole state agency.

|The Commission for Rehabilitation Services shall use such monies as may be necessary to operate and maintain the State Department of Rehabilitation Services, and to earn the maximum federal funds available to this state for vocational rehabilitation and services to the blind. The Commission shall be the sole agency of the State of Oklahoma to cooperate with, and to receive and administer grants and other funds from, the U.S. Department of Education, or any other federal agency, in programs for the vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons and for services to the blind. |Added by Laws 1968, c. 46, § 3, operative July 1, 1968. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 326, § 18, emerg. eff. July 13, 1988; Laws 1993, c. 364, § 16, emerg. eff. June 11, 1993.
56 OK Stat § 56-335 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-335. Outpatient services for former patients of Taft State Hospital.

|The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall provide outpatient services within the county in which Taft State Hospital was located, for former patients of the Taft State Hospital and mentally ill persons residing in the area formerly served by the Taft State Hospital. |Added by Laws 1970, c. 133, § 3, emerg. eff. April 7, 1970. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 51, § 118, emerg. eff. April 9, 1990.
56 OK Stat § 56-343 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-343. Basic medical services programs at schools for persons with intellectual disabilities.

|The Department of Human Services and the University Hospitals Authority shall enter into cooperative agreements between the University Hospitals Authority and the state schools for individuals with intellectual disabilities in the development of basic medical services programs at the schools for individuals with intellectual disabilities; provided, that the University Hospitals Authority shall not have the responsibility for implementing such programs or for providing medical services at the schools for individuals with intellectual disabilities. |Added by Laws 1973, c. 44, § 8, operative July 1, 1973. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 283, § 16, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1988, c. 326, § 24, emerg. eff. July 13, 1988; Laws 1993, c. 330, § 24, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 2019, c. 475, § 40, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
56 OK Stat § 56-347 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-347. Guardian and conservator services.

|The Department of Human Services is hereby authorized to contract for the services of guardians and conservators who will act on behalf of individuals that are recipients of services through the agency's programs including, but not limited to, the program for individuals with intellectual disabilities and the adult protective services program. The Department is authorized to reimburse such guardians and conservators for any expenses determined to be reimbursable by the Department and incurred as a result of their services as guardian or conservator. |Added by Laws 1985, c. 291, § 8, emerg. eff. July 23, 1985. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 475, § 41, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
56 OK Stat § 56-411 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-411. Deceased child or retarded person - Funeral arrangements and expenses.

|A. Except as otherwise provided by subsection B of this section, the Department of Human Services is authorized to make the necessary funeral arrangements and pay any reasonable burial expenses incurred upon the death of a child or an individual with intellectual disability who is either in the custody of the Department or is a resident of an institution under the jurisdiction of the Department. When possible, the Department shall make such arrangements with any funeral home located in the same vicinity as the institution or in the same vicinity of the place of residence or home town of the child or the individual with intellectual disability. |B. The Department of Human Services is not authorized to make such funeral arrangements or make such burial payments if the deceased child or deceased individual with intellectual disability has any relatives or next of kin who is financially able to make the funeral arrangements and make the burial payments.Added by Laws 1986, c. 9, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 129, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
56 OK Stat § 56-530.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-530.1. Short title.

|Sections 7 through 13 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Adult Companion Home Certification Act". |Added by Laws 1993, c. 159, § 6, eff. July 1, 1993.
56 OK Stat § 56-530.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-530.2. Purpose and policy of act - Maintenance of minimum standards - Certificate required.

|A. It is the purpose and policy of the Oklahoma Adult Companion Home Certification Act to ensure maintenance of minimum standards for the care and protection of adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities, and to encourage and assist adult companion homes in achieving maximum standards. |B. In order to provide care for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities in adult companion homes, a certificate shall be obtained from the Department of Human Services. Such certificate shall be issued on the basis of meeting minimum standards which are essential for the health and welfare of any adult with intellectual or developmental disabilities placed for care in such home.Added by Laws 1993, c. 159, § 7, eff. July 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 475, § 42, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
56 OK Stat § 56-530.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 56. Poor Persons|§56-530.3. Definitions.

|For purposes of the provisions of the Oklahoma Adult Companion Home Certification Act: |1. "Department" means the Department of Human Services; and2. "Adult companion home" means any home or establishment, funded and certified by the Department of Human Services, which provides homelike residential accommodations and supportive assistance to three or fewer adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities.Added by Laws 1993, c. 159, § 8, eff. July 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 475, § 43, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.