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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3131.10. Consent or order to accompany person.

If a person with a do-not-resuscitate consent or order is transferred from such person's home to the care of a health care agency or from the care of one health care agency to another health care agency, the existence of a do-not-resuscitate consent or order shall be communicated to the receiving health care agency prior to the transfer, and a copy of the written do-not-resuscitate consent or order shall accompany the person to the health care agency receiving the person and shall remain effective unless revoked as provided in Section 7 of this act.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 327, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3131.11. Effect of act.

A. Except as otherwise provided in the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act, a person's right to receive and a health care provider's responsibility to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation shall not be impaired. Nothing in the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act shall impair or supersede a person's right to choose to have cardiopulmonary resuscitation withheld or provided or a health care provider's responsibility to withhold or provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation as provided by law. In this respect, the provisions of the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act are cumulative.
B. In the event of cardiac or respiratory arrest, a patient's attending physician or other health care provider must comply with such patient's request for cardiopulmonary resuscitation whether requested by such patient or such patient's representative, or required by such patient's advance directive.
C. Nothing in the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act shall be construed to preclude a court of competent jurisdiction from approving the issuance of a do-not-resuscitate order under circumstances other than those under which such an order may be issued pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act.
D. The provisions of the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act shall not affect the validity of do-not-resuscitate consents or orders that were executed prior to November 1, 1997.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 327, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 164, § 4, emerg. eff. April 28, 1998.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3131.12. Duties of the Department of Human Services.

A. The Director of the Department of Human Services, no later than one (1) year after the effective date of this act, shall implement the statewide distribution of do-not-resuscitate forms which comply with Section 5 of this act.
B. Do-not-resuscitate identification as set forth in the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act shall consist of either a medical condition bracelet, necklace, or card with the inscription of the patient's name, date of birth in numerical form, and "Oklahoma do-not-resuscitate" on it. No other identification or wording shall be deemed to comply with the provisions of the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act. This identification shall be issued only upon presentation of a properly executed do-not-resuscitate consent form as set forth in Section 5 of this act.
C. The Director of the Department of Human Services, no later than one (1) year after the effective date of this act, shall be responsible for establishing a system for distribution of the do-not-resuscitate forms and identification bracelets, necklaces, or cards.
D. The legal services developer from the Aging Services Division of the Department of Human Services, no later than one (1) year after the effective date of this act, shall develop and implement a statewide educational effort to inform the public of their right to accept or refuse cardiopulmonary resuscitation and to request their physician to write a do-not-resuscitate order for them, and to urge health care agencies within this state to utilize a do-not-resuscitate form which complies with Section 5 of this act.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 327, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3131.13. Construction of act.

The withholding of cardiopulmonary resuscitation from a person in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act shall not, for any purpose, constitute suicide or homicide. The withholding of cardiopulmonary resuscitation from a person in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act, however, shall not relieve any individual of responsibility for any civil or criminal acts that may have caused the person's condition. Nothing in the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act shall be construed to legalize, condone, authorize, or approve mercy killing or assisted suicide.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 327, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3131.14. Application of act.

The provisions of the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act apply to all persons regardless of whether or not they have completed an advance directive for health care, provided that the provisions of the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act may not be construed to authorize issuance of a do-not-resuscitate order in violation of a currently valid advance directive for health care.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 327, § 14, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3141.1. Short title - Legislative intent.

A. Sections 1 through 8 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Assisted Suicide Prevention Act".
B. It is the intent of the Oklahoma Legislature to protect vulnerable persons from suicide, to reduce the cost to taxpayers of enforcing the assisted-suicide laws by promoting civil enforcement and providing for reimbursement of attorney fees by those found to be violating the law.
Added by Laws 1998, c. 194, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3141.2. Definitions.

As used in the Assisted Suicide Prevention Act:
1. "Licensed health care professional" means a physician and surgeon, podiatrist, osteopath, osteopathic physician and surgeon, physician assistant, nurse, dentist, or pharmacist; and
2. "Suicide" means the act or instance of intentionally taking one's own life.
Added by Laws 1998, c. 194, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3141.3. Violations.

A person violates the Assisted Suicide Prevention Act when the person, with the purpose of assisting another person to commit or to attempt to commit suicide, knowingly either:
1. Provides the physical means by which another person commits or attempts to commit suicide; or
2. Participates in a physical act by which another person commits or attempts to commit suicide.
Added by Laws 1998, c. 194, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3141.4. Acts not constituting violations.

A. A licensed health care professional who administers, prescribes, or dispenses medications or procedures for the purpose of alleviating pain or discomfort, even if their use may increase the risk of death, shall not be deemed to have violated Section 3 of this act or Section 813 or 814 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes so long as such medications or procedures are not also furnished for the purpose of causing, or the purpose of assisting in causing, death for any reason.
B. A licensed health care professional who withholds or withdraws a medically administered, life-sustaining procedure does not violate Section 3 of this act or Sections 813 or 814 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
C. This section shall not be construed to affect the duty of care or the legal requirements concerning acts or omissions under subsections A or B of this section.
Added by Laws 1998, c. 194, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3141.5. Injunctions - Persons who may bring.

A cause of action for injunctive relief may be maintained against any person who is reasonably believed to be about to violate, who is in the course of violating, or who has violated Section 3 of this act by any person who is:
1. The spouse, parent, child, or sibling of the person who would commit suicide;
2. Entitled to inherit from the person who would commit suicide;
3. A current or former health care provider of the person who would commit suicide;
4. A public official with appropriate jurisdiction to prosecute or enforce the laws of this state;
5. A guardian of the person who would commit suicide;
6. The Department of Human Services; or
7. An attorney-in-fact of the person who would commit suicide.
Such an injunction shall legally prevent the person from assisting any suicide in this state regardless of who is being assisted.
Added by Laws 1998, c. 194, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3141.6. Actions for damages - Persons who may bring.

Any person given standing by paragraph 1 or 2 of Section 5 of this act, or the person who would have committed suicide, in the case of an attempt, may maintain a cause of action against any person who violates or attempts to violate Section 3 of this act for compensatory damages and punitive damages. Any person given standing by paragraphs 3 through 7 of Section 5 of this act may maintain a cause of action against any person who violates or attempts to violate Section 3 of this act for punitive damages. An action under this section may be brought whether or not the plaintiff had prior knowledge of the violation or attempt.
Added by Laws 1998, c. 194, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3141.7. Attorney fees.

In any action or proceeding brought pursuant to Section 5 or 6 of this act, the court shall allow the prevailing plaintiff a reasonable attorney fee as part of its costs. If the court determines that the action or proceeding was brought frivolously or in bad faith, the court shall allow a prevailing defendant a reasonable attorney fee as part of its costs.
Added by Laws 1998, c. 194, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3141.8. Revocation or suspension of license or certificate.

The licensing agency which issued a license or certification to a licensed health care professional who assists in a suicide in violation of Section 3 of this act shall revoke or suspend the license or certificate of that person upon receipt of:
1. A copy of the record of criminal conviction or plea of guilty for a felony in violation of Section 813, 814 or 815 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
2. A copy of the record of a judgment of contempt of court for violating an injunction issued under Section 5 of this act; or
3. A copy of the record of a judgment assessing damages under Section 6 of this act.
Added by Laws 1998, c. 194, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3151. Suicide data collection system – Confidentiality of data - Penalties.

A. The Legislature hereby directs the State Department of Health to develop a state suicide data collection system to provide reliable data about attempted suicides in this state. In developing the system the Department shall:
1. Include information on the incidence of suicide attempts;
2. Include demographic information on persons who attempt suicide; and
3. Explore prevention strategies for reducing the number of attempted suicides and suicides.
B. As used in this section:
1. "Attempted suicide" means a voluntary and intentional injury to one’s own body with the goal of ending one’s own life;
2. “E-codes” are external cause of injury codes contained in the International Classification of Diseases – 9th Revision; and
3. "Suicide" means a voluntary and intentional taking of one’s own life;
C. The State Board of Health shall, if funds are available, establish a system for collecting information concerning attempted suicides among persons who were hospitalized or who were treated and released. In establishing the system, the Board may require hospitals, and other related institutions, as defined in Section 1-701 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, to include E-codes on all patient discharge data or, if necessary, to complete and submit a Report of Suicide Attempt form to be made available by the State Department of Health.
D. The system shall be implemented statewide.
E. Individual forms, computer tapes or other forms of data collected pursuant to this section shall be confidential and shall not be public records as defined in the Oklahoma Open Records Act.
F. The confidentiality of identifying information is to be protected, and the pertinent statutes and rules of the State of Oklahoma and the regulations of the federal government relative to confidentiality shall apply.
G. Identifying information shall not be disclosed and shall not be used for any purpose except statistical reporting and data analysis.
H. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the publishing of statistical compilations relating to suicide attempts which do not in any way identify individual cases or individual sources of information.
I. 1. A violation of the provisions of this section by an employee of the Department shall be grounds for termination of employment.
2. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall also be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisonment in the county jail for up to one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
J. The State Board of Health is authorized to promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of this section.
Added by Laws 2001, c. 168, § 6, emerg. eff. May 2, 2001.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3161. Definitions.

As used in the Medical Treatment Laws Information Act:
1. "Associated with the inpatient health care services entity" means, with regard to a particular inpatient health care services entity, that the health care provider is an employee or agent of the entity, that the health care provider has privileges to provide health care services to patients in the entity, or that the health care provider in fact provides health care services to patients in the entity. For purposes of this definition, provision of health care services to patients in the entity shall be deemed to include provision of health care services to patients in an emergency room operated by the entity, regardless of whether those patients are admitted as inpatients;
2. "Health care provider" means a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the laws of this state as a physician, physician assistant, certified nurse practitioner, advanced practice registered nurse (including one with a certified specialty), registered nurse, or licensed practical nurse, but does not include a nurse midwife;
3. "Health care services" means any services provided by a health care provider, or by an individual working for or under the supervision of a health care provider, that relate to the diagnosis, assessment, prevention, treatment or care of any human illness, disease, injury or condition;
4. "Inpatient health care services entities" means those hospitals defined in paragraphs 2, 3 and 5 of Section 1-701 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, a nursing facility as defined in paragraph 10 of Section 1-1902 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, a specialized facility as defined in paragraph 11 of Section 1-1902 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and those long-term care facilities described in subparagraphs e and f of paragraph 1 of Section 1-1945 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
5. "Other defined officials" means, with regard to a particular health care services entity, to the extent such officials exist, the members of the board of directors, the administrator or chief executive officer, and the general counsel, by whatever titles those serving these functions may be called.
Added by Laws 2014, c. 82, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3163. Disclosure statement for patients and patients' families.

A. The State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision shall prepare, and from time to time amend, a disclosure statement designed to inform patients and patients' families of their rights under the specified sections of the Hydration and Nutrition for Incompetent Patients Act (Sections 3080.2 through 3080.5 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes), the Nondiscrimination in Treatment Act (Sections 3090.2 and 3090.3 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes), the Oklahoma Advance Directive Act (Section 3101.9 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes) and the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act (Section 3131.4 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes). The disclosure statement shall include contact information for officials to whom alleged violations of those provisions may be reported. The State Department of Health shall make the current disclosure statement available on the Department's website and shall inform the entities specified in subsection B of this section of the availability of the disclosure statement and how to obtain the disclosure statement.
B. Any entity to which the requirements of the federal Patient Self-Determination Act under 42 U.S.C., Section 1395cc(f) or 42 U.S.C., Section 1396a(w) apply shall, at the time of providing the written information required by 42 U.S.C., Section 1395cc(f)(1)(A)(i) or 42 U.S.C., Section 1396a(w)(1)(A)(i), include a copy of the disclosure statement described in subsection A of this section.
C. The provisions of subsection B of this section shall be effective thirty (30) days after the date on which the State Department of Health publishes the initial disclosure statement required by this section.
Added by Laws 2014, c. 82, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3202. Definitions.

A. As used in the University Hospitals Authority Act:
1. "University Hospitals" include University Hospital, Oklahoma Children's Hospital and any and all inpatient and outpatient hospital and clinical facilities and office and research buildings, facilities or property owned by or under the management and control of the University Hospitals Authority or the University Hospitals Trust;
2. "Authority" means the University Hospitals Authority;
3. "Department" means the Department of Human Services;
4. "Commission" means the Commission for Human Services or the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission;
5. "University Hospital" means the inpatient and outpatient hospital and clinical facilities and office and research buildings, facilities or property assigned for the use of University Hospital by the University Hospitals Authority; and
6. "Oklahoma Children's Hospital " means the inpatient and outpatient hospital and clinical facilities and office and research buildings, facilities or property assigned for the use of Oklahoma Children's Hospital by the University Hospitals Authority. Any statutory reference to "Children's Hospital of Oklahoma" or "Children's Hospital" shall be construed to refer to Oklahoma Children's Hospital as defined in this section.
B. The University Hospitals Authority may assign any inpatient and outpatient hospital and clinical facilities, research buildings, facilities or property and any other buildings, facilities or property under its ownership or management and control to University Hospital, Oklahoma Children's Hospital or any other division or entity which is part of University Hospitals.
C. No person or entity shall use the title "Oklahoma Children's Hospital" or "Children's Hospital of Oklahoma" for any purpose without the express permission of the University Hospitals Trust. No person or entity shall use the title "Children's Hospital" with respect to Children's Hospital of Oklahoma as defined in this section without the express permission of the University Hospitals Trust.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 330, § 2, emerg. eff. June 8, 1993. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 495, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019; Laws 2021, c. 285, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3205. University Hospitals - Certificate of Need - Operation and licensing - Service and receiving payments - Teaching and training.

A. The transfer of the University Hospitals from the Commission for Human Services and the Department of Human Services shall not require a Certificate of Need pursuant to the provisions of Sections 2651 through 2656.2 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes; provided, however, that any expansion or change to the University Hospitals requiring a Certificate of Need after such transfer shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 2651 through 2656.2 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. 1. University Hospitals shall be operated as general hospitals and shall be licensed by the State Commissioner of Health, and shall, as far as possible, meet the standards, requirements and essentials of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations, the American Medical Association's Council on Medical Education, the American Specialty Boards and the Association of American Medical Colleges.
2. The University Hospitals may provide services and receive payments therefor under Titles XVIII and XIX of the federal Social Security Act, and may participate in other federal medical programs.
3. University Hospitals shall be available as teaching and training hospitals for the colleges of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, for the College of Medicine of the University of Oklahoma, for other health and educational facilities and shall provide indigent patient care.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 330, § 5, eff. July 1, 1993.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3206. Children's Hospital - General hospital and service institution for certain persons.

Oklahoma Children's Hospital shall serve as a general hospital and service institution for persons under twenty-one (21) years of age and shall have the authority to extend services to persons twenty-one (21) years or older.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 330, § 6, eff. July 1, 1993.
Amended by Laws 2021, c. 285, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3209. Determination of criteria and standards for medicaid recipients and indigents - Medicaid eligibility office staff.

The Department of Human Services or the successor agency responsible for Medicaid shall continue to determine eligibility criteria and standards for Medicaid recipients and indigents and continue to staff a Medicaid eligibility office at the University Hospitals.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 330, § 9, eff. July 1, 1993.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3210. University Hospitals - Authority - Agreements and undertakings.

A. The University Hospitals Authority shall have the authority to:
1. Enter into agreements and cooperative ventures with other health care providers to share services or to provide a benefit to the hospitals;
2. Make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers pursuant to the University Hospitals Authority Act;
3. Join or sponsor organizations or associations intended to benefit the hospitals;
4. Have members of its governing body or its officers or administrators serve without pay as directors or officers of any organization, association or cooperative ventures authorized pursuant to the University Hospitals Authority Act; and
5. Offer, directly or indirectly, products and services of the hospitals, any cooperative venture or organization to the general public.
B. All agreements and obligations undertaken, as permitted under this section, by the University Hospitals Authority shall be for a public purpose. In addition to any other limitations, conditions or restrictions provided by law, the following conditions shall apply to contractual agreements entered into pursuant to this section:
1. Private and public funds shall be accounted for separately; and
2. The state does not assume any liability for private entities.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 330, § 10, emerg. eff. June 8, 1993. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 495, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3214. Investments of funds - University Hospitals Authority Agency Special Account - Blanket bond coverage.

A. The funds deposited in the Agency Special Account as created in subsection B of this section shall be invested by the State Treasurer in the manner provided for by law. The return on such investments shall be credited to the accounts of the Authority.
B. There is hereby created in the State Treasury an Official Depository Account for the University Hospitals Authority, to be designated the University Hospitals Authority Agency Special Account. The Official Depository Account shall consist of an agency clearing account and an agency special account. All revenues, except federal entitlements and state appropriations, generated by the University Hospitals Authority shall be deposited in these accounts.
C. The Authority shall be subject to blanket bond coverage as provided in Sections 85.26 through 85.31 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, provided the Authority shall be authorized to purchase increased amounts of fidelity bond coverage for those employees deemed necessary by the Authority. When the amount listed in Section 85.29 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes is deemed inadequate, the cost of increased coverage shall be borne by the Authority.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 330, § 14, eff. July 1, 1993.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3216. Issuance of bonds - Approval of Attorney General.

Before any bond shall be issued and delivered by the University Hospitals Authority, a certified copy of the proceedings for the issuance thereof, together with any other information which the Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma may require as the Bond Commissioner of the State of Oklahoma, shall be submitted to the Attorney General. If the Attorney General shall find that such bonds have been issued in accordance with law, he shall approve such bonds and execute a certificate to that effect. The Attorney General shall file such certificates in the office of the State Auditor and Inspector, and the certificates shall be recorded in a record kept for that purpose. All bonds approved by the Attorney General, and issued in accordance with the approved proceedings, shall be valid and binding obligations of the Authority and shall be incontestable for any course from and after the date of such approval.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 330, § 16, eff. July 1, 1993.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3217. Issuance of bonds - Approval of Supreme Court.

The University Hospitals Authority or the University Hospitals Trust may file an application with the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma for approval of any bonds to be issued under the provisions of the University Hospitals Authority Act, and exclusive original jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Supreme Court to hear and determine such application. The Supreme Court shall give such applications precedence over the other business of the Court and consider and determine the validity of the bonds and consider the application and any protest which may be filed thereto. Notice of the hearing on each application shall be given by notice published in a newspaper of general circulation in this state that on a day named the Authority or the Trust will ask the Court to hear the application and approve the bonds. Such notice shall inform all interested parties that they may file a protest against the issuance of the bonds, may be present at the hearing, and may contest the legality thereof. Such notice shall be published one time, not less than ten (10) days prior to the date named for the hearing and the hearing may be adjourned from time to time in the discretion of the Court. If the Court is satisfied that the bonds have been properly authorized in accordance with the University Hospitals Authority Act, and that when issued such bonds will constitute valid obligations in accordance with their terms, the Court shall render its written opinion approving the bonds and shall fix the time within which the petition for rehearing may be filed. The decision of the Court shall be a judicial determination of the validity of the bonds, shall be conclusive as to the Authority or the Trust, its officers and agents, and thereafter the bonds so approved and the revenues pledged to their payment shall be incontestable in any court in the State of Oklahoma.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 330, § 17, eff. July 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 174, § 3, emerg. eff. May 8, 1997.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3218. Bonds not to be debt of state or political subdivision - Statement on bonds - Tax exemption.

Revenue bonds of the University Hospitals Authority issued pursuant to the provisions of the University Hospitals Authority shall not constitute a debt of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, or a pledge of the full faith and credit of the state, or of any political subdivision thereof, but such bonds shall be payable solely from the funds provided therefor. The forms of the bonds so issued shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that neither the state nor the Authority shall be obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon except from the revenues of the Authority pledged to the payment of such bonds and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state or any political subdivision thereof is pledged, or may hereafter be pledged, to the payment of the principal of or interest on such bonds. The bonds so issued shall be exempt from taxation by the State of Oklahoma and any political subdivision thereof, including the income therefrom, and any gain from the sale thereof.
Added by laws 1993, c. 330, § 18, eff. July 1, 1993.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3219. Investment in bonds issued pursuant to this act - Use as collateral security.

Bonds issued pursuant to provisions of the University Hospitals Authority Act are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public boards, agencies and instrumentalities of the state and its political subdivisions, all banks, trust companies, trust and loan associations, investment companies, and others carrying on a banking business, and all insurance companies and insurance associations, and others carrying on an insurance business, may legally and properly invest. Such bonds are also approved as collateral security for the deposit of any public funds and for the investment of trust funds.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 330, § 19, eff. July 1, 1993.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3220. University Hospitals Authority - Annual report to Governor and Legislature.

The University Hospitals Authority shall submit an annual report to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Such report shall be submitted in accordance with the requirements for financial statement audits in Section 212A of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and shall include an account of the operations and actions of the Authority and an accounting of all revenue received and disbursed by the Authority for the previous fiscal year. The report shall include an accounting of expenses related to each of the following:
1. Education and training of students of the University of Oklahoma, resident physicians and others;
2. Care and treatment of indigents for whom the Authority receives any form of state or federal reimbursement; and
3. Research.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 330, § 20, eff. July 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 290, § 10, eff. July 1, 1996.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3221. University Hospitals Authority Disbursing Fund.

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the University Hospitals Authority, to be designated the "University Hospitals Authority Disbursing Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of appropriated revenues, revenues earned by the Authority, donations and federal entitlements. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the University Hospitals Authority.
B. Following the execution of a lease of real properties under the jurisdiction of the University Hospitals Authority to the University Hospitals Trust pursuant to Section 3226 of this title, monies from the fund may be expended by the Authority for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998, for the operations of the Authority after the execution of the lease to the University Hospitals Trust for payment of any costs to the Authority associated with the transfer of operations of facilities under the jurisdiction of the Authority, and legal obligations of the Authority. After July 1, 1998, the operation of the Authority may be funded from the interest earned by the fund.
C. After July 1, 2010, the principal and interest earned on the fund may be expended by the Authority for the operation of the Authority and for the completion of the mission of the Authority.
D. It is the intent of the Legislature to restore the fund to the June 30, 2010, balance in the event that the state resumes operations of any of the facilities operated by the Authority prior to a lease being executed.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 330, § 21, eff. July 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 326, § 5, eff. July 1, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 287, § 16, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2010, c. 446, § 2; Laws 2019, c. 495, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3222. Traffic and parking regulations on University Hospitals Authority property - Violations - Campus police officers and guards - Cooperative agreements.

A. The University Hospitals Authority may regulate traffic and the parking of vehicles on property used by or for the University Hospitals Authority. Such regulations shall be in writing, and copies thereof, including amendments thereto, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, and in the office of the city clerk of the City of Oklahoma City. The municipal court of the City of Oklahoma City shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine prosecutions for violations of such regulations, which may be prosecuted and shall be punishable as violations of ordinances of the City of Oklahoma City. The Authority may cause to be removed, and may enter into contracts for such purpose, any vehicle parked in violation of such regulations.
B. The Authority may appoint campus police officers and guards for buildings and grounds of the University Hospitals Authority in the same manner and with the same powers as campus police appointed by governing boards of state institutions for higher education under the provisions of Section 360.15 et seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and who may prevent or stop improper conduct and trespass in and upon such buildings and grounds, and make arrests and prosecute any and all persons arrested for such improper conduct and trespassing. Employees of the Authority serving as police officers shall be certified as provided for in Section 3311 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
C. The Authority and the City of Oklahoma City may enter into a cooperative agreement to effectuate the provisions of this section.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 4, § 1, emerg. eff. March 14, 1974. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 326, § 25, emerg. eff. July 13, 1988; Laws 1993, c. 330, § 25, eff. July 1, 1993. Renumbered from § 344 of Title 56 by Laws 1993, c. 330, § 31, eff. July 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 283, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3229. Report of total value of sales tax exemption – Additional reporting requirements.

With respect to the provisions of paragraph 30 of Section 1356 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes as amended by Enrolled Senate Bill No. 79 of the 1st Session of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature, the University Hospitals Authority shall report the total value of the sales tax exemption from the prior fiscal year to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Chair of the House Appropriations and Budget Committee or successor committee, and the Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee or successor committee as part of its annual budget and performance review materials submitted for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and for fiscal years thereafter. The Authority shall further report the total number of filled resident positions and the number of nursing graduates of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center compared to the baseline numbers for fiscal year 2021 as part of the same report each year. The University Hospitals Trust shall confirm for each fiscal year beginning in fiscal year 2023 that any nonprofit entity which has entered into a joint operating agreement with the Trust and is subject to the provisions of paragraph 30 of Section 1356 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes has budgeted an amount equal to or greater than the baseline amount for fiscal year 2021 for physician and nursing workforce development, and the Trust shall verify that:
1. The nonprofit entity subject to these provisions has increased funding to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Medicine in a sufficient amount to support seventy additional medical residency positions by fiscal year 2025 than the baseline amount supported in fiscal year 2021;
2. The nonprofit entity subject to these provisions has increased funding to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Nursing in a sufficient amount to support fifty additional Nurse Practitioner graduates by fiscal year 2026 than the baseline amount supported in fiscal year 2021; and
3. The nonprofit entity subject to these provisions has increased funding to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Nursing in a sufficient amount to support one hundred ten additional Registered Nurse graduates by fiscal year 2024 than the baseline amount supported in fiscal year 2021.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 556, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3240.2. Definitions.

As used in the Community Hospitals Authority Act:
1. “Authority” means the Community Hospitals Authority;
2. “Health care system” means a system providing inpatient and outpatient services that is not limited to a specific facility or modality of care;
3. “Medically indigent” means a person requiring medically necessary hospital or other health care services for the person or the dependents of the person, who has insufficient or no public or private third-party coverage and whose personal resources are insufficient to provide for needed medical care; and
4. “Participating health care system” means a health care system that has within it a major community hospital that expends at least Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) annually providing care for medically indigent persons from a multicounty service area and that is located in a municipality having a population of three hundred seventy-five thousand (375,000) or more which does not have a health care system statutorily charged with indigent care and medical teaching or training responsibilities on the effective date of the Community Hospitals Authority Act.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 374, § 4, eff. July 1, 2002. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 412, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3240.3. Community Hospitals Authority - Purpose, establishment and duties - Indigent care services - Appropriation - Reimbursement.

A. The Oklahoma Legislature finds that care of medically indigent persons and the needs of the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences and the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine (Tulsa) will be enhanced through the establishment of the Community Hospitals Authority. The purpose of the Community Hospitals Authority is to provide maximum utilization and efficient administration in order to deliver health care services to medically indigent persons and to promote the teaching and training of physicians.
B. The Community Hospitals Authority shall:
1. Support the missions of the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences and the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine (Tulsa) with regard to:
a.
teaching and training for medical students,
b.
conducting medical and biomedical research, and
c.
medical care for indigent and nonindigent populations;
2. Act as a vehicle for securing funding that is in addition to existing state Medicaid Program appropriated funding for education and indigent care and graduate medical education; provided, however, under no circumstance shall funds secured pursuant to this provision be used to supplant such existing state Medicaid Program appropriated funding; and
3. Coordinate the delivery and efficiency of medical service across Northeast Oklahoma including, but not limited to, all counties located totally or partly in the Tulsa Metropolitan Area.
C. The Authority may contract for indigent care services with participating health care systems.
D. In the event the Legislature enacts a statewide program to reimburse hospitals for the cost, or a portion thereof, of providing indigent health care, the Legislature shall ensure that such reimbursement shall be made to all hospitals providing indigent care within the state.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 374, § 5, eff. July 1, 2002. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 412, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2003; Laws 2005, c. 410, § 2, eff. July 1, 2005.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3240.4. Licensure of hospitals – Services and payment – Teaching and training hospitals.

Hospitals within the participating health care systems:
1. Shall be licensed by the State Commissioner of Health and shall meet the standards, requirements and essentials of the Joint Commission of Accreditation of Health Care Organizations and the American Osteopathic Association. Provided, the State Commissioner of Health may waive any such standards, requirements and essentials as the Commissioner deems necessary;
2. May provide services and receive payments therefor under Title XVIII and XIX of the federal Social Security Act, and may participate in other federal medical programs;
3. Shall be available as teaching and training hospitals for Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine (Tulsa), and other health and educational facilities, and shall provide indigent patient care consistent with their past policies and performance; and
4. Shall not be covered by The Governmental Tort Claims Act, and their employees, agents, independent contractors and employees of independent contractors shall not be covered by The Governmental Tort Claims Act.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 374, § 6, eff. July 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3240.5. Composition of agency – Terms – Reimbursement - Quorum.

A. There is hereby created the Community Hospitals Authority, an agency of the State of Oklahoma, a body corporate and politic, with powers of government and with the authority to exercise the rights, privileges and functions as specified in the Community Hospitals Authority Act.
B. The Authority shall be composed as follows:
1. The presidents of Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma or their designees;
2. One member appointed by the Governor who shall be a citizen and resident of a metropolitan area meeting the criteria provided in paragraph 4 of Section 3240.2 of this title who has no direct affiliation with a participating health care system or a university listed in paragraph 1 of this subsection;
3. One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
4. One member appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the State Senate;
5. The Director of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority; and
6. One representative from each of the three participating health care systems, as defined in Section 3240.2 of this title, who shall each serve terms of three (3) years and may be reappointed;
7. One representative from the Oklahoma Department of Commerce designated as the Community Action Agency for the largest county in terms of population included within the geographic boundaries of the Community Hospitals Authority;
8. One representative from the chamber of commerce, or any other organization of business entities, from the largest metropolitan area in terms of population included within the geographic boundaries of the Community Hospitals Authority;
9. One representative appointed by the existing members of the Authority from a city-county health department; and
10. One representative appointed by the existing members of the Authority from a charitable or philanthropic foundation with assets in excess of Five Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000.00) that has demonstrated a commitment to supporting the missions of the Community Hospitals Authority.
C. The members appointed by the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the State Senate shall serve terms of three (3) years and may be reappointed. Successors shall be appointed for terms of three (3) years.
D. Each member of the Authority, prior to appointment, shall be a resident of the state and a registered voter.
E. The members of the Authority shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for all actual and necessary travel expenses incurred in the performance of their duties in accordance with the provisions of the State Travel Reimbursement Act.
F. A quorum of the Authority shall be a majority of the voting members. The members of the Authority shall annually elect a chair from among its membership.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 374, § 7, eff. July 1, 2002. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 412, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2003; Laws 2006, c. 315, § 14, emerg. eff. June 9, 2006.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3240.7. Annual report.

The Community Hospitals Authority shall submit an annual report to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Such report shall be submitted in accordance with the requirements for financial statement audits in Section 212A of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and shall include an account of the operations and actions of the Authority and an accounting of all revenue received and disbursed by the Authority for the previous fiscal year. The report shall include an accounting of expenses related to the care and treatment of indigent persons for whom the Authority receives any form of state or federal reimbursement.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 374, § 9, eff. July 1, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 63. Public Health and Safety › §63-3240.8. Community Hospitals Authority Revolving Fund.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Community Hospitals Authority to be designated the “Community Hospitals Authority Revolving Fund”. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of monies available to the Authority. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Community Hospitals Authority as authorized by law. The Authority shall ensure that all monies deposited into the fund are matched with federal dollars whenever possible.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 374, § 10, eff. July 1, 2002.