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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 56. Poor Persons › §56-4002.3d. Selection of primary care provider by members.

A. Every Medicaid member enrolled in a contracted entity shall have the right to select his or her primary care provider and to change his or her primary care provider at any time, as long as the selected primary care provider is a participating provider. Any parent or guardian of a Medicaid member who is a minor child enrolled in a contracted entity shall have the right to select the primary care provider for the member's minor child and to change the primary care provider at any time, as long as the selected primary care provider is a participating provider.
B. If a member, or parent or guardian of a member who is a minor child, does not select a primary care provider, the contracted entity shall notify the member, parent, or guardian that he or she needs to select a primary care provider and shall send the member, parent, or guardian the name, contact information, employer, and any other applicable information as determined by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority of the three primary care providers nearest to the member's home address that are contracted with the contracted entity.
C. 1. If, after the contracted entity sends the information described in subsection B of this section, the member, parent, or guardian does not select a primary care provider within a time determined by the Authority, the contracted entity shall assign the member to a primary care provider in accordance with the process described in paragraph 2 of this subsection.
2. The Authority shall develop and implement a process for the assignment by contracted entities of Medicaid members who do not select a primary care provider to a primary care provider. The process shall prioritize existing patient-provider relationships and geographic proximity of the patient to the provider, and shall assign families to the same primary care provider to the extent possible.
Added by Laws 2022, c. 395, § 6, eff. July 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 56. Poor Persons › §56-4002.4a. Standard contract terms.

A. 1. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall develop standard contract terms for contracted entities to include, but not be limited to, all requirements stipulated by this act. The Authority shall oversee and monitor performance of contracted entities and shall enforce the terms of capitated contracts as required by paragraph 2 of this subsection.
2. The Authority shall require each contracted entity to meet all contractual and operational requirements as defined in the requests for proposals issued pursuant to Section 3 of this act. Such requirements shall include but not be limited to reimbursement and capitation rates, insurance reserve requirements as specified by the Insurance Department, acceptance of risk as defined by the Authority, operational performance expectations including the assessment of penalties, member marketing guidelines, other applicable state and federal regulatory requirements, and all requirements of this act including, but not limited to, the requirements stipulated in this section.
B. The Authority shall develop methods to ensure program integrity against provider fraud, waste, and abuse.
C. The Authority shall develop processes for providers and Medicaid members to report violations by contracted entities of applicable administrative rules, state laws, or federal laws.
Added by Laws 2022, c. 395, § 8, eff. July 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 56. Poor Persons › §56-4002.8. Uniform procedures for review and appeal for adverse determinations.

A. A contracted entity shall utilize uniform procedures established by the Authority under subsection B of this section for the review and appeal of any adverse determination by the contracted entity sought by any enrollee or provider adversely affected by such determination.
B. The Authority shall develop procedures for enrollees or providers to seek review by the contracted entity of any adverse determination made by the contracted entity. A provider shall have six (6) months from the receipt of a claim denial to file an appeal. With respect to appeals of adverse determinations made by a contracted entity on the basis of medical necessity, the following requirements shall apply:
1. Medical review staff of the contracted entity shall be licensed or credentialed health care clinicians with relevant clinical training or experience; and
2. All contracted entities shall use medical review staff for such appeals and shall not use any automated claim review software or other automated functionality for such appeals.
C. Upon receipt of notice from the contracted entity that the adverse determination has been upheld on appeal, the enrollee or provider may request a fair hearing from the Authority. The Authority shall develop procedures for fair hearings in accordance with 42 C.F.R., Part 431.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 542, § 8, eff. Sept. 1, 2021. Amended by Laws 2022, c. 395, § 12, eff. July 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 56. Poor Persons › §56-4002.10. Readiness review.

The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall require all contracted entities to participate in a readiness review in accordance with 42 C.F.R., Section 438.66. The readiness review shall assess the ability and capacity of the contracted entity to perform satisfactorily in such areas as may be specified in 42 C.F.R., Section 438.66.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 542, § 10, eff. Sept. 1, 2021. Amended by Laws 2022, c. 395, § 13, eff. July 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 56. Poor Persons › §56-4002.11. Scorecard comparing contracted entities and dental benefit managers.

No later than one (1) year following the execution of the delivery model transition described in the Ensuring Access to Medicaid Act, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall create a scorecard that compares each contracted entity and separately compares each dental benefit manager. The scorecard shall report the average speed of authorizations of services, rates of denials of Medicaid reimbursable services when a complete authorization request is submitted in a timely manner, member satisfaction survey results, provider satisfaction survey results, and such other criteria as the Authority may require. The scorecard shall be compiled quarterly and shall consist of the information specified in this section from the prior quarter. The Authority shall provide the most recent quarterly scorecard to all initial members during enrollment choice counseling following the eligibility determination and prior to initial enrollment. The Authority shall provide the most recent quarterly scorecard to all members at the beginning of each enrollment period. The Authority shall publish each quarterly scorecard on its public Internet website.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 542, § 11, eff. Sept. 1, 2021. Amended by Laws 2022, c. 395, § 14, eff. July 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 56. Poor Persons › §56-4002.12a. Dental benefit managers to maintain Medicaid Dental Advisory Committees.

A. All dental benefit managers shall maintain a Medicaid Dental Advisory Committee, comprised exclusively of Oklahoma-licensed dentists and specialists, to advise dental benefit managers regarding quality measures.
B. Dental providers shall not be required to enter into capitated contracts with a dental benefit manager.
Added by Laws 2022, c. 395, § 16, eff. July 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 56. Poor Persons › §56-4002.13. Medicaid Delivery System Quality Advisory Committee.

A. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall establish a Medicaid Delivery System Quality Advisory Committee for the purpose of performing the duties specified in subsection B of this section.
B. The Committee shall have the power and duty to make recommendations to the Administrator of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority and the Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board on quality measures used by contracted entities in the capitated care delivery model of the state Medicaid program.
C. 1. The Committee shall be comprised of members appointed by the Administrator of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority. Members shall serve at the pleasure of the Administrator.
2. A majority of the members shall be providers participating in the capitated care delivery model of the state Medicaid program, and such providers may include members of the Advisory Committee on Medical Care for Public Assistance Recipients. Other members shall include, but not be limited to, representatives of hospitals and integrated health systems, other members of the health care community, and members of the academic community having subject-matter expertise in the field of health care or subfields of health care, or other applicable fields including, but not limited to, statistics, economics or public policy.
3. The Committee shall select from among its membership a chair and vice chair.
D. 1. The Committee may meet as often as may be required in order to perform the duties imposed on it.
2. A quorum of the Committee shall be required to approve any final recommendations of the Committee. A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.
3. Meetings of the Committee shall be subject to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.
E. Members of the Committee shall receive no compensation or travel reimbursement.
F. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall provide staff support to the Committee. To the extent allowed under federal or state law, rules or regulations, the Authority, the State Department of Health, the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and the Department of Human Services shall as requested provide technical expertise, statistical information, and any other information deemed necessary by the chair of the Committee to perform the duties imposed on it.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 542, § 13, eff. Sept. 1, 2021. Amended by Laws 2022, c. 395, § 18, eff. July 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 56. Poor Persons › §56-4002.14. Uniform defined measures and goals - Provider quality metrics.

A. The transformed delivery system of the state Medicaid program and capitated contracts awarded under the transformed delivery system shall be designed with uniform defined measures and goals that are consistent across contracted entities including, but not limited to, adjusted health outcomes, social determinants of health, quality of care, member satisfaction, provider satisfaction, access to care, network adequacy, and cost.
B. Prior to implementation of the transformed Medicaid delivery system, each contracted entity shall use nationally recognized, standardized provider quality metrics as established by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority and, where applicable, may use additional quality metrics if the measures are mutually agreed upon by the Authority, the contracted entity, and participating providers. The Authority shall develop processes for determining quality metrics and cascading quality metrics from contracted entities to subcontractors and providers.
C. The Authority may use consultants, organizations, or measures used by health plans, the federal government, or other states to develop effective measures for outcomes and quality including, but not limited to, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) or the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) established by NCQA, the Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (PCPI) or any measures developed by PCPI.
D. Each component of the quality metrics established by the Authority shall be subject to specific accountability measures including, but not limited to, penalties for noncompliance.
Added by Laws 2022, c. 395, § 19, eff. July 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 56. Poor Persons › §56-4002.15. Federal approval – Promulgation of rules.

A. 1. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority shall seek any federal approval necessary to implement the Ensuring Access to Medicaid Act. This shall include, but not be limited to, submission to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of any appropriate demonstration waiver application or Medicaid State Plan amendment necessary to accomplish the requirements of this act within the required time frames.
2. Prior to implementation of contracts with any contracted entities except dental benefit managers, the Authority shall obtain federal approval of a managed care directed payment program with an average commercial rate methodology under the Supplemental Hospital Offset Payment Program Act. Contracts with dental benefit managers shall be exempt from the requirement stipulated by this paragraph.
B. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority Board shall promulgate rules to implement the Ensuring Access to Medicaid Act.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 542, § 14, eff. Sept. 1, 2021. Amended by Laws 2022, c. 395, § 20, eff. July 1, 2022. Renumbered from § 4004 of this title by Laws 2022, c. 395, § 24, eff. July 1, 2022.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 56. Poor Persons › §56-4003. Biomarker testing coverage.

A. As used in this section:
1. "Biomarker", "biomarker testing", "consensus statement", and "nationally recognized clinical practice guidelines" shall have the same meaning as provided by Section 1 of this act; and
2. "Contracted entity" shall have the same meaning as provided by Section 4002.2 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. The state Medicaid program shall cover biomarker testing in accordance with the requirements provided by this section.
C. Biomarker testing shall be covered for the purposes of diagnosis, treatment, appropriate management, or ongoing monitoring of a member’s disease or condition when the test is supported by medical and scientific evidence, including, but not limited to:
1. Labeled indications for a United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved or -cleared test;
2. Indicated tests for an FDA-approved drug;
3. Warnings and precautions on FDA-approved drug labels;
4. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) national coverage determinations or Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) local coverage determinations; or
5. Nationally recognized clinical practice guidelines and consensus statements.
D. Contracted entities under the state Medicaid program shall provide biomarker testing at the same scope, duration, and frequency as the Medicaid program otherwise provides to members.
E. If prior authorization is required for biomarker testing, the contracted entity shall approve or deny a prior authorization request and notify the member, the member’s provider, and any entity requesting authorization of the service within seventy-two (72) hours for non-urgent requests or within twenty-four (24) hours for urgent requests.
F. The member and the member’s provider shall have access to clear, readily accessible, and convenient processes to request an exception to a coverage policy for biomarker testing of the state Medicaid program. The process shall be made readily accessible to all participating providers and members online.
Added by Laws 2023, c. 331, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2024.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-1. County commissioners - Inspection of jails.

County commissioners shall inspect the jails in their respective counties at least once each year, and shall fully examine the health, cleanliness and discipline conditions of the jail. The person responsible for the administration of such jail shall provide the county commissioner with the name, age and basis for incarceration of each prisoner and if it appears to the commissioners that any provisions of law have been violated or neglected they shall give notice to the district attorney of the county. This inspection shall be in addition to that performed by the State Department of Health.
R.L. 1910, § 4603. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 244, § 13, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-2. Prohibition against intoxicating beverages in jails.

No sheriff, jailer or keeper of any jail shall, under any pretense, give, sell or deliver to any person committed to any jail for any cause whatever, any spirituous liquor, or any mixed liquor, part of which is spirituous, or any wine, cider or strong beer, under the penalties prescribed by the prohibition law of this state, unless a physician shall certify in writing that the health of such prisoner requires it, in which case he may be allowed the quantity prescribed and no more.
R.L. 1910, § 4604. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 244, § 14, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-4. Jails to be kept clean - Care of prisoners.

The person responsible for administration of a jail shall see that the jail is constantly kept in a clean and healthful condition, and shall see that strict attention is constantly paid to the personal cleanliness of all the prisoners in his custody.
R.L. 1910, § 4606. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 244, § 15, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-5. Bible furnished for each prisoner - Ministers to have access.

The keeper of each prison shall provide, at the expense of the county or state, as the case may be, for each prisoner under his charge, who may be able and desirous to read, a copy of the Bible, or New Testament, to be used by such prisoner during his confinement, and any minister of the gospel, disposed to aid in reforming the prisoners, and instructing them in their moral and religious duties, shall have access to them at seasonable and proper times.
R.L. 1910, § 4607.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-6. Courts may sentence to hard labor.

Any court, justice of the peace, police court or police magistrate, in cases where such courts have jurisdiction under the laws of this state, or as provided by the ordinances or charter of any incorporated town or city in the state, shall have full power and authority to sentence such convict to hard labor as provided in this article.
R.L. 1910, § 4608.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-7. Marshal shall superintend labor in towns.

When the imprisonment is pursuant to the judgment of any court, police court, or police magistrate of an incorporated city or town for the violation of any ordinance, bylaw, or other regulation, the marshal shall superintend the performance of the labor herein contemplated, and shall furnish the tools and materials, if necessary at the expense of the city or town requiring the labor, and such city or town shall be entitled to the earnings of its convicts.
R.L. 1910, § 4609.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-9. Penalty for cruelty to prisoners.

If any officer or other person treat any prisoner in a cruel or inhuman manner he shall be punished by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding twelve (12) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
R.L. 1910, § 4613.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-10. Protection from annoyance - Penalty for annoying prisoners.

The officer having such prisoner in charge shall protect him from insult and annoyance and communication with others while at labor, and in going to and returning from the same, and he may use such means as are necessary and proper therefor, and any person persisting in insulting and annoying or communicating with any prisoner after being first commanded by such officer to desist shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Ten Dollars ($10.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding three (3) days.
R.L. 1910, § 4613.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-13. Escape when committed for capital offenses a felony.

If any person committed to prison, for the purpose of detaining him for trial, for a capital offense, shall break prison and escape, he shall be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned in the state prison for the term of two (2) years.
R.L. 1910, § 4616. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 502, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 367, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 502 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-14. Removal of prisoners in case of fire.

If any prison, or any building thereof, shall be on fire, and the prisoners shall be exposed to danger by such fire, the keeper may remove such prisoners to a place of safety, and there confine them, so long as may be necessary to avoid such danger, and such removal and confinement shall not be deemed an escape of such prisoners.
R.L. 1910, § 4617.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-15. When a poor convict is held for fine and costs.

When any poor convict shall have been confined in any prison for the space of six (6) months, for nonpayment of fine and costs only, or either of them, the sheriff of the county in which such person shall be imprisoned shall make a report thereof to any two justices of the peace for such county; if required by such justices, the said keeper shall bring such convict before them, either at the prison, or at such other convenient place thereto as they shall direct; the said justices shall proceed to inquire into the truth of said report, and if they shall be satisfied that the report is true, and the convict has not had since his conviction any estate, real or personal, with which he could have paid the sum for the nonpayment of which he was committed, they shall make a certificate thereof to the sheriff of the county, and direct him to discharge such convict from prison and the sheriff shall forthwith discharge him.
R.L. 1910, § 4618.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-16. Jails of state to receive federal prisoners.

When a prisoner shall be delivered to a sheriff or keeper of any jail by the authority of the United States, the sheriff or keeper shall receive the prisoner, and commit him accordingly; and every sheriff or keeper of the jail refusing or neglecting to take possession of a prisoner delivered to him by the authority aforesaid, shall be subject to the same pains and penalties as for neglect or refusal to commit any prisoner delivered to him under the authority of the state. And any sheriff or keeper of any jail who shall suffer to escape any prisoner committed to his custody by the authority of the United States, shall be subject to the same pains and penalties as for suffering to escape any prisoner committed to his custody under the authority of the state, and the allowance for the maintenance of any prisoner committed as aforesaid shall be no greater than that made for prisoners committed under the authority of the state.
Laws 1910-11, c. 19, p. 36, § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-16a. Receiving and holding United States prisoners – Immigration detainer requests.

A. All sheriffs, jailers, prison keepers, and their deputies, within this state, to whom any persons shall be sent or committed, by virtue of legal process, issued by or under the authority of the United States, shall receive such persons into custody, and keep them safely until discharged by due course of the laws of the United States; and all such sheriffs, jailers, prison keepers and their deputies, offending in the premises, shall be liable to the same pains and penalties, and the parties aggrieved shall be entitled to the same remedies against them, or any of them, as if such prisoners had been committed to their custody by virtue of legal process issued under the authority of this state.
B. All sheriffs, jailers, prison keepers and their deputies who have custody of a person who is subject to an immigration detainer request issued by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall:
1. Comply with, honor and fulfill any request made in the immigration detainer request provided by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and
2. Inform the person identified in the immigration detainer request that the person is being held pursuant to an immigration detainer issued by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
C. A sheriff, jailer, prison keeper or deputy shall not be required to perform a duty imposed by subsection B of this section with respect to a person who has provided proof that he or she is a citizen of the United States. Such proof may include:
1. An Oklahoma driver license or identification card issued by the Department of Public Safety on or after November 1, 2007; or
2. State- or federal government-issued identification.
D. All sheriffs, jailers, prison keepers, and their deputies, within this state, shall allow reasonable access to their detention facilities to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of identifying inmates.
E. As used in this section, "immigration detainer request" means a federal government request to a local entity to maintain temporary custody of an alien, including a United States Department of Homeland Security Form I-247 document or a similar successor form.
R.L. 1910, § 4619. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 255, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-18. Calendar of United States prisoners.

Before every stated term of the United States court, to be held within this state, the said sheriffs, jailers and prison keepers shall make out, under oath, a calendar of prisoners in their custody, under the authority of the United States, with the date of their commitment, by whom committed, and for what offense, and transmit the same to the judge of the district court of the United States for their district, and at the end of every six (6) months they shall transmit to the United States marshal of their district, for allowance and payment of their account, if any, against the United States, for the support and keeping of such prisoners, as aforesaid.
R.L. 1910, § 4621.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-19. Juvenile prisoners.

Juvenile prisoners shall be treated with humaneness and in a manner calculated to promote their reformation and they shall be kept separate from more experienced and hardened criminals. Visits of parents, guardians and friends who desire to exert a moral influence over them shall at all reasonable times be permitted.
R.L. 1910, § 4622. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 244, § 16, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-20. Credit on fine and costs - Credit for efficient work and good behavior.

Every county, city or town convict in this state, whether required to work upon the public highways of the county, city or town, in accordance with the laws of this state, or merely confined in the county, city or town prison, shall receive credit upon his or her fine and costs of One Dollar ($1.00) for each day confined in prison, or worked upon the public highways, rock pile, or rock crusher, or public work; provided that those prisoners or convicts doing and performing the most efficient work and making the best prisoners, shall be entitled to an additional credit of one (1) day for every five (5) days of work, the custodian of the prison to determine at the end of each five (5) days of imprisonment whether or not the prisoner is entitled to such credit, and to make a record of the decision and notify the prisoner of the same.
Added by Laws 1913, c. 112, p. 205, § 4. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 160, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-22. Receiving compensation for providing goods or services for benefit of inmate – Penalties.

A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any detention officer, deputy sheriff, or other person employed as jail operations staff by a county, city, or other entity that operates a jail who receives compensation from any person other than the sheriff or jail administrator for providing goods, tobacco products, or services for the benefit of an inmate, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if the compensation is an amount of less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), punishable by up to six (6) months in the county jail, or a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment and shall be guilty of a felony if the compensation is an amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or more, punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than two (2) years, or a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person operating, or employed by, a vendor facility licensed by the State Department of Rehabilitation Services pursuant to Sections 71 through 78 of Title 7 of the Oklahoma Statutes for purposes of carrying out the provisions of the Randolph-Sheppard Act, 20 U.S.C.A., Section 107 et seq., or any other duly authorized vendor.
Added by Laws 2002, c. 231, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2002. Amended by Laws 2008, c. 366, § 6, emerg. eff. June 3, 2008.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-31. Corporal punishment prohibited.

It shall be unlawful for any person to administer any corporal punishment of any kind to any inmate of any penal or corrective institution of the State of Oklahoma.
Added by Laws 1951, p. 59, § 1. Amended by Laws 1953, p. 231, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-38. Jail reimbursement rate - Reimbursement for medical expenses.

The Department of Corrections shall reimburse any county which is required to retain an inmate pursuant to subsection E of Section 37 of this title in an amount not to exceed Twenty-seven Dollars ($27.00) per day for each inmate during such period of retention, unless the actual daily cost as determined by the Department of Corrections Daily Rate as defined in this section, exceeds Twenty-seven Dollars ($27.00). If the actual daily cost as determined by the Department of Corrections Daily Rate exceeds Twenty-seven Dollars ($27.00), the county shall notify the Department of Corrections of the actual daily cost no later than September 30. If the county's actual daily cost is accepted by the Department that shall be the reimbursement rate for the county beginning the next fiscal year. If the Department rejects the county's actual daily cost application, then the actual daily cost reimbursement shall be determined by the State Auditor and shall be imposed beginning the next fiscal year. The Department shall distribute the reimbursement on a monthly basis upon receipt and approval of a billing statement from the county. The county shall use the reimbursement to defray expenses of equipping and maintaining the jail and payment of personnel. The provisions in this act shall be implemented by the Department to allow sufficient time for application to FY-2019. The Department of Corrections shall reimburse the county for the emergency medical care for physical injury or illness of the inmate retained under this act if the injury or illness is directly related to the incarceration and the county is required by law to provide such care for inmates in the jail. The Department shall not pay fees for medical care in excess of the rates established for Medicaid providers. The state shall not be liable for medical charges in excess of the Medicaid scheduled rate. The Director may accept any inmate required to have extended medical care upon application of the county.
Added by Laws 1981, S.J.R. No. 14, p. 1291, § 3, emerg. eff. April 13, 1981. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 293, § 1, emerg. eff. May 25, 1992; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 76, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 1999, c. 51, § 3, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 24, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2006, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 74, § 8; Laws 2015, c. 307, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2015; Laws 2017, c. 260, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-38.1. Reimbursement for disciplinary incarceration under community sentencing.

In jurisdictions where the local community sentencing system is receiving state funds, the state shall provide funding for county jail incarceration for disciplinary sanctions for eligible offenders pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Community Sentencing Act at a rate of Twenty-four Dollars ($24.00) per day per person imprisoned for a maximum term as provided by law.
Added by Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 4, § 28, eff. July 1, 1999. Amended by Laws 2023, c. 79, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-38.2. Reimbursement for incarceration ordered as an intermediate sanction.

The Department of Corrections shall reimburse each county in an amount not to exceed Thirty Dollars ($30.00) per offender per day for county jail incarceration that is ordered as an intermediate sanction for eligible offenders under the provisions of subsection B of Section 991b and subsection H of Section 991c of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 2006, c. 288, § 1, eff. July 1, 2006.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-41. Establishment or access to jail in another county - Private prison contractors.

Every county, by authority of the board of county commissioners and at the expense of the county, shall have a jail or access to a jail in another county for the safekeeping of prisoners lawfully committed.
A county may enter into contracts with private prison contractors to provide and operate jail facilities for the county.
R.L. 1910, § 4579. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 244, § 17, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 1987, c. 80, § 7, operative July 1, 1987.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-42. Common jails used as prisons, when.

The common jails in the several counties in the charge of the respective sheriffs, shall be used as prisons:
1. For the detention of persons charged with offenses, and duly committed for trial.
2. For the detention of persons who may be duly committed, to secure their attendance as witnesses on the trial of any criminal cause.
3. For the confinement of persons pursuant to a sentence, upon a conviction for an offense and of all other persons duly committed for any cause authorized by law.
4. For the confinement of persons who may be sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison, until they shall be removed thereto.
R.L. 1910, § 4580.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-47. Sheriff to have charge of the jail.

The sheriff, or such person designated by law in his place, shall have charge of the county jail of his county and of all persons by law confined therein, and such sheriff or other officer is hereby required to conform, in all respects, to the rules and directions promulgated pursuant to Section 192 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes and of the district judge and communicated to him by the proper authority.
R.L. 1910, § 4585. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 244, § 19, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-48. Jail register.

The sheriff, or other officers performing the duties of sheriff of each county in this state shall procure at the expense of the county a suitable book, or computer record that shall be considered the original for all purposes, to be called the jail register, in which the said sheriff, by himself or his jailer, shall enter:
1. The name of each prisoner with the date and cause of his commitment, and the authority committing him; and, if committed for a criminal offense, a description of his person;
2. The date or manner of his discharge or escape, as the case may be;
3. What sickness, if any, has prevailed in the jail during the year, and if known what were the causes of such disease;
4. The habits of the prisoners as to personal cleanliness, diet and order;
5. The means furnished prisoners of literary, moral and religious instruction, and of labor; and
6. All other matters required by said rules, or in the discretion of such sheriff deemed proper; and the said sheriff, or other officers performing the duties of sheriff, shall carefully keep and preserve the said jail register or computer record in the office of the jailer of his county, and at the expiration of such office shall deliver the same to his successor in office.
R.L. 1910, § 4586. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 367, § 1, emerg. eff. June 9, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-49. Sheriff shall furnish court with copy of register or computer record.

The sheriff shall furnish the district court with a copy of the register or computer record upon the request of the presiding judge of the district court.
R.L. 1910, § 4587. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 367, § 2, emerg. eff. June 9, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-51. Duty of county board - Medical officer - Reports.

It shall be the duty of the county commissioners, at the expense of their county, to provide suitable means for warming the county jail and its cells or apartments, beds and bedding, and such other permanent fixtures and to make such repairs as may be prescribed by the district judge or the State Department of Health. The commissioners shall also have power to appoint a medical officer to the jail and pay him such salary as they may think reasonable and proper, which shall be drawn out of the county treasury, and said medical officer or any physician or surgeon who may be employed in the jail shall make a report in writing whenever required by said commissioners, district judge or grand jury.
R.L. 1910, § 4589. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 244, § 20, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-51.1. Persons with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) - Violation of § 1192.1 of Title 21 - Transfer to Department of Corrections for extended medical care.

Any person who has the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) disease who is confined in the county jail in violation of Section 1192.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, whether convicted or pending trial, may be transferred to the Department of Corrections for extended medical care for the duration of the sentence imposed or pending trial. At the request of the medical officer, physician or surgeon employed by said jail, the county sheriff shall make application to the Department of Corrections for a transfer of the person and the Department of Corrections may accept the person under the following conditions:
1. The person's right to a speedy trial is not delayed by the transfer to a state facility;
2. The person's right to confer with legal counsel is not restricted by the transfer to a state facility;
3. The county agrees to a mutual exchange of inmates from the Department of Corrections for the medical care and custody of the person to be transferred;
4. The medical care or custody of the person is necessary to preserve the health and safety of the public, the inmates of the county jail or the person being transferred;
5. The person to be transferred may be adequately treated in the state facility; and
6. The state facility has medical bed space available for the person.
Added by Laws 1992, c. 319, § 3, emerg. eff. May 27, 1992.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-52. Sheriff to provide board, medical care and necessities - Compensation - Purchases.

It shall be the duty of the sheriff of each county to provide bed clothing, washing, board and medical care when required, and all necessities for the comfort and welfare of prisoners as specified by the standards promulgated pursuant to Section 192 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes and he shall be allowed such compensation for services required by the provisions of Sections 41 through 64 of this title, as may be prescribed by the county commissioners. All purchases made pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be made pursuant to the purchasing procedures specified in Sections 1500 through 1505 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes, including the use of blanket purchase orders as provided for in Section 310.8 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
R.L. 1910, § 4590. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 244, § 20, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 1991, c. 166, § 2, eff. July 1, 1991.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-53. Monthly inspections.

The sheriff or designated employee shall visit the county jail in person and inquire into the condition of each prisoner at least once each month and it shall be his duty to comply with all standards promulgated pursuant to Section 192 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
R.L. 1910, § 4591. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 244, § 22, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 1994, c. 367, § 3, emerg. eff. June 9, 1994.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-54. Person authorized to act as jailer - Civilian employees - Oath - Liability - Jails operated by private prison contractors.

The jailer, jail director or keeper of the jail shall, unless the sheriff elects to act as jailer in person, be a deputy appointed by the sheriff; provided, that the sheriff may, with approval as provided in Section 162 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes, appoint civilian employees as the sheriff may require to operate the county jail. Those persons hired as civilian employees need not complete the training prescribed for peace officers, as provided by Section 3311 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, but need only complete such training as the sheriff deems necessary for the civilians to properly perform the duties assigned to them, or such training as may otherwise be prescribed by law. The jailer shall take the necessary oaths before entering upon the duties of the office. A jailer may be authorized by the sheriff of the county to use nonlethal weaponry upon completion of appropriate training. The sheriff shall in all cases be liable for the negligence and misconduct of the jailer as of other deputies.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to jails operated by private prison contractors pursuant to a contract with the board of county commissioners.
R.L. 1910, § 4592. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 98, § 1, emerg. eff. April 10, 1980; Laws 1987, c. 80, § 8, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 2001, c. 325, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2001; Laws 2019, c. 78, § 1, emerg. eff. April 17, 2019.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-55. Penalty for sheriff's neglect.

If the sheriff or jailer in charge of any county jail shall neglect or refuse to comply with any of the rules and regulations established by the district judge, or pursuant to Section 192 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes or to any other duties required of him by Sections 41 through 64 of this title, he shall, on conviction thereof, by indictment for each case of such failure or neglect of duty as aforesaid, pay into the county treasury of the proper county, for the use of such county, a fine not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) to be assessed by the district court of the proper district.
R.L. 1910, § 4593. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 244, § 23, eff. July 1, 1978.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-56. Penalty for breaking jail.

If any person imprisoned pursuant to a sentence of imprisonment in a county or city jail, or any person committed to a county or city jail for the purpose of detaining him for trial, for any misdemeanor or traffic offense, escapes therefrom, either while actually confined therein or while permitted to be at large as a trusty, he shall be punished by confinement in the county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
R.L. 1910, § 4594. Amended by Laws 1951, p. 160, § 1; Laws 1983, c. 47, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1983.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-57. Separate rooms for different classes and sexes – Classifying prisoners - Double celling barrack-style living space - Construction contracts with private contractors.

A. In the city and county jails in this state, there shall be provided sufficient and convenient apartments for confining prisoners of different sexes and classification separate and apart from each other. The sheriff of each county of this state shall notify the Department of Corrections of the prisoner capacity of the county jail by July 1, 2003. After that date, changes in prisoner capacity shall be reported within thirty (30) days of the change. For purposes of this section, “prisoner capacity” means the capacity determined by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Section 317 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. In the city and county jails in this state, there shall be a system of classifying prisoners, based upon the severity of the charges, past criminal history and other relevant factors.
C. In the city and county jails in this state, prisoners classified pursuant to subsection B of this section may be confined two per cell or barrack-style, provided the living space meets the square footage requirements set forth in Section 192 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
D. All funds used by the Department of Corrections to contract with private contractors for the building of prisons and pre-release centers will be subject to appropriations by the Legislature.
E. Nothing in this section shall authorize contracts with private contractors for construction of prison facilities, unless authorized by the Legislature.
F. As used in this section, “barrack-style” means a single designated space within a city or county jail facility for the purpose of housing three or more inmates.
R.L. 1910, § 4595. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 307, § 1, emerg. eff. May 30, 1990; Laws 1994, c. 367, § 4, emerg. eff. June 9, 1994; Laws 1995, c. 1, § 19, emerg. eff. March 2, 1995; Laws 2003, c. 82, § 2, emerg. eff. April 15, 2003; Laws 2023, c. 35, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.
NOTE: Laws 1994, c. 368, § 1 repealed by Laws 1995, c. 1, § 40, emerg. eff. March 2, 1995.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-58. Employment of prisoners.

Wherever any person shall be confined in any jail pursuant to the sentence of any court, if such sentence or any part thereof shall be that he be confined at hard labor, the sheriff of the county in which such person shall be confined shall furnish such convict with suitable tools and materials to work with, if, in the opinion of the said sheriff, the said convict can be profitably employed either in the jail or yard thereof, and the expense of said tools and materials shall be defrayed by the county in which said convict shall be confined, and said county shall be entitled to his earnings. And it shall be the duty of said sheriff, if in his opinion the said convict can be more profitably employed outside of said jail or yard, either for the county or for any municipality in said county, so to employ said convict, either in work on public streets or highways or otherwise; and in so doing he shall take all necessary precaution to prevent said convict's escape, by ball and chain or otherwise, and fifty percent (50%) of the profits of such employment, after paying all expenses incident thereto, may be retained by said sheriff as his fees therefor, the balance to be paid into the treasury of the proper county to the credit of the general fund; and when a convict is imprisoned in the county jail for nonpayment of a fine he may be employed by said sheriff as provided in this chapter; and in case any convict employed outside of the jail yard shall escape, he shall be deemed as having escaped from the jail proper.
R.L. 1910, § 4596.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories › §57-58.1. Public property maintenance and jail work details.

From and after the effective date of this act, any and all prisoners committed to the county jail pursuant to sentence of any state or municipal court for nonpayment of a fine or jail time shall upon the order of the county commissioner or sheriff be required to assist in maintaining, repairing or beautifying the county courthouse, jail or public property and the grounds thereof or working in the jail as a cook or any other jail work detail assigned by the sheriff or jail administrator.
Added by Laws 1955, p. 299, § 1. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 367, § 5, emerg. eff. June 9, 1994.